util.getSystemErrorMessage

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util.getSystemErrorMessage(err): string

Attributes

err:number

Returns:string

Returns the string message for a numeric error code that comes from a Node.js API. The mapping between error codes and string messages is platform-dependent.

fs.access('file/that/does/not/exist', (err) => {
  const message = util.getSystemErrorMessage(err.errno);
  console.error(message);  // No such file or directory
});

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