Enum

error-code

Error codes returned by functions, similar to errno in POSIX. Not all of these error codes are returned by the functions provided by this API; some are used in higher-level library layers, and others are provided merely for alignment with POSIX.

enum error-code {
  access,
  would-block,
  already,
  bad-descriptor,
  busy,
  deadlock,
  quota,
  exist,
  file-too-large,
  illegal-byte-sequence,
  in-progress,
  interrupted,
  invalid,
  io,
  is-directory,
  loop,
  too-many-links,
  message-size,
  name-too-long,
  no-device,
  no-entry,
  no-lock,
  insufficient-memory,
  insufficient-space,
  not-directory,
  not-empty,
  not-recoverable,
  unsupported,
  no-tty,
  no-such-device,
  overflow,
  not-permitted,
  pipe,
  read-only,
  invalid-seek,
  text-file-busy,
  cross-device,
}

Cases

Case	Description
access	Permission denied, similar to `EACCES` in POSIX.
would-block	Resource unavailable, or operation would block, similar to `EAGAIN` and `EWOULDBLOCK` in POSIX.
already	Connection already in progress, similar to `EALREADY` in POSIX.
bad-descriptor	Bad descriptor, similar to `EBADF` in POSIX.
busy	Device or resource busy, similar to `EBUSY` in POSIX.
deadlock	Resource deadlock would occur, similar to `EDEADLK` in POSIX.
quota	Storage quota exceeded, similar to `EDQUOT` in POSIX.
exist	File exists, similar to `EEXIST` in POSIX.
file-too-large	File too large, similar to `EFBIG` in POSIX.
illegal-byte-sequence	Illegal byte sequence, similar to `EILSEQ` in POSIX.
in-progress	Operation in progress, similar to `EINPROGRESS` in POSIX.
interrupted	Interrupted function, similar to `EINTR` in POSIX.
invalid	Invalid argument, similar to `EINVAL` in POSIX.
io	I/O error, similar to `EIO` in POSIX.
is-directory	Is a directory, similar to `EISDIR` in POSIX.
loop	Too many levels of symbolic links, similar to `ELOOP` in POSIX.
too-many-links	Too many links, similar to `EMLINK` in POSIX.
message-size	Message too large, similar to `EMSGSIZE` in POSIX.
name-too-long	Filename too long, similar to `ENAMETOOLONG` in POSIX.
no-device	No such device, similar to `ENODEV` in POSIX.
no-entry	No such file or directory, similar to `ENOENT` in POSIX.
no-lock	No locks available, similar to `ENOLCK` in POSIX.
insufficient-memory	Not enough space, similar to `ENOMEM` in POSIX.
insufficient-space	No space left on device, similar to `ENOSPC` in POSIX.
not-directory	Not a directory or a symbolic link to a directory, similar to `ENOTDIR` in POSIX.
not-empty	Directory not empty, similar to `ENOTEMPTY` in POSIX.
not-recoverable	State not recoverable, similar to `ENOTRECOVERABLE` in POSIX.
unsupported	Not supported, similar to `ENOTSUP` and `ENOSYS` in POSIX.
no-tty	Inappropriate I/O control operation, similar to `ENOTTY` in POSIX.
no-such-device	No such device or address, similar to `ENXIO` in POSIX.
overflow	Value too large to be stored in data type, similar to `EOVERFLOW` in POSIX.
not-permitted	Operation not permitted, similar to `EPERM` in POSIX.
pipe	Broken pipe, similar to `EPIPE` in POSIX.
read-only	Read-only file system, similar to `EROFS` in POSIX.
invalid-seek	Invalid seek, similar to `ESPIPE` in POSIX.
text-file-busy	Text file busy, similar to `ETXTBSY` in POSIX.
cross-device	Cross-device link, similar to `EXDEV` in POSIX.