6.78 GERROR — Get last system error message

Description:

Returns the system error message corresponding to the last system error. This resembles the functionality of strerror(3) in C.

Standard:

GNU extension

Class:

Subroutine

Syntax:

CALL GERROR(RESULT)

Arguments:

RESULT

Shall of type CHARACTER(*).

Example:

          PROGRAM test_gerror
            CHARACTER(len=100) :: msg
            CALL gerror(msg)
            WRITE(*,*) msg
          END PROGRAM
     

See also:

IERRNO, PERROR