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+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Joerg Wunsch
+.\"
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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+.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $OpenBSD: sysexits.3,v 1.13 2017/04/11 17:01:11 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man3/sysexits.3,v 1.4.2.1 1999/08/29 16:45:41 peter Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 11 2017 $
+.Dt SYSEXITS 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm sysexits
+.Nd exit codes for programs
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sysexits.h
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+A few programs exit with the following non-portable error codes.
+Do not use them.
+.Pp
+The successful exit is always indicated by a status of 0, or
+.Dv EX_OK .
+Error numbers begin at
+.Dv EX__BASE
+to reduce the possibility of clashing with other exit statuses that
+random programs may already return.
+The meaning of the code is approximately as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width "EX_UNAVAILABLEXX(XX)"
+.It Dv EX_USAGE Pq 64
+The command was used incorrectly, e.g., with the wrong number of
+arguments, a bad flag, bad syntax in a parameter, or whatever.
+.It Dv EX_DATAERR Pq 65
+The input data was incorrect in some way.
+This should only be used for user's data and not system files.
+.It Dv EX_NOINPUT Pq 66
+An input file (not a system file) did not exist or was not readable.
+This could also include errors like
+.Dq \&No message
+to a mailer (if it cared to catch it).
+.It Dv EX_NOUSER Pq 67
+The user specified did not exist.
+This might be used for mail addresses or remote logins.
+.It Dv EX_NOHOST Pq 68
+The host specified did not exist.
+This is used in mail addresses or network requests.
+.It Dv EX_UNAVAILABLE Pq 69
+A service is unavailable.
+This can occur if a support program or file does not exist.
+This can also be used as a catch-all message when something you wanted
+to do doesn't work, but you don't know why.
+.It Dv EX_SOFTWARE Pq 70
+An internal software error has been detected.
+This should be limited to non-operating system related errors if possible.
+.It Dv EX_OSERR Pq 71
+An operating system error has been detected.
+This is intended to be used for such things as
+.Dq cannot fork ,
+or
+.Dq cannot create pipe .
+It includes things like
+.Xr getuid 2
+returning a user that does not exist in the passwd file.
+.It Dv EX_OSFILE Pq 72
+Some system file (e.g.,
+.Pa /etc/passwd ,
+.Pa /var/run/utmp )
+does not exist, cannot be opened, or has some sort of error
+(e.g., syntax error).
+.It Dv EX_CANTCREAT Pq 73
+A (user specified) output file cannot be created.
+.It Dv EX_IOERR Pq 74
+An error occurred while doing I/O on some file.
+.It Dv EX_TEMPFAIL Pq 75
+Temporary failure, indicating something that is not really an error.
+For example that a mailer could not create a
+connection, and the request should be reattempted later.
+.It Dv EX_PROTOCOL Pq 76
+The remote system returned something that was
+.Dq not possible
+during a protocol exchange.
+.It Dv EX_NOPERM Pq 77
+You did not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
+This is not intended for file system problems, which should use
+.Dv EX_NOINPUT
+or
+.Dv EX_CANTCREAT ,
+but rather for higher level permissions.
+.It Dv EX_CONFIG Pq 78
+Something was found in an unconfigured or misconfigured state.
+.El
+.Pp
+The numerical values corresponding to the symbolical ones are given in
+parentheses for easy reference.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr _exit 2 ,
+.Xr exit 3
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+file first appeared in
+.Bx 4.0
+for use by the delivermail utility, later renamed to
+.Xr sendmail 8 .
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
+.An Eric Allman
+invented the
+.Nm
+file in 1980.
+This man page was written by
+.An Joerg Wunsch ,
+based on Eric's original comments found in
+.In sysexits.h .
+.Sh BUGS
+The choice of an appropriate exit value is often ambiguous.