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From: "Craig A. Berry" <craigberry@nospam.mac.com>
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Subject: Re: C Error Number to Symbol
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 08:38:27 -0500
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On 3/19/25 8:04 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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 ?

I _think_ what he wants is some kind of translation table between errno
values and VMS condition codes.  For example, starting with errno of
ESRCH and getting to RMS$_RNF or vice versa.  I'm not aware of any such
table, and if there were, it wouldn't be a one-to-one  mapping.