<refentry id="error">
<refnamediv>
<refname>ERROR</refname>
<refpurpose>Outputs text error messages for given error numbers</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>error</command>
<arg choice="plain">
  <replaceable>errno</replaceable>
</arg>
<arg choice="plain">
  &repeatst;<replaceable>errno</replaceable>&repeaten;
</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<para>
This command is used to look up the description of an error code.
/dd/sys/errmsg must be available.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>
<screen>
OS9: error 216
PATH NAME NOT FOUND - can't find pathlist specified.
</screen>
</refsect1>
</refentry>