glibmm: Glib::FileError Class Reference

Exception class for file-related errors. More...

#include <glibmm/fileutils.h>

Inheritance diagram for Glib::FileError:

Public Types

enum  Code {

  EXISTS,

  IS_DIRECTORY,

  ACCESS_DENIED,

  NAME_TOO_LONG,

  NO_SUCH_ENTITY,

  NOT_DIRECTORY,

  NO_SUCH_DEVICE,

  NOT_DEVICE,

  READONLY_FILESYSTEM,

  TEXT_FILE_BUSY,

  FAULTY_ADDRESS,

  SYMLINK_LOOP,

  NO_SPACE_LEFT,

  NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY,

  TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES,

  FILE_TABLE_OVERFLOW,

  BAD_FILE_DESCRIPTOR,

  INVALID_ARGUMENT,

  BROKEN_PIPE,

  TRYAGAIN,

  INTERRUPTED,

  IO_ERROR,

  NOT_OWNER,

  NOSYS,

  FAILED

}
 Values corresponding to errno codes returned from file operations on UNIX. More...

 

Public Member Functions

 FileError (Code error_code, const Glib::ustring& error_message)
 
 FileError (GError* gobject)
 
Code code () const
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from Glib::Error
 Error ()
 
 Error (GQuark domain, int code, const Glib::ustring& message)
 
 Error (GError* gobject, bool take_copy=false)
 
 Error (const Error& other)
 
Erroroperator= (const Error& other)
 
virtual ~Error () throw ()
 
GQuark domain () const
 
int code () const
 
virtual Glib::ustring what () const
 
bool matches (GQuark domain, int code) const
 
GError* gobj ()
 
const GError* gobj () const
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from Glib::Exception
virtual ~Exception ()=0 throw ()
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Protected Attributes inherited from Glib::Error
GError* gobject_
 

Detailed Description

Exception class for file-related errors.

Member Enumeration Documentation

Values corresponding to errno codes returned from file operations on UNIX.

Unlike errno codes, FileError::Code values are available on all systems, even Windows. The exact meaning of each code depends on what sort of file operation you were performing; the UNIX documentation gives more details. The following error code descriptions come from the GNU C Library manual, and are under the copyright of that manual.

It's not very portable to make detailed assumptions about exactly which errors will be returned from a given operation. Some errors don't occur on some systems, etc., sometimes there are subtle differences in when a system will report a given error, etc.

Enumerator
EXISTS 

(EEXIST) Operation not permitted; only the owner of the file (or other resource) or processes with special privileges can perform the operation.





IS_DIRECTORY 

(EISDIR) File is a directory; you cannot open a directory for writing, or create or remove hard links to it.





ACCESS_DENIED 

(EACCES) Permission denied; the file permissions do not allow the attempted operation.





NAME_TOO_LONG 

(ENAMETOOLONG) Filename too long.





NO_SUCH_ENTITY 

(ENOENT) No such file or directory.

This is a "file doesn't exist" error for ordinary files that are referenced in contexts where they are expected to already exist.



NOT_DIRECTORY 

(ENOTDIR) A file that isn't a directory was specified when a directory is required.





NO_SUCH_DEVICE 

(ENXIO) No such device or address.

The system tried to use the device represented by a file you specified, and it couldn't find the device. This can mean that the device file was installed incorrectly, or that the physical device is missing or not correctly attached to the computer.



NOT_DEVICE 

(ENODEV) This file is of a type that doesn't support mapping.





READONLY_FILESYSTEM 

(EROFS) The directory containing the new link can't be modified because it's on a read-only file system.





TEXT_FILE_BUSY 

(ETXTBSY) Text file busy.





FAULTY_ADDRESS 

(EFAULT) You passed in a pointer to bad memory.

(Glib won't reliably return this, don't pass in pointers to bad memory.)



SYMLINK_LOOP 

(ELOOP) Too many levels of symbolic links were encountered in looking up a file name.

This often indicates a cycle of symbolic links.



NO_SPACE_LEFT 

(ENOSPC) No space left on device; write operation on a file failed because the disk is full.





NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY 

(ENOMEM) No memory available.

The system cannot allocate more virtual memory because its capacity is full.



TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES 

(EMFILE) The current process has too many files open and can't open any more.

Duplicate descriptors do count toward this limit.



FILE_TABLE_OVERFLOW 

(ENFILE) There are too many distinct file openings in the entire system.





BAD_FILE_DESCRIPTOR 

(EBADF) Bad file descriptor; for example, I/O on a descriptor that has been closed or reading from a descriptor open only for writing (or vice versa).





INVALID_ARGUMENT 

(EINVAL) Invalid argument.

This is used to indicate various kinds of problems with passing the wrong argument to a library function.



BROKEN_PIPE 

(EPIPE) Broken pipe; there is no process reading from the other end of a pipe.

Every library function that returns this error code also generates a SIGPIPE signal; this signal terminates the program if not handled or blocked. Thus, your program will never actually see this code unless it has handled or blocked SIGPIPE.



TRYAGAIN 

(EAGAIN) Resource temporarily unavailable; the call might work if you try again later.

We used TRYAGAIN instead of TRY_AGAIN, because that is a defined as a macro by a Unix header.



INTERRUPTED 

(EINTR) Interrupted function call; an asynchronous signal occurred and prevented completion of the call.

When this happens, you should try the call again.



IO_ERROR 

(EIO) Input/output error; usually used for physical read or write errors.

I.e. the disk or other physical device hardware is returning errors.



NOT_OWNER 

(EPERM) Operation not permitted; only the owner of the file (or other resource) or processes with special privileges can perform the operation.





NOSYS 
FAILED 

Does not correspond to a UNIX error code; this is the standard "failed for unspecified reason" error code present in all Glib::Error error code enumerations.

Returned if no specific code applies.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Glib::FileError::FileError ( Code  error_code,
const Glib::ustring error_message 
)
Glib::FileError::FileError ( GError *  gobject)
explicit

Member Function Documentation

Code Glib::FileError::code ( ) const