+
+#if defined(HAVE_MINGW) || defined(HAVE_CYGWIN)
+#ifdef HAVE_CYGWIN
+#include <w32api/windows.h>
+#endif
+
+char *winerror(int err) {
+ static char buf[1024], *newline;
+
+ if (!FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
+ NULL, err, MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), buf, sizeof(buf), NULL)) {
+ strncpy(buf, _("(unable to format errormessage)"), sizeof(buf));
+ };
+
+ if((newline = strchr(buf, '\r')))
+ *newline = '\0';
+
+ return buf;
+}
+#endif
+