Operating System Error Codes

Below is a partial list of more common Linux and Windows operating system error codes.

Linux Error Codes

The perror tool can be used to find the error message which is associated with a given error code.

Number	Error Code	Description
1	EPERM	Operation not permitted
2	ENOENT	No such file or directory
3	ESRCH	No such process
4	EINTR	Interrupted system call
5	EIO	I/O error
6	ENXIO	No such device or address
7	E2BIG	Argument list too long
8	ENOEXEC	Exec format error
9	EBADF	Bad file number
10	ECHILD	No child processes
11	EAGAIN	Try again
12	ENOMEM	Out of memory
13	EACCES	Permission denied
14	EFAULT	Bad address
15	ENOTBLK	Block device required
16	EBUSY	Device or resource busy
17	EEXIST	File exists
18	EXDEV	Cross-device link
19	ENODEV	No such device
20	ENOTDIR	Not a directory
21	EISDIR	Is a directory
22	EINVAL	Invalid argument
23	ENFILE	File table overflow
24	EMFILE	Too many open files
25	ENOTTY	Not a typewriter
26	ETXTBSY	Text file busy
27	EFBIG	File too large
28	ENOSPC	No space left on device
29	ESPIPE	Illegal seek
30	EROFS	Read-only file system
31	EMLINK	Too many links
32	EPIPE	Broken pipe
33	EDOM	Math argument out of domain of func
34	ERANGE	Math result not representable
35	EDEADLK	Resource deadlock would occur
36	ENAMETOOLONG	File name too long
37	ENOLCK	No record locks available
38	ENOSYS	Function not implemented
39	ENOTEMPTY	Directory not empty
40	ELOOP	Too many symbolic links encountered
42	ENOMSG	No message of desired type
43	EIDRM	Identifier removed
44	ECHRNG	Channel number out of range
45	EL2NSYNC	Level 2 not synchronized
46	EL3HLT	Level 3 halted
47	EL3RST	Level 3 reset
48	ELNRNG	Link number out of range
49	EUNATCH	Protocol driver not attached
50	ENOCSI	No CSI structure available
51	EL2HLT	Level 2 halted
52	EBADE	Invalid exchange
53	EBADR	Invalid request descriptor
54	EXFULL	Exchange full
55	ENOANO	No anode
56	EBADRQC	Invalid request code
57	EBADSLT	Invalid slot
59	EBFONT	Bad font file format
60	ENOSTR	Device not a stream
61	ENODATA	No data available
62	ETIME	Timer expired
63	ENOSR	Out of streams resources
64	ENONET	Machine is not on the network
65	ENOPKG	Package not installed
66	EREMOTE	Object is remote
67	ENOLINK	Link has been severed
68	EADV	Advertise error
69	ESRMNT	Srmount error
70	ECOMM	Communication error on send
71	EPROTO	Protocol error
72	EMULTIHOP	Multihop attempted
73	EDOTDOT	RFS specific error
74	EBADMSG	Not a data message
75	EOVERFLOW	Value too large for defined data type
76	ENOTUNIQ	Name not unique on network
77	EBADFD	File descriptor in bad state
78	EREMCHG	Remote address changed
79	ELIBACC	Can not access a needed shared library
80	ELIBBAD	Accessing a corrupted shared library
81	ELIBSCN	.lib section in a.out corrupted
82	ELIBMAX	Attempting to link in too many shared libraries
83	ELIBEXEC	Cannot exec a shared library directly
84	EILSEQ	Illegal byte sequence
85	ERESTART	Interrupted system call should be restarted
86	ESTRPIPE	Streams pipe error
87	EUSERS	Too many users
88	ENOTSOCK	Socket operation on non-socket
89	EDESTADDRREQ	Destination address required
90	EMSGSIZE	Message too long
91	EPROTOTYPE	Protocol wrong type for socket
92	ENOPROTOOPT	Protocol not available
93	EPROTONOSUPPORT	Protocol not supported
94	ESOCKTNOSUPPORT	Socket type not supported
95	EOPNOTSUPP	Operation not supported on transport endpoint
96	EPFNOSUPPORT	Protocol family not supported
97	EAFNOSUPPORT	Address family not supported by protocol
98	EADDRINUSE	Address already in use
99	EADDRNOTAVAIL	Cannot assign requested address
100	ENETDOWN	Network is down
101	ENETUNREACH	Network is unreachable
102	ENETRESET	Network dropped connection because of reset
103	ECONNABORTED	Software caused connection abort
104	ECONNRESET	Connection reset by peer
105	ENOBUFS	No buffer space available
106	EISCONN	Transport endpoint is already connected
107	ENOTCONN	Transport endpoint is not connected
108	ESHUTDOWN	Cannot send after transport endpoint shutdown
109	ETOOMANYREFS	Too many references: cannot splice
110	ETIMEDOUT	Connection timed out
111	ECONNREFUSED	Connection refused
112	EHOSTDOWN	Host is down
113	EHOSTUNREACH	No route to host
114	EALREADY	Operation already in progress
115	EINPROGRESS	Operation now in progress
116	ESTALE	Stale NFS file handle
117	EUCLEAN	Structure needs cleaning
118	ENOTNAM	Not a XENIX named type file
119	ENAVAIL	No XENIX semaphores available
120	EISNAM	Is a named type file
121	EREMOTEIO	Remote I/O error
122	EDQUOT	Quota exceeded
123	ENOMEDIUM	No medium found
124	EMEDIUMTYPE	Wrong medium type
125	ECANCELED	Operation Canceled
126	ENOKEY	Required key not available
127	EKEYEXPIRED	Key has expired
128	EKEYREVOKED	Key has been revoked
129	EKEYREJECTED	Key was rejected by service
130	EOWNERDEAD	Owner died
131	ENOTRECOVERABLE	State not recoverable

Windows Error Codes

For a complete list, see ms681381.aspx

Number	Error Code	Description
Number	Error Code	Description
1	ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION	Incorrect function.
2	ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND	The system cannot find the file specified.
3	ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND	The system cannot find the path specified.
4	ERROR_TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES	The system cannot open the file.
5	ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED	Access is denied.
6	ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE	The handle is invalid.
7	ERROR_ARENA_TRASHED	The storage control blocks were destroyed.
8	ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY	Not enough storage is available to process this command.
9	ERROR_INVALID_BLOCK	The storage control block address is invalid.
10	ERROR_BAD_ENVIRONMENT	The environment is incorrect.
11	ERROR_BAD_FORMAT	An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.
12	ERROR_INVALID_ACCESS	The access code is invalid.
13	ERROR_INVALID_DATA	The data is invalid.
14	ERROR_OUTOFMEMORY	Not enough storage is available to complete this operation.
15	ERROR_INVALID_DRIVE	The system cannot find the drive specified.
16	ERROR_CURRENT_DIRECTORY	The directory cannot be removed.
17	ERROR_NOT_SAME_DEVICE	The system cannot move the file to a different disk drive.
18	ERROR_NO_MORE_FILES	There are no more files.
19	ERROR_WRITE_PROTECT	The media is write protected.
20	ERROR_BAD_UNIT	The system cannot find the device specified.
21	ERROR_NOT_READY	The device is not ready.
22	ERROR_BAD_COMMAND	The device does not recognize the command.
23	ERROR_CRC	Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
24	ERROR_BAD_LENGTH	The program issued a command but the command length is incorrect.
25	ERROR_SEEK	The drive cannot locate a specific area or track on the disk.
26	ERROR_NOT_DOS_DISK	The specified disk or diskette cannot be accessed.
27	ERROR_SECTOR_NOT_FOUND	The drive cannot find the sector requested.
28	ERROR_OUT_OF_PAPER	The printer is out of paper.
29	ERROR_WRITE_FAULT	The system cannot write to the specified device.
30	ERROR_READ_FAULT	The system cannot read from the specified device.
31	ERROR_GEN_FAILURE	A device attached to the system is not functioning.
32	ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION	The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
33	ERROR_LOCK_VIOLATION	The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file.
34	ERROR_WRONG_DISK	The wrong diskette is in the drive. Insert %2 (Volume Serial Number: %3) into drive %1.
36	ERROR_SHARING_BUFFER_EXCEEDED	Too many files opened for sharing.
38	ERROR_HANDLE_EOF	Reached the end of the file.
39	ERROR_HANDLE_DISK_FULL	The disk is full.
87	ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER	The parameter is incorrect.
112	ERROR_DISK_FULL	The disk is full.
123	ERROR_INVALID_NAME	The file name, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
1450	ERROR_NO_SYSTEM_RESOURCES	Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service.

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