Class SysExits


  • public final class SysExits
    extends Object
    POSIX-compatible process exit values. From /usr/include/sysexits.h:
      SYSEXITS.H -- Exit status codes for system programs.
    
            This include file attempts to categorize possible error
            exit statuses for system programs, notably delivermail
            and the Berkeley network.
    
            Error numbers begin at EX__BASE to reduce the possibility of
            clashing with other exit statuses that random programs may
            already return.  The meaning of the codes is approximately
            as follows:
    
            EX_USAGE -- The command was used incorrectly, e.g., with
                    the wrong number of arguments, a bad flag, a bad
                    syntax in a parameter, or whatever.
            EX_DATAERR -- The input data was incorrect in some way.
                    This should only be used for user's data & not
                    system files.
            EX_NOINPUT -- An input file (not a system file) did not
                    exist or was not readable.  This could also include
                    errors like "No message" to a mailer (if it cared
                    to catch it).
            EX_NOUSER -- The user specified did not exist.  This might
                    be used for mail addresses or remote logins.
            EX_NOHOST -- The host specified did not exist.  This is used
                    in mail addresses or network requests.
            EX_UNAVAILABLE -- A service is unavailable.  This can occur
                    if a support program or file does not exist.  This
                    can also be used as a catchall message when something
                    you wanted to do doesn't work, but you don't know
                    why.
            EX_SOFTWARE -- An internal software error has been detected.
                    This should be limited to non-operating system related
                    errors as possible.
            EX_OSERR -- An operating system error has been detected.
                    This is intended to be used for such things as "cannot
                    fork", "cannot create pipe", or the like.  It includes
                    things like getuid returning a user that does not
                    exist in the passwd file.
            EX_OSFILE -- Some system file (e.g., /etc/passwd, /etc/utmp,
                    etc.) does not exist, cannot be opened, or has some
                    sort of error (e.g., syntax error).
            EX_CANTCREAT -- A (user specified) output file cannot be
                    created.
            EX_IOERR -- An error occurred while doing I/O on some file.
            EX_TEMPFAIL -- temporary failure, indicating something that
                    is not really an error.  In sendmail, this means
                    that a mailer (e.g.) could not create a connection,
                    and the request should be reattempted later.
            EX_PROTOCOL -- the remote system returned something that
                    was "not possible" during a protocol exchange.
            EX_NOPERM -- You did not have sufficient permission to
                    perform the operation.  This is not intended for
                    file system problems, which should use NOINPUT or
                    CANTCREAT, but rather for higher level permissions.