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+/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+The GNU C Library 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
+Library General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If
+not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+#include <ansidecl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+extern char *_strerror_internal __P ((int, char buf[1024]));
+
+/* Return a string descibing the errno code in ERRNUM.
+   The storage is good only until the next call to strerror.
+   Writing to the storage causes undefined behavior.  */
+char *
+DEFUN(strerror, (errnum), int errnum)
+{
+  static char buf[1024];
+  return _strerror_internal (errnum, buf);
+}