8.17. perror — Explain Error Codes

MySQL 5.0

8.17. perror — Explain Error Codes

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> ]  ...

Example:

shell> 
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 option:

shell> 

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:

  • , , ,

    Display a help message and exit.

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

  • ,

    Silent mode. Print only the error message.

  • ,

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

  • ,

    Display version information and exit.