marcelo@deadzone.uucp (Marcelo Gallardo) (04/29/91)
The subject up above describes an error that I received. All I was doing was trying to cpio files from one directory to another. The "(error:5)" is the part that I don't understand. Anyone know what error:5 is, or where I might find it in the manuals? -- Marcelo Gallardo marcelo%deadzone@princeton.edu Test and Evaluation Specialist ...!princeton!deadzone!marcelo Princeton University marcelo@sparcwood.princeton.edu Advanced Technologies and Applications (609) 258-5661
liam@cs.qmw.ac.uk (William Roberts;) (04/29/91)
In <1991Apr28.180726.520@deadzone.uucp> marcelo@deadzone.uucp (Marcelo Gallardo) writes: > The "(error:5)" is the part that I don't understand. > Anyone know what error:5 is, or where I might find it in the > manuals? The place to look is actually "man 2 intro", which lists the numbers, the #defined names, the string that perror would produce, and an explanation of some sort. For errno=5 it says 5 EIO I/O error Some physical I/O error has occurred. This error may in some cases occur on a call following the one to which it actually applies. Write-protected disk, perhaps? The comment about "may pccur on a following call" is to do with UNIX buffering of disk writes: various "this should never have happened" errors are only discovered when the write actually takes place, so they get reported rather late... -- William Roberts Internet: liam@dcs.qmw.ac.uk Queen Mary & Westfield College UUCP: liam@qmw-dcs.UUCP Mile End Road AppleLink: UK0087 LONDON, E1 4NS, UK Tel: +44 71-975 5234 (Fax: +44 81-980 6533)