ustrerror(3) - Linux man page

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(3), allegro_error(3)