## Include file that implements 'osErrorMsg' and friends. Do not import it!
when not declared(ospaths):
{.error: "This is an include file for ospaths.nim!".}
when not defined(nimscript):
var errno {.importc, header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
proc c_strerror(errnum: cint): cstring {.
importc: "strerror", header: "<string.h>".}
proc osErrorMsg*(): string {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", deprecated.} =
## Retrieves the operating system's error flag, ``errno``.
## On Windows ``GetLastError`` is checked before ``errno``.
## Returns "" if no error occurred.
##
## **Deprecated since version 0.9.4**: use the other ``osErrorMsg`` proc.
result = ""
when defined(Windows) and not defined(nimscript):
var err = getLastError()
if err != 0'i32:
when useWinUnicode:
var msgbuf: WideCString
if formatMessageW(0x00000100 or 0x00001000 or 0x00000200 or 0x000000FF,
nil, err, 0, addr(msgbuf), 0, nil) != 0'i32:
result = $msgbuf
if msgbuf != nil: localFree(cast[pointer](msgbuf))
else:
var msgbuf: cstring
if formatMessageA(0x00000100 or 0x00001000 or 0x00000200 or 0x000000FF,
nil, err, 0, addr(msgbuf), 0, nil) != 0'i32:
result = $msgbuf
if msgbuf != nil: localFree(msgbuf)
when not defined(nimscript):
if errno != 0'i32:
result = $c_strerror(errno)
{.push warning[deprecated]: off.}
proc raiseOSError*(msg: string = "") {.noinline, rtl, extern: "nos$1",
deprecated.} =
## raises an OSError exception with the given message ``msg``.
## If ``msg == ""``, the operating system's error flag
## (``errno``) is converted to a readable error message. On Windows
## ``GetLastError`` is checked before ``errno``.
## If no error flag is set, the message ``unknown OS error`` is used.
##
## **Deprecated since version 0.9.4**: use the other ``raiseOSError`` proc.
if len(msg) == 0:
var m = osErrorMsg()
raise newException(OSError, if m.len > 0: m else: "unknown OS error")
else:
raise newException(OSError, msg)
{.pop.}
when not defined(nimfix):
{.deprecated: [osError: raiseOSError].}
proc `==`*(err1, err2: OSErrorCode): bool {.borrow.}
proc `$`*(err: OSErrorCode): string {.borrow.}
proc osErrorMsg*(errorCode: OSErrorCode): string =
## Converts an OS error code into a human readable string.
##
## The error code can be retrieved using the ``osLastError`` proc.
##
## If conversion fails, or ``errorCode`` is ``0`` then ``""`` will be
## returned.
##
## On Windows, the ``-d:useWinAnsi`` compilation flag can be used to
## make this procedure use the non-unicode Win API calls to retrieve the
## message.
result = ""
when defined(nimscript):
discard
elif defined(Windows):
if errorCode != OSErrorCode(0'i32):
when useWinUnicode:
var msgbuf: WideCString
if formatMessageW(0x00000100 or 0x00001000 or 0x00000200,
nil, errorCode.int32, 0, addr(msgbuf), 0, nil) != 0'i32:
result = $msgbuf
if msgbuf != nil: localFree(cast[pointer](msgbuf))
else:
var msgbuf: cstring
if formatMessageA(0x00000100 or 0x00001000 or 0x00000200,
nil, errorCode.int32, 0, addr(msgbuf), 0, nil) != 0'i32:
result = $msgbuf
if msgbuf != nil: localFree(msgbuf)
else:
if errorCode != OSErrorCode(0'i32):
result = $c_strerror(errorCode.int32)
proc raiseOSError*(errorCode: OSErrorCode; additionalInfo = "") {.noinline.} =
## Raises an ``OSError`` exception. The ``errorCode`` will determine the
## message, ``osErrorMsg`` will be used to get this message.
##
## The error code can be retrieved using the ``osLastError`` proc.
##
## If the error code is ``0`` or an error message could not be retrieved,
## the message ``unknown OS error`` will be used.
var e: ref OSError; new(e)
e.errorCode = errorCode.int32
if additionalInfo.len == 0:
e.msg = osErrorMsg(errorCode)
else:
e.msg = osErrorMsg(errorCode) & "\nAdditional info: " & additionalInfo
if e.msg == "":
e.msg = "unknown OS error"
raise e
{.push stackTrace:off.}
proc osLastError*(): OSErrorCode =
## Retrieves the last operating system error code.
##
## This procedure is useful in the event when an OS call fails. In that case
## this procedure will return the error code describing the reason why the
## OS call failed. The ``OSErrorMsg`` procedure can then be used to convert
## this code into a string.
##
## **Warning**:
## The behaviour of this procedure varies between Windows and POSIX systems.
## On Windows some OS calls can reset the error code to ``0`` causing this
## procedure to return ``0``. It is therefore advised to call this procedure
## immediately after an OS call fails. On POSIX systems this is not a problem.
when defined(nimscript):
discard
elif defined(windows):
result = OSErrorCode(getLastError())
else:
result = OSErrorCode(errno)
{.pop.}