Add strerror() interface.
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 5e24762..3069d34 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -2006,7 +2006,7 @@
Change or add an environment variable.";
static PyObject *
-posix_putenv(self,args)
+posix_putenv(self, args)
PyObject *self;
PyObject *args;
{
@@ -2026,7 +2026,32 @@
Py_INCREF(Py_None);
return Py_None;
}
-#endif
+#endif /* putenv */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_STRERROR
+static char posix_strerror__doc__[] =
+"strerror(code) -> string\n\
+Translate an error code to a message string.";
+
+PyObject *
+posix_strerror(self, args)
+ PyObject *self;
+ PyObject *args;
+{
+ int code;
+ char *message;
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &code))
+ return NULL;
+ message = strerror(code);
+ if (message == NULL) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+ "strerror code out of range");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ return PyString_FromString(message);
+}
+#endif /* strerror */
+
static PyMethodDef posix_methods[] = {
{"chdir", posix_chdir, 0, posix_chdir__doc__},
@@ -2152,6 +2177,9 @@
#ifdef HAVE_PUTENV
{"putenv", posix_putenv, 1, posix_putenv__doc__},
#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_STRERROR
+ {"strerror", posix_strerror, 1, posix_strerror__doc__},
+#endif
{NULL, NULL} /* Sentinel */
};