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+/* The <errno.h> header defines the numbers of the various errors that can
+ * occur during program execution. They are visible to user programs and
+ * should be small positive integers. However, they are also used within
+ * MINIX, where they must be negative. For example, the READ system call is
+ * executed internally by calling do_read(). This function returns either a
+ * (negative) error number or a (positive) number of bytes actually read.
+ *
+ * To solve the problem of having the error numbers be negative inside the
+ * the system and positive outside, the following mechanism is used. All the
+ * definitions are are the form:
+ *
+ * #define EPERM (_SIGN 1)
+ *
+ * If the macro _SYSTEM is defined, then _SIGN is set to "-", otherwise it is
+ * set to "". Thus when compiling the operating system, the macro _SYSTEM
+ * will be defined, setting EPERM to (- 1), whereas when when this
+ * file is included in an ordinary user program, EPERM has the value ( 1).
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ERRNO_H /* check if <errno.h> is already included */
+#define _ERRNO_H /* it is not included; note that fact */
+
+/* Now define _SIGN as "" or "-" depending on _SYSTEM. */
+#ifdef _SYSTEM
+# define _SIGN -
+# define OK 0
+#else
+# define _SIGN
+#endif
+
+extern int errno; /* place where the error numbers go */
+
+/* Here are the numerical values of the error numbers. */
+#define _NERROR 39 /* number of errors */
+
+#define ERROR (_SIGN 99) /* generic error */
+#define EPERM (_SIGN 1) /* operation not permitted */
+#define ENOENT (_SIGN 2) /* no such file or directory */
+#define ESRCH (_SIGN 3) /* no such process */
+#define EINTR (_SIGN 4) /* interrupted function call */
+#define EIO (_SIGN 5) /* input/output error */
+#define ENXIO (_SIGN 6) /* no such device or address */
+#define E2BIG (_SIGN 7) /* arg list too long */
+#define ENOEXEC (_SIGN 8) /* exec format error */
+#define EBADF (_SIGN 9) /* bad file descriptor */
+#define ECHILD (_SIGN 10) /* no child process */
+#define EAGAIN (_SIGN 11) /* resource temporarily unavailable */
+#define ENOMEM (_SIGN 12) /* not enough space */
+#define EACCES (_SIGN 13) /* permission denied */
+#define EFAULT (_SIGN 14) /* bad address */
+#define ENOTBLK (_SIGN 15) /* Extension: not a block special file */
+#define EBUSY (_SIGN 16) /* resource busy */
+#define EEXIST (_SIGN 17) /* file exists */
+#define EXDEV (_SIGN 18) /* improper link */
+#define ENODEV (_SIGN 19) /* no such device */
+#define ENOTDIR (_SIGN 20) /* not a directory */
+#define EISDIR (_SIGN 21) /* is a directory */
+#define EINVAL (_SIGN 22) /* invalid argument */
+#define ENFILE (_SIGN 23) /* too many open files in system */
+#define EMFILE (_SIGN 24) /* too many open files */
+#define ENOTTY (_SIGN 25) /* inappropriate I/O control operation */
+#define ETXTBSY (_SIGN 26) /* no longer used */
+#define EFBIG (_SIGN 27) /* file too large */
+#define ENOSPC (_SIGN 28) /* no space left on device */
+#define ESPIPE (_SIGN 29) /* invalid seek */
+#define EROFS (_SIGN 30) /* read-only file system */
+#define EMLINK (_SIGN 31) /* too many links */
+#define EPIPE (_SIGN 32) /* broken pipe */
+#define EDOM (_SIGN 33) /* domain error (from ANSI C std) */
+#define ERANGE (_SIGN 34) /* result too large (from ANSI C std) */
+#define EDEADLK (_SIGN 35) /* resource deadlock avoided */
+#define ENAMETOOLONG (_SIGN 36) /* file name too long */
+#define ENOLCK (_SIGN 37) /* no locks available */
+#define ENOSYS (_SIGN 38) /* function not implemented */
+#define ENOTEMPTY (_SIGN 39) /* directory not empty */
+
+/* The following are not POSIX errors, but they can still happen. */
+#define ELOCKED (_SIGN 101) /* can't send message */
+#define EBADCALL (_SIGN 102) /* error on send/receive */
+
+/* The following error codes are generated by the kernel itself. */
+#ifdef _SYSTEM
+#define E_BAD_DEST -1 /* destination address illegal */
+#define E_BAD_SRC -2 /* source address illegal */
+#define E_TRY_AGAIN -3 /* can't send-- tables full */
+#define E_OVERRUN -4 /* interrupt for task that is not waiting */
+#define E_BAD_BUF -5 /* message buf outside caller's addr space */
+#define E_TASK -6 /* can't send to task */
+#define E_NO_MESSAGE -7 /* RECEIVE failed: no message present */
+#define E_NO_PERM -8 /* ordinary users can't send to tasks */
+#define E_BAD_FCN -9 /* only valid fcns are SEND, RECEIVE, BOTH */
+#define E_BAD_ADDR -10 /* bad address given to utility routine */
+#define E_BAD_PROC -11 /* bad proc number given to utility */
+#endif /* _SYSTEM */
+
+#endif /* _ERRNO_H */