std::errc

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Exception categories logic_error invalid_argument domain_error length_error out_of_range runtime_error range_error overflow_error underflow_error tx_exception (TM TS) Error codes Error codes errno Assertions assert system_error facility error_category (C++11) generic_category (C++11) system_category (C++11) error_condition (C++11) errc (C++11) error_code (C++11) system_error (C++11)

std::errc

Non-member functions

make_error_code

make_error_condition

Helper classes

is_error_condition_enum

Defined in header <system_error>
enum class errc;		(since C++11)

The scoped enumeration std::errc defines the values of portable error conditions that correspond to the POSIX error codes.

Member constants

Constant	Equivalent POSIX Error
address_family_not_supported	EAFNOSUPPORT
address_in_use	EADDRINUSE
address_not_available	EADDRNOTAVAIL
already_connected	EISCONN
argument_list_too_long	E2BIG
argument_out_of_domain	EDOM
bad_address	EFAULT
bad_file_descriptor	EBADF
bad_message	EBADMSG
broken_pipe	EPIPE
connection_aborted	ECONNABORTED
connection_already_in_progress	EALREADY
connection_refused	ECONNREFUSED
connection_reset	ECONNRESET
cross_device_link	EXDEV
destination_address_required	EDESTADDRREQ
device_or_resource_busy	EBUSY
directory_not_empty	ENOTEMPTY
executable_format_error	ENOEXEC
file_exists	EEXIST
file_too_large	EFBIG
filename_too_long	ENAMETOOLONG
function_not_supported	ENOSYS
host_unreachable	EHOSTUNREACH
identifier_removed	EIDRM
illegal_byte_sequence	EILSEQ
inappropriate_io_control_operation	ENOTTY
interrupted	EINTR
invalid_argument	EINVAL
invalid_seek	ESPIPE
io_error	EIO
is_a_directory	EISDIR
message_size	EMSGSIZE
network_down	ENETDOWN
network_reset	ENETRESET
network_unreachable	ENETUNREACH
no_buffer_space	ENOBUFS
no_child_process	ECHILD
no_link	ENOLINK
no_lock_available	ENOLCK
no_message_available	ENODATA
no_message	ENOMSG
no_protocol_option	ENOPROTOOPT
no_space_on_device	ENOSPC
no_stream_resources	ENOSR
no_such_device_or_address	ENXIO
no_such_device	ENODEV
no_such_file_or_directory	ENOENT
no_such_process	ESRCH
not_a_directory	ENOTDIR
not_a_socket	ENOTSOCK
not_a_stream	ENOSTR
not_connected	ENOTCONN
not_enough_memory	ENOMEM
not_supported	ENOTSUP
operation_canceled	ECANCELED
operation_in_progress	EINPROGRESS
operation_not_permitted	EPERM
operation_not_supported	EOPNOTSUPP
operation_would_block	EWOULDBLOCK
owner_dead	EOWNERDEAD
permission_denied	EACCES
protocol_error	EPROTO
protocol_not_supported	EPROTONOSUPPORT
read_only_file_system	EROFS
resource_deadlock_would_occur	EDEADLK
resource_unavailable_try_again	EAGAIN
result_out_of_range	ERANGE
state_not_recoverable	ENOTRECOVERABLE
stream_timeout	ETIME
text_file_busy	ETXTBSY
timed_out	ETIMEDOUT
too_many_files_open_in_system	ENFILE
too_many_files_open	EMFILE
too_many_links	EMLINK
too_many_symbolic_link_levels	ELOOP
value_too_large	EOVERFLOW
wrong_protocol_type	EPROTOTYPE

Non-member functions

make_error_code(std::errc) (C++11)	constructs an std::errc error code (function)
make_error_condition(std::errc) (C++11)	constructs an std::errc error condition (function)

Helper classes

is_error_condition_enum<std::errc> (C++11)

extends the type trait std::is_error_condition_enum to identify the the std::errc values as error conditions (function template)

Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <system_error>
#include <thread>
int main()
{
    try {
        std::thread().detach(); // detaching a not-a-thread
    } catch (const std::system_error& e) {
        std::cout << "Caught a system_error\n";
        if(e.code() == std::errc::invalid_argument)
            std::cout << "The error condition is std::errc::invalid_argument\n";
        std::cout << "the error description is " << e.what() << '\n';
    }
}

Output:

Caught a system_error
The error condition is std::errc::invalid_argument
the error description is Invalid argument

See also

error_code (C++11)	holds a platform-dependent error code (class)
error_condition (C++11)	holds a portable error code (class)