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+/* Print a message describing error code.
+   Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Written by Bruno Haible and Simon Josefsson.
+
+   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
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+/* Specification.  */
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+void
+perror (const char *string)
+{
+  const char *errno_description = strerror (errno);
+
+  if (string != NULL && *string != '\0')
+    fprintf (stderr, "%s: %s\n", string, errno_description);
+  else
+    fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", errno_description);
+}