From:	"Johan Venter" <jventer AT writeme DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Do Error Messages Really Help?
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Martin Peach <martin AT loplop DOT com> wrote in message
news:7pu789$975 AT tandem DOT CAM DOT ORG...
> It sure would be useful to have stuff like ENOENT written out in long, I
> keep trying to guess what it might possibly stand for.
> "Error no Entry"? "Eno ain't here?" "Exit not Entrance?"  Surely there is
> not a DOS-like (8.3) limit on symbolic names?
> \/\/\/*=Martin

How about typing "info libc a errno" at your prompt?

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Johan Venter
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