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Python OS error codes with symbolic name and human readable error message
# Print a list of possible Python OS error codes together with the symbolic
# name in `errno` and the related human readable error message. The output
# uses Trac Wiki syntax so it can be copied and pasted in a Wiki document
# for later reference.
#
# The output depends on platform and language settings.
import errno
import os
print('||=code =||=symbol =||=message =||')
for number in sorted(errno.errorcode.keys()):
symbol = errno.errorcode[number]
message = os.strerror(number)
print('||%d||%s||%s||' % (number, symbol, message))
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||=code =||=symbol =||=message =||
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 655, in
File "", line 292, in GetErrorCode
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'strerror'

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@tiptonnet Concerning your error:

AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'strerror'

The code still works fine with Python 3.11, and strerror is still part of the standard os package. It seems you are importing some other module under the name os.

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