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ustrerror(3)			 Allegro manual 		    ustrerror(3)

NAME
     ustrerror - Returns a string describing errno. Allegro game programming li-
     brary.

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 overwrit-
     ten.

SEE ALSO
     uconvert(3), allegro_error(3)

Allegro 			  version 4.4.3 		    ustrerror(3)

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