Added Utils::serrnoToString()

common/CMakeLists.txt

 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
 
+include_directories(/usr/include/shift)
+
 set (COMMON_LIB_SRC_FILES
   ArchiveDirEntry.cpp
   ArchiveDirIterator.cpp
@@ -25,8 +27,9 @@ add_library (ctacommon SHARED
   ${COMMON_LIB_SRC_FILES})
 
 target_link_libraries (ctacommon
-  ${SQLITE3_LIBRARY_RELEASE}
+  castorcommon
   pthread
+  ${SQLITE3_LIBRARY_RELEASE}
   uuid)
 
 set (COMMON_UNIT_TESTS_LIB_SRC_FILES

common/Utils.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <attr/xattr.h>
 #include <memory>
+#include <shift/serrno.h>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <strings.h>
@@ -325,6 +326,21 @@ std::string cta::Utils::errnoToString(const int errnoValue) throw() {
   }
 }
 
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// serrnoToString
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+std::string cta::Utils::serrnoToString(const int serrnoValue) throw() {
+  char buf[100];
+  if(!sstrerror_r(serrnoValue, buf, sizeof(buf))) {;
+    return buf;
+  } else {
+    std::ostringstream oss;
+    oss << "Failed to convert serrnoValue to string"
+      ": sstrerror_r returned -1: serrnoValue=" << serrnoValue;
+    return oss.str();
+  }
+}
+
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // toUint16
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------

common/Utils.hpp

@@ -162,6 +162,18 @@ public:
    */
   static std::string errnoToString(const int errnoValue) throw();
 
+  /**
+   * Determines the string representation of the specified SHIFT/CASTOR error
+   * number.
+   *
+   * Please note this method is thread safe.
+   *
+   * @param serrnoValue The serrno value.
+   * @return The string representation of the specified SHIFT/CASTOR error
+   * number.
+   */
+  std::string serrnoToString(const int serrnoValue) throw();
+
   /**
    * Converts the specified string to an unsigned integer.
    *