function getSystemErrorMessage

#getSystemErrorMessage(err: number): 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 name = util.getSystemErrorMessage(err.errno);
  console.error(name);  // no such file or directory
});

Parameters #

#err: number

Return Type #

string