---
name: "perror"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mariadb"
version: "13.0.2-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/perror"
---

# perror(1)

explain error codes

## NAME

perror - explain error codes

## SYNOPSIS

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

## 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 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

For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Documentation, available online at https://mariadb.com/docs/

## AUTHOR

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