9.112 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 and of default

Example:

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

See also:

IERRNO, PERROR