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errno(1) [v7 man page]

errno(1)																  errno(1)

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 printes 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) 2012-06-05 errno(1)

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errno.h(3HEAD)                                                        Headers                                                       errno.h(3HEAD)

NAME
errno.h, errno - system error numbers SYNOPSIS
#include <errno.h> DESCRIPTION
The <errno.h> header provides a declaration for errno and gives positive values for the symbolic constants listed on the intro(2) manual page. USAGE
Values for errno are required to be distinct positive values rather than non-zero values. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
intro(2), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.10 10 Sep 2004 errno.h(3HEAD)
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