To print the meaning of an operating system error number, use the perror program that comes with the MySQL distribution.
The following table provides a list of some common Linux system error codes. For a more complete list, see Linux source code.
Number Macro 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
Arg 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
Inappropriate ioctl for device 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 The following table provides a list of some common Windows system error codes. For a complete list, see the Microsoft Web site.
Number Macro 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.