Unix error codes 1

[FlashGorden]

Hi

I am running a korn shell on a Solaris system and I have had an error 32. What is an error 32 or better yet is there a function that I can use to find what an error code refers to?

Thanks

 

[ayjaycee]

What's the command that's generating the error?

If it's in a script, use sh -vx script to see what's failing.

do man command & go to the end of the man page to see what the error codes mean (not always very useful :-()

If that's no use, try googling for command code X-)

http://www.tanda.f2s.com

One by one, the penguins steal my sanity.

 

[MikeLacey]

try

help 32
Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com
Email welcome if you're in a hurry or something -- but post in tek-tips as well please, and I will post my reply here as well.

 

[grega]

I thought help was an sccs command?

Greg.

 

[ayjaycee]

It certainly is on my Solaris 5.5/6 (an sccs command, that is)

http://www.tanda.f2s.com

One by one, the penguins steal my sanity. X-)

 

[bjverzal]

grep 32 /usr/include/sys/errno.h OR
grep 32 /usr/include/errno.h
grep 32 /usr/include/sys/signal.h
grep 32 /usr/include/signal.h

Your system may not have the "sys" directory. See which one works. One file is error codes, the other is "signals".

Regards, Bill.

 

[MikeLacey]

:~/ to be honest, I haven't used this command in ages - last time I used it ("one or two" years ago) I remember it being for sccs and errno error numbers... (and it's not even on my linux box so I couldn't check it) Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com
Email welcome if you're in a hurry or something -- but post in tek-tips as well please, and I will post my reply here as well.