perror(1) - Linux man page

Name

perror - explain error codes

Synopsis

perror [options] errorcode ...

Description

For most system errors, MySQL displays, in addition to an internal text message, the system error code in one of the following styles: 

message ... (errno: #)
message ... (Errcode: #)
You can find out what the error code means by examining the documentation for your system or by using the perror utility.

perror prints a description for a system error code or for a storage engine (table handler) error code.

Invoke perror like this: 

shell> perror [options] errorcode ...
Example: 
shell> perror 13 64
Error code  13:  Permission denied
Error code  64:  Machine is not on the network
To obtain the error message for a MySQL Cluster error code, invoke perror with the --ndb option: 
shell> perror --ndb errorcode
Note that the meaning of system error messages may be dependent on your operating system. A given error code may mean different things on different operating systems.

perror supports the following options:

*

--help, --info, -I, -?

Display a help message and exit.
*

--ndb

Print the error message for a MySQL Cluster error code.
*

--silent, -s

Silent mode. Print only the error message.
*

--verbose, -v

Verbose mode. Print error code and message. This is the default behavior.
*

--version, -V

Display version information and exit.

See Also

msql2mysql(1), myisam_ftdump(1), myisamchk(1), myisamlog(1), myisampack(1), mysql(1), mysql.server(1), mysql_config(1), mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1), mysql_upgrade(1), mysql_zap(1), mysqlaccess(1), mysqladmin(1), mysqlbinlog(1), mysqlcheck(1), mysqld(1), mysqld_multi(1), mysqld_safe(1), mysqldump(1), mysqlhotcopy(1), mysqlimport(1), mysqlmanager(1), mysqlshow(1), replace(1), safe_mysqld(1)

For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which may already be installed locally and which is also available online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

Author

MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/). This software comes with no warranty.