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From: dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: errno
Message-ID: <2159@mitisft.Convergent.COM>
Date: 17 Jun 91 22:31:50 GMT
References: <1991Jun17.124318.1384@prl.dec.com>
Organization: Unisys Unix Systems Group, San Jose, CA
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in article <1991Jun17.124318.1384@prl.dec.com>, boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts) says:

> In article <2157@mitisft.Convergent.COM>, dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold) writes:
>> printf("Errno %d: %s\n", want_err, 
>> 	want_err <= sys_nerr ? sys_errlist[want_err] : "Out of range" );

> Eh?  The bounds of a reasonable errnos lie between 1 and sys_nerr.
> `errno == 0' means no error.

But sys_errlist[0] does contain a string, so it shouldn't be excluded,
unless you especially like to have extra instructions in your code.
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