libc/unistd/perror.c

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#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>

void perror(const char *prefix)
{
    char   buff[256];

    strerror_r( errno, buff, sizeof(buff) );

    if (prefix) {
        write( 2, prefix, strlen(prefix) );
        write( 2, ": ", 2 );
    }
    write( 2, buff, strlen(buff) );
    write( 2, "\n", 1 );
}