1. linux下定义的errno
为防止和正常的返回值混淆,系统调用并不直接返回错误码,而是将错误码放入一个名为errno的全局变量中。如果一个系统调用失败,你可以读出errno的值来确定问题所在。
errno不同数值所代表的错误消息定义在errno.h中,你也可以通过命令"man 3 errno"来察看它们。
需要注意的是,errno的值只在函数发生错误时设置,如果函数不发生错误,errno的值就无定义,并不会被置为0。另外,在处理errno前最好先把它的值存入另一个变量,因为在错误处理过程中,即使像printf()这样的函数出错时也会改变errno的值。
#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 /* Argument 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 */ #define EDOM 33 /* Math argument out of domain of func */ #define ERANGE 34 /* Math result not representable */ #define EDEADLK 35 /* Resource deadlock would occur */ #define ENAMETOOLONG 36 /* File name too long */ #define ENOLCK 37 /* No record locks available */ #define ENOSYS 38 /* Function not implemented */ #define ENOTEMPTY 39 /* Directory not empty */ #define ELOOP 40 /* Too many symbolic links encountered */ #define EWOULDBLOCK EAGAIN /* Operation would block */ #define ENOMSG 42 /* No message of desired type */ #define EIDRM 43 /* Identifier removed */ #define ECHRNG 44 /* Channel number out of range */ #define EL2NSYNC 45 /* Level 2 not synchronized */ #define EL3HLT 4