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From: Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: C Error Number to Symbol
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:04:23 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-03-18, Michael Brown <brown_mi@decuserve.org> wrote:
>
> This might be a very simple question but I can't find any reference to 
> it on the net.
>
> Working in C, how do you get the RMS$_CODE symbol for any given error 
> number as returned from any operation? I use strerror() to get an 
> interpretation but it does not include said symbol.
>
> exit(rms_return_number); will print it out so I know it must be possible.
>

Can you explain what was missing in the previous answers you received
so the authors of those answers can clarify them if needed ?

Simon.

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