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!!!Link has been severed |
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This is an interesting errno. the Single Unix Specification defines it as being 'Reserved', and gives no further help. The Linux source uses it in a few places for what appears to be networking related (eg: the network card has no link). Man pages around the Internet imply that it's a filesystem error -- the file could not be found because a link to the remote host is down. |
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if you get this error, good luck, and please, let us know how you did it :) |
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Looking at the 2.4.12 kernel source, it happens if: |
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PerryLorier |
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* an [ATM] link loses its [VCC] |
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* A usb network device loses its network link. |
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So the device is still working properly, it can't contact the remote end. How this is different to [EHOSTDOWN] or [EHOSTUNREACH] is not clear. |
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Perhaps the distinction is in setting up a connection versus sending data over a previously established connection that has failed? -- JohnMcPherson |