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# module Errno

Ruby exception objects are subclasses of `Exception`. However, operating systems typically report errors using plain integers. `Module` `Errno` is created dynamically to map these operating system errors to Ruby classes, with each error number generating its own subclass of `SystemCallError`. As the subclass is created in module `Errno`, its name will start `Errno::`.

The names of the `Errno::` classes depend on the environment in which Ruby runs. On a typical Unix or Windows platform, there are `Errno` classes such as Errno::EACCES, Errno::EAGAIN, Errno::EINTR, and so on.

The integer operating system error number corresponding to a particular error is available as the class constant `Errno::`error`::Errno`.

    Errno::EACCES::Errno   #=> 13
    Errno::EAGAIN::Errno   #=> 11
    Errno::EINTR::Errno    #=> 4

The full list of operating system errors on your particular platform are available as the constants of `Errno`.

    Errno.constants   #=> :E2BIG, :EACCES, :EADDRINUSE, :EADDRNOTAVAIL, ...