Category : UNIX Files
Archive   : PC-MAIL2.ZIP
Filename : PERCENTM.C

 
Output of file : PERCENTM.C contained in archive : PC-MAIL2.ZIP
/*++
/* NAME
/* percentm 3
/* SUMMARY
/* convert %m to system error message
/* PROJECT
/* pc-mail
/* PACKAGE
/* nfs
/* SYNOPSIS
/* #include percentm.h
/*
/* char *percentm(string, err)
/* char *string;
/* int err;
/* DESCRIPTION
/* percentm() interprets %m format specificiers in \fIstring\fR
/* In the output, %m will be replaced by the error message that
/* corresponds with the error value \fIerr\fR (see .
/* BUGS
/* The result is stored in static memory that is overwritten with
/* each call.
/* AUTHOR(S)
/* Wietse Z. Venema
/* Eindhoven University of Technology
/* Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
/* Den Dolech 2, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
/* CREATION DATE
/* Sun Oct 29 15:29:37 MET 1989
/* LAST MODIFICATION
/* 12/5/89 22:03:27
/* VERSION/RELEASE
/* 1.2
/*--*/

#ifndef lint
static char sccsid[] = "@(#) percentm.c 1.2 12/5/89 22:03:27";

#endif

#include
#include "percentm.h"

extern int errno;
extern char *sys_errlist[];
extern int sys_nerr;
extern char *strcpy();

/* percentm - replace %m by error message associated with value in err */

char *percentm(str, err)
char *str;
int err;
{
static char buf[BUFSIZ];
register char *ip = str;
register char *op = buf;

while (*ip) {
switch (*ip) {
case '%':
switch (ip[1]) {
case '\0': /* don't fall off end */
*op++ = *ip++;
break;
case 'm': /* replace %m */
(void) strcpy(op,
sys_errlist[(err < sys_nerr && err > 0) ? err : 0]);
op += strlen(op);
ip += 2;
break;
default: /* leave % alone */
*op++ = *ip++, *op++ = *ip++;
break;
}
default:
*op++ = *ip++;
}
}
*op = '\0';
return (buf);
}



  3 Responses to “Category : UNIX Files
Archive   : PC-MAIL2.ZIP
Filename : PERCENTM.C
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  1. Daniel says:
    January 27, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!

  2. Joshie says:
    March 18, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.

  3. DiskingRound says:
    January 14, 2015 at 10:57 pm

    But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/