Kbase 40188: How to determine the meaning of errno on Unix or Linux
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
10/05/1998 |
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Solution ID: P10188
GOAL:
How to determine the meaning of errno on Unix or Linux
GOAL:
Where is the errno.h file on a Unix or Linux Operating Systems
GOAL:
errno.h for Unix or Linux
FACT(s) (Environment):
UNIX
FIX:
An errno is an Operating Systems error number. You can determine what the Operating Systems error means by looking in /usr/include/sys/errno.h. On Linux, the errno.h file may be located in /usr/lib/bcc/include/linux or if using RedHat the errno may be located in /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/linux/include/asm-i386, or /usr/src/<build>/include/sys depending upon version of RedHat.
Operating System error numbers (errno) are not always consistent across Unix platforms. Samples of errno.h files are included in this solution to highten this point. Best advice is to look at the errno.h file on the machine that is experiencing the problem.
An errno of 0 means the "O/S is not sure of exact problem" on all platforms.
1.extract from the contain of errno.h on SunOS 5.6
#define EPERM 1 /* Not super-user */
#define ENOENT 2 /* No such file or directory */
#define ESRCH 3 /* No such process */
#define EINTR 4 /* Interrupted system call */
#define EIO 5 /* Physical I/O error */
#define ENXIO 6 /* No such device or address */
#define E2BIG 7 /* Arg list too long */
#define ENOEXEC 8 /* Exec format error */
#define EBADF 9 /* Bad file number */
#define ECHILD 10 /* No children */
#define EAGAIN 11 /* Resource temporarily unavailable */
#define ENOMEM 12 /* Not enough core */
#define EACCES 13 /* Permission denied */
#define EFAULT 14 /* Bad address */
#define ENOTBLK 15 /* Block device required */
#define EBUSY 16 /* Mount device busy */
#define EEXIST 17 /* File exists */
#define EXDEV 18 /* Cross-device link */
#define ENODEV 19 /* No such device */
#define ENOTDIR 20 /* Not a directory */
#define EISDIR 21 /* Is a directory */
#define EINVAL 22 /* Invalid argument */
#define ENFILE 23 /* File table overflow */
#define EMFILE 24 /* Too many open files */
#define ENOTTY 25 /* Inappropriate ioctl for device */
#define ETXTBSY 26 /* Text file busy */
#define EFBIG 27 /* File too large */
#define ENOSPC 28 /* No space left on device */
#define ESPIPE 29 /* Illegal seek */
#define EROFS 30 /* Read only file system */
#define EMLINK 31 /* Too many links */
#define EPIPE 32 /* Broken pipe */
2. extract from the contain of errno.h on AIX 4.3.3
#define EPERM 1 /* Operation not permitted */
#define ENOENT 2 /* No such file or directory */
#define ESRCH 3 /* No such process */
#define EINTR 4 /* interrupted system call */
#define EIO 5 /* I/O error */
#define ENXIO 6 /* No such device or address */
#define E2BIG 7 /* Arg list too long */
#define ENOEXEC 8 /* Exec format error */
#define EBADF 9 /* Bad file descriptor */
#define ECHILD 10 /* No child processes */
#define EAGAIN 11 /* Resource temporarily unavailable */
#define ENOMEM 12 /* Not enough space */
#define EACCES 13 /* Permission denied */
#define EFAULT 14 /* Bad address */
#define ENOTBLK 15 /* Block device required */
#define EB.USY 16 /* Resource busy */
#define EEXIST 17 /* File exists */
#define EXDEV 18 /* Improper link */
#define ENODEV 19 /* No such device */
#define ENOTDIR 20 /* Not a directory */
#define EISDIR 21 /* Is a directory */
#define EINVAL 22 /* Invalid argument */
#define ENFILE 23 /* Too many open files in system */
#define EMFILE 24 /* Too many open files */
#define ENOTTY 25 /* Inappropriate I/O control operation */
#define ETXTBSY 26 /* Text file busy */
#define EFBIG 27 /* File too large */
#define ENOSPC 28 /* No space left on device */
#define ESPIPE 29 /* Invalid seek */
#define EROFS 30 /* Read only file system */
#define EMLINK 31 /* Too many links */
#define EPIPE 32 /* Broken pipe */
3. extract from the contain of errno.h on Linux 2.4
#define EPERM 1 /* Operation not permitted */
#define ENOENT 2 /* No such file or directory */
#define ESRCH 3 /* No such process */
#define EINTR 4 /* Interrupted system call */
#define EIO 5 /* I/O error */
#define ENXIO 6 /* No such device or address */
#define E2BIG 7 /* Arg list too long */
#define ENOEXEC 8 /* Exec format error */
#define EBADF 9 /* Bad file number */
#define ECHILD 10 /* No child processes */
#define EAGAIN 11 /* Try again */
#define ENOMEM 12 /* Out of memory */
#define EACCES 13 /* Permission denied */
#define EFAULT 14 /* Bad address */
#define ENOTBLK 15 /* Block device required */
#define EBUSY 16 /* Device or resource busy */
#define EEXIST 17 /* File exists */
#define EXDEV 18 /* Cross-device link */
#define ENODEV 19 /* No such device */
#define ENOTDIR 20 /* Not a directory */
#define EISDIR 21 /* Is a directory */
#define EINVAL 22 /* Invalid argument */
#define ENFILE 23 /* File table overflow */
#define EMFILE 24 /* Too many open files */
#define ENOTTY 25 /* Not a typewriter */
#define ETXTBSY 26 /* Text file busy */
#define EFBIG 27 /* File too large */
#define ENOSPC 28 /* No space left on device */
#define ESPIPE 29 /* Illegal seek */
#define EROFS 30 /* Read-only file system */
#define EMLINK 31 /* Too many links */
#define EPIPE 32 /* Broken pipe */.