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+/* strerror.c --- ANSI C compatible system error routine
+
+   Copyright (C) 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2002, 2003 Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+   Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <limits.h>
+
+/* Don't include <stdio.h>, since it may or may not declare
+   sys_errlist and its declarations may collide with ours.  Just
+   declare the stuff that we need directly.  Standard hosted C89
+   implementations define strerror and they don't need this strerror
+   function, so take some liberties with the standard to cater to
+   ancient or limited freestanding implementations.  */
+int sprintf (char *, char const *, ...);
+extern int sys_nerr;
+extern char *sys_errlist[];
+
+char *
+strerror (int n)
+{
+  static char const fmt[] = "Unknown error (%d)";
+  static char mesg[sizeof fmt + sizeof n * CHAR_BIT / 3];
+
+  if (n < 0 || n >= sys_nerr)
+    {
+      sprintf (mesg, fmt, n);
+      return mesg;
+    }
+  else
+    return sys_errlist[n];
+}