In an old copy of the Newsletter of the European UNIX User Group (Vol. 7, No 1, 1987) I found a list of error-messages, compiled by Nick Stoughton
| E | 2.718... |
| E2BRUTUS | Init killed by an adopted child |
| E2MANY | Too many error codes |
| E423 | Addictive overflow |
| E<unprintable> | Obscene kludge in program |
| E=MC2+1 | Illegal units conversion |
| E? | DMR system error |
| EACDC | Wrong type of socket |
| EAGLE | Disk full |
| EAR | Please repeat question |
| EASTER | Autoreboot in 3 days |
| EASY | Cray doing an infinite loop |
| EAT | Data file munched |
| EAT | The Computer is going down |
| EAT | You have been hacking too long, time to ... |
| EATME | Cannot mount face |
| EATME | request bytes |
| EATT | Legal fees exhausted |
| EATT | Running Sys 5 |
| EATTABOY | Nice try - try again |
| EBAD | Bad error (not good). Naughty Naughty. |
| EBADDOG | Pointer on carpet |
| EBADMUSIC | Warning - muzak playing |
| EBADTASTE | Compiling an operating system written in PASCAL |
| EBANKRUPT | Out of cache |
| EBAPTIST | Busy hands are happy hands |
| EBB | Data flow reversal |
| EBCDIC | Dialect unknown |
| EBCDIC | Non ascii stream |
| EBCDIC | Non portable character comparison |
| EBEFOREI | invalid syntax |
| EBSD | Running BSD |
| EBSD | Your tape will be shipped real soon now, we promise |
| EBUNNY | Multi-hop access attempt |
| EC00Y | JCL error |
| ECHAOTIC | Chaotic or random error |
| ECHERNOBYL | Broken pipe |
| ECHERNOBYL | Connection melted |
| ECHIROPRACT | Disk problem |
| ECHO | Duplicate argument found |
| ECIA | You're not allowed to know |
| ECLAMUP | Shell Quit |
| ECONF | Too many sessions |
| ECONSTIPATED | Operation would block |
| ECRAY | Program exitect before run |
| ECREAT | Missing vowel |
| ECROSSDRESSING | Violation of strong typing |
| ECRUFT | Bit rot in program |
| ECRUSADE | Religious error (SVRn) |
| ECT | Addressing, I/O, Wrong Command etc |
| EDDIE | Thank you for making a simple error-code generator very happy... |
| EDFS | Not a tty |
| EDINGDONG | The daemon is dead |
| EDMR | A host is a host from coast to coast, and no-one can talk |
| EDOOFS | Beating dead horse |
| EDOOFS | Overload |
| EDOWHAT | Operation unknown in Texas |
| EDRANO | Sync failure |
| EDROUGHT | Stream failed |
| EE | Stoned EE grad student code found |
| EE6NONE | Kernel non-existant |
| EEC | Common Market - no parity |
| EECHOO | Bless you |
| EECK | Mice in machine room |
| EECS | Invalid department |
| EECUMMINGS | Case Translator Finished |
| EEE | Center of terrorist activity |
| EEEEEEEE | Infinite loop in program |
| EEEEEEEEEE | Speaker too close to microphone |
| EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE | Infinite loop detected |
| EEK | Dead mouse |
| EEMILYPOST | Wrong fork |
| EERYMEENYMINYMOE | Scheduler can't decide which process to run... |
| EFAULT | Earthquake |
| EFGHIJ | Long time no C |
| EFIXED | No children |
| EFLAT | File system needs tuning |
| EFLAT | String out of range |
| EFLOOD | Overflow in stream |
| EFORK | Routing table full |
| EFORK | Too many forks |
| EFREETRADE | Setquota failure |
| EGAD | Got another dump |
| EGAD | Surely you jest |
| EGADS | Sudden realisation were running VMS |
| EGADS | The system is astounded |
| EGGONYOURFACE | Memory fault: core dumped |
| EGOAWAY | System is busy now |
| EGODOT | Endless wait |
| EGODS | Too many Baptists |
| EGOEDEL | Maths Argument Undecided |
| EGOOD | Good error (everyone should make(1) one) |
| EGREP | String not found |
| EH | Canadian user error |
| EH | Say what? |
| EHEADACHE | Connection request denied |
| EHEADACHE | Dual processors not tightly coupled |
| EHTRAP | Hack ... |
| EIA | Standardization violation |
| EIBM | User error. Fix the problem and recompile |
| EIEIO | Bug bug here, bug bug there |
| EIEIO | Farms in Berkeley |
| EILLEGAL | Illegal error (failable) |
| EILLITERATE | Can't read or write |
| EIMPOLITE | Bad fork |
| EIMPOTENT | Unable to fork |
| EINF | Infinite loop |
| EJIHAD | Religious error (BSD4.x) |
| EKEN | You are not expected to understand this |
| EKNOCK | Who s there |
| ELABORATE | Too tense |
| ELAPSED | Sins undeclared |
| ELASTICK | Clock needs rewinding |
| ELAWFUL | Lawful error |
| ELECTROCUTION | Attempt by finger to reach socket |
| ELECTROLUX | Your code could stand to be cleaned up |
| ELF | Tolkien ring passing error |
| ELICIT | Need more input |
| ELIM | Outside bounds of window |
| ELUSIVE | Invalid pointer |
| EMACS | Program too large |
| Junk mail detected | |
| User is too big a flamer | |
| EMARCOS | No longer supported |
| EMEACULPA | System error |
| EMIRROR | Hardware error - see ESMOKE |
| EMISC | None of the above |
| EMISS | Record skipped |
| EMO | Main processor overworked |
| EMORDOR | Name server bound |
| EMORTAL | Can t kti process |
| EMPOTENT | Pipe too soft |
| EMRED | A host is a host from coast to coast, and nobody talks... |
| ENAP | On wrong side of window |
| ENEEDWINDEX | Unable to do I/O to window |
| ENIH | There's a better way to do that |
| ENIXON | Tape problem |
| ENOAIR | Read on a full pipe |
| ENOARMSCONTROL | Silo overflow |
| ENOBOZOS | Stupid request |
| ENOCH | Race condition |
| ENOCHICKEN | Serious colonel problem |
| ENOCONTEST | The judges' decision is final |
| ENOCORN | Serious kernel problem |
| ENOCURRENT | Bad socket |
| ENODICE | Error in rand |
| ENOENO | Musician not found |
| ENOENO | Too intense |
| ENOERROR | Just kidding |
| ENOFLUID | (Cray 2 only) CPU fluid level low |
| ENOGOOD | Invalid system error |
| ENOGREYHOUND | Bus error |
| ENOH2O | Read on an empty pipe |
| ENOHOPE | System V |
| ENOKISS | Buss error |
| ENOKNOW | Definitely hardware or software error |
| ENOMAAM | Missing token |
| ENOMULTIHOP | You should use NFS not RFS |
| ENON | No errors. Just kidding |
| ENONCOGNISCENT | Something is wrong and I won't tell you what |
| ENONO | You can't do that |
| ENOONE | Both endian |
| ENOPAPER | Read on an empty file |
| ENORMOUS | Program too large |
| ENOSALT | Nuke error. core dump |
| ENOSAUSAGE | Serious link problem |
| ENOSELECTRIC | Not a typewriter |
| ENOSTRADAMUS | Predicted result |
| ENOTATE | Not in art gallery |
| ENOTCOMPLETE | Dial again or ask your operator for assistance |
| ENOTHEAVY | E's my brother |
| ENOTME | Not my fault |
| ENOTMYFAULT | Some other process generated the error |
| ENOTONHORSE | Mount failed |
| ENOUGH | Infinite loop skipped |
| ENOUGH | No ugly hostnames allowed |
| ENOUGH | Time limit expired |
| ENOUGH | Too many errors |
| ENOUNIX | "But that's not UNIX" (you have invoked a system ca1l...) |
| ENOVICE | Not in Miami |
| ENOWARP | Out of dilithium crystals |
| ENOWAY | No way to list all these error codes |
| ENSA | No such error |
| ENUF | No more errors please |
| EOOEAA | Invalid hex format |
| EOOPS | Program lost |
| EORGY | Mount table full |
| EOUTOFGAS | Bus error |
| EOW | Stack fell over |
| EP&p6 | String not null terminated |
| EPDP8 | Obsolete CPU |
| EPHONEBOOK | Directory does not exist |
| EPLUNGER | Unable to flush |
| EPRIVATE | Can t tell you error |
| EPUBLIC | Everyone knows better |
| EPUN | That s not funny |
| EPUNT | Now what? |
| ERABRIT | Too many hops |
| ERASE | Race condition |
| ERATRAP | Female programmer induced bugcheck |
| EREAlSOONNOW | Feature not yet supported |
| ERELIGION | A 4.2/SV system call has been issued on a SV/4.2 system |
| ERG | Requires too much effort |
| ERROR | ? (the user will know what this means) |
| ERROR | Error |
| ERROR | Error in perror |
| ESALTII | Deadlock detected |
| ESARTE | No exit |
| ESCAPE | Trap failed |
| ESCHWA | Extended character set unsupported |
| ESMOKE | Software error - see EMIRROR |
| ESMOP | Code not written; lazy programmer |
| ESP | Error coming soon |
| ESPLASH | Cannot push stream module |
| ESPOON | Too many forks |
| ET | Cannot phone home |
| ET | Phone home |
| ETATJOES | Commercial implementation error |
| ETC | Misc. error |
| ETCOMEH | Tbuf fault. Flushing and returning |
| ETEENAGER | Runaway child process |
| ETERNAL | Attempt to sleep on wchan for which wakeup will never... |
| ETHER | Try STARLAN instead |
| ETHEWRONGCHOICE | BSD system call |
| ETHIOPIA | Out of resources |
| ETICKET | Failure to stop at signal |
| ETOOMANY | Too many remote file systems |
| ETOW | Denver boot (wheel clamp) |
| ETPHONEHOME | Hang up |
| ETRAP | Rogue fell into its own trap |
| ETTY | Is a typewriter |
| EUNICH | /etc/dev not found |
| EUNICH | Mount request not possible |
| EUNUCH | Unable to fork |
| EUSSR | Usr core destroyed |
| EUUG | Intercontinental junket |
| EUUG | Too many groups |
| EVITA | Don't cry for me Argentina |
| EWATERGATE | Extreme tape gap |
| EWHAT | Unknown error |
| EWOODY | This LAN is your LAN, this LAN is my LAN... |
| EWORGET | Out of memory |
| EX | Old version detected |
| EXORCIST | Cannot remove zombies |
| EXPORT | Feature restricted outside of the US |
| EYAWN | Algorithm boring |
| EYOYO | System about to crash |
| EYUCK | Are you sure that you wanted to mount that VMS file system... |
| EYUCK | Pipe backed up |
| EZ | It would be faster to do operation on paper |
| EZ | Menu in use |
| EZBAD | Program erased all source and died |
| EZMUCH | Funny error (Inexplicable without laughing or giggling) |
| EZRIDER | Irregular machine cycles |
| EZZZ | Interrupted sleep |
| EZZZZ | Process asleep |
| Ep&P6 | (null) |