freebsd-skq/usr.bin/perror/perror.1
gnn b1a1ec0421 Add a new program, perror, which takes an errno as a command line argument
and outputs the associated textual message in the same way that
perror(3) would if called within a program.
2009-05-19 17:40:22 +00:00

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.Dd May 12, 2009
.Dt PERROR 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm perror
.Nd "print an error number as a string"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Ar number
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
program takes a raw errno value and prints it as a string.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr perror 3
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
program first appeared in
.Fx 8.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An George V. Neville-Neil