file_streams/file_error

Types

FileError

The reasons why a file system operation could fail in Erlang. Most of these map to underlying POSIX errors.

pub type FileError {
  Eacces
  Eagain
  Ebadf
  Ebadmsg
  Ebusy
  Edeadlk
  Edeadlock
  Edquot
  Eexist
  Efault
  Efbig
  Eftype
  Eintr
  Einval
  Eio
  Eisdir
  Eloop
  Emfile
  Emlink
  Emultihop
  Enametoolong
  Enfile
  Enobufs
  Enodev
  Enolck
  Enolink
  Enoent
  Enomem
  Enospc
  Enosr
  Enostr
  Enosys
  Enotblk
  Enotdir
  Enotsup
  Enxio
  Eopnotsupp
  Eoverflow
  Eperm
  Epipe
  Erange
  Erofs
  Espipe
  Esrch
  Estale
  Etxtbsy
  Exdev
  InvalidUnicode
  NoTranslation(a: FileEncoding, b: FileEncoding)
}

Constructors

```
Eacces
```
Permission denied.
```
Eagain
```
Resource temporarily unavailable.
```
Ebadf
```
Bad file number
```
Ebadmsg
```
Bad message.
```
Ebusy
```
File busy.
```
Edeadlk
```
Resource deadlock avoided.
```
Edeadlock
```
On most architectures, same as Edeadlk. On some architectures, it

means “File locking deadlock error.”
```
Edquot
```
Disk quota exceeded.
```
Eexist
```
File already exists.
```
Efault
```
Bad address in system call argument.
```
Efbig
```
File too large.
```
Eftype
```
Inappropriate file type or format. Usually caused by trying to set the

“sticky bit” on a regular file (not a directory).
```
Eintr
```
Interrupted system call.
```
Einval
```
Invalid argument.
```
Eio
```
I/O error.
```
Eisdir
```
Illegal operation on a directory.
```
Eloop
```
Too many levels of symbolic links.
```
Emfile
```
Too many open files.
```
Emlink
```
Too many links.
```
Emultihop
```
Multihop attempted.
```
Enametoolong
```
Filename too long
```
Enfile
```
File table overflow
```
Enobufs
```
No buffer space available.
```
Enodev
```
No such device.
```
Enolck
```
No locks available.
```
Enolink
```
Link has been severed.
```
Enoent
```
No such file or directory.
```
Enomem
```
Not enough memory.
```
Enospc
```
No space left on device.
```
Enosr
```
No STREAM resources.
```
Enostr
```
Not a STREAM.
```
Enosys
```
Function not implemented.
```
Enotblk
```
Block device required.
```
Enotdir
```
Not a directory.
```
Enotsup
```
Operation not supported.
```
Enxio
```
No such device or address.
```
Eopnotsupp
```
Operation not supported on socket.
```
Eoverflow
```
Value too large to be stored in data type.
```
Eperm
```
Not owner.
```
Epipe
```
Broken pipe.
```
Erange
```
Result too large.
```
Erofs
```
Read-only file system.
```
Espipe
```
Invalid seek.
```
Esrch
```
No such process.
```
Estale
```
Stale remote file handle.
```
Etxtbsy
```
Text file busy.
```
Exdev
```
Cross-domain link.
```
InvalidUnicode
```
Invalid Unicode data was encountered when reading text.
```
NoTranslation(a: FileEncoding, b: FileEncoding)
```
Unicode data that can’t be converted to/from the relevant encoding was encountered when reading text.