(main): Call strerror instead of using sys_errlist.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/env.c b/lib-src/env.c
index 853cb5bfb22..282a94069df 100644
--- a/lib-src/env.c
+++ b/lib-src/env.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* env - manipulate environment and execute a program in that environment
-   Copyright (C) 1986 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1986, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
      { USER=rms EDITOR=emacs PATH=.:/gnubin:/hacks }
 
      * "env DISPLAY=gnu:0 nemacs"
-        calls "nemacs" in the envionment
+        calls "nemacs" in the environment
         { USER=rms EDITOR=emacs PATH=.:/gnubin:/hacks DISPLAY=gnu:0 }
 
      * "env - USER=foo /hacks/hack bar baz"
@@ -194,17 +194,14 @@ main (argc, argv, envp)
     }
   else
     {
-      extern int errno, sys_nerr;
-      extern char *sys_errlist[];
+      extern int errno;
+      extern char *strerror ();
 
       environ = nenv;
       (void) execvp (*argv, argv);
 
-      fprintf (stderr, "%s: cannot execute `%s'", progname, *argv);
-      if (errno < sys_nerr)
-        fprintf (stderr, ": %s\n", sys_errlist[errno]);
-      else
-        putc ('\n', stderr);
+      fprintf (stderr, "%s: cannot execute `%s': %s\n",
+               progname, *argv, strerror (errno));
       exit (errno != 0 ? errno : 1);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/emacs.c b/src/emacs.c
index e20f488e8cc..143a85020c5 100644
--- a/src/emacs.c
+++ b/src/emacs.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Fully extensible Emacs, running on Unix, intended for GNU.
-   Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ main (argc, argv, envp)
   int skip_args = 0;
   extern int errno;
   extern sys_nerr;
-  extern char *sys_errlist[];
+  extern char *strerror ();
   extern void malloc_warning ();
 
 /* Map in shared memory, if we are using that.  */
@@ -397,12 +397,7 @@ main (argc, argv, envp)
       result = open (argv[skip_args], O_RDWR, 2 );
       if (result < 0)
         {
-          char *errstring;
-
-          if (errno >= 0 && errno < sys_nerr)
-            errstring = sys_errlist[errno];
-          else
-            errstring = "undocumented error code";
+          char *errstring = strerror (errno);
           fprintf (stderr, "emacs: %s: %s\n", argv[skip_args], errstring);
           exit (1);
         }