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the return value of a process

hi,
is there any way to find the exact meaning of message given
by a Unix command
for example
mv: cannot access hello.c

similarly is there any way to find the meaning of the
error number or message displayed
by compilers

Rakesh UV
Dec 21 '07 #1
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SM Ryan wrote:
rakesh uv <uv******@gmail.comwrote:
# hi,
# is there any way to find the exact meaning of message
# given
# by a Unix command
# for example
# mv: cannot access hello.c
#
# similarly is there any way to find the meaning of the
# error number or message displayed
# by compilers

The operating system error messages are somewhat explained with the
command
man 2 intro
Hmm. On my machine it is man 3 errno.

Dec 21 '07 #2

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