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errno (1) Linux Manual Page

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NAME

errno – look up errno names and descriptions

SYNOPSIS

errno {name-or-code}

errno [-ls] [–list]

errno [-s] [–search] {word}

errno [-S] [–search-all-locales] {word}

DESCRIPTION

errno

looks up errno macro names, errno codes, and the corresponding descriptions. For example, if given ENOENT on a Linux system, it prints out the code 2 and the description "No such file or directory". If given the code 2, it prints ENOENT and the same description.

OPTIONS

-l, –list

List all errno values.

-s, –search

Search for errors whose description contains all the given words (case-insensitive).

-S, –search-all-locales

Like –search, but searches all installed locales.

AUTHOR

Lars Wirzenius

SEE ALSO

errno(3)

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