**PERROR**(1) MariaDB Database System **PERROR**(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

perror - explain error codes

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**perror \[options] errorcode ...**

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

For most system errors, MariaDB displays, in addition to an internal text message, the system error code in one of the following styles:

```
message ... (errno: #)
message ... (Errcode: #)
```

You can find out what the error code means by examining the documentation for your system or by using the **perror** utility.

**perror** prints a description for a system error code or for a storage engine (table handler) error code.

Invoke **perror** like this:

```
shell> perror [options] errorcode ...
```

Example:

```
shell> perror 13 64
OS error code  13:  Permission denied
OS error code  64:  Machine is not on the network
```

Note that the meaning of system error messages may be dependent on your operating system. A given error code may mean different things on different operating systems.

**perror** supports the following options.

•**--help**, **--info**, **-I**, **-?**

Display a help message and exit.

•**--silent**, **-s**

Silent mode. Print only the error message.

•**--verbose**, **-v**

Verbose mode. Print error code and message. This is the default behavior.

•**--version**, **-V**

Display version information and exit.

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 2010-2025 MariaDB Foundation

This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1335 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Knowledge Base, available online at https://mariadb.com/kb/

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/).

5 March 2025 MariaDB 11.8

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