NAME¶

ustrerror - Returns a string describing errno. Allegro game programming library.

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <allegro.h>

const char *ustrerror(int err);

DESCRIPTION¶

This function returns a string that describes the error code `err', which normally comes from the variable `errno'. Example:

   PACKFILE *input_file = pack_fopen("badname", "r");


   if (input_file == NULL)


      allegro_message("%s\nSorry!\n", ustrerror(errno));

RETURN VALUE¶

Returns a pointer to a static string that should not be modified or freed. If you make subsequent calls to ustrerror(), the string will be overwritten.

SEE ALSO¶

uconvert(3alleg4), allegro_error(3alleg4)