Operating System Error Messages

The table below refers to UNIX Operating Systems under which the error code reported by Dyalog APL is (100 + the UNIX file error number). The text for the error message, which is obtained by calling perror(), will vary from one type of system to another.

See also Windows Error Messages for the equivalent error messages under Windows.

Typical Operating System Error Messages

Error Code	Report
101	FILE ERROR 1 Not owner
102	FILE ERROR 2 No such file or directory
103	FILE ERROR 3 No such process
104	FILE ERROR 4 Interrupted system call
105	FILE ERROR 5 I/O error
106	FILE ERROR 6 No such device or address
107	FILE ERROR 7 Arg list too long
108	FILE ERROR 8 Exec format error
109	FILE ERROR 9 Bad file number
110	FILE ERROR 10 No children
111	FILE ERROR 11 No more processes
112	FILE ERROR 12 Not enough code
113	FILE ERROR 13 Permission denied
114	FILE ERROR 14 Bad address
115	FILE ERROR 15 Block device required
116	FILE ERROR 16 Mount device busy
117	FILE ERROR 17 File exists
118	FILE ERROR 18 Cross-device link
119	FILE ERROR 19 No such device
120	FILE ERROR 20 Not a directory
121	FILE ERROR 21 Is a directory
122	FILE ERROR 22 Invalid argument
123	FILE ERROR 23 File table overflow
124	FILE ERROR 24 Too many open files
125	FILE ERROR 25 Not a typewriter
126	FILE ERROR 26 Text file busy
127	FILE ERROR 27 File too large
128	FILE ERROR 28 No space left on device
129	FILE ERROR 29 Illegal seek
130	FILE ERROR 30 Read-only file system
131	FILE ERROR 31 Too many links
132	FILE ERROR 32 Broken pipe
133	FILE ERROR 33 Math argument
134	FILE ERROR 34 Result too large