# Struct std::io::Error

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    pub struct Error { /* private fields */ }

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The error type for I/O operations of the `Read`, `Write`, `Seek`, and associated traits.

Errors mostly originate from the underlying OS, but custom instances of `Error` can be created with crafted error messages and a particular value of `ErrorKind`.

## Implementations§

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### impl Error

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#### pub fn new<E>(kind: ErrorKind, error: E) -> Error where E: Into<Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>,

Creates a new I/O error from a known kind of error as well as an arbitrary error payload.

This function is used to generically create I/O errors which do not originate from the OS itself. The `error` argument is an arbitrary payload which will be contained in this `Error`.

Note that this function allocates memory on the heap. If no extra payload is required, use the `From` conversion from `ErrorKind`.

##### Examples

    use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};

    // errors can be created from strings
    let custom_error = Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "oh no!");

    // errors can also be created from other errors
    let custom_error2 = Error::new(ErrorKind::Interrupted, custom_error);

    // creating an error without payload (and without memory allocation)
    let eof_error = Error::from(ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof);

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#### pub fn other<E>(error: E) -> Error where E: Into<Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>,

Creates a new I/O error from an arbitrary error payload.

This function is used to generically create I/O errors which do not originate from the OS itself. It is a shortcut for `Error::new` with `ErrorKind::Other`.

##### Examples

    use std::io::Error;

    // errors can be created from strings
    let custom_error = Error::other("oh no!");

    // errors can also be created from other errors
    let custom_error2 = Error::other(custom_error);

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#### pub fn last_os_error() -> Error

Returns an error representing the last OS error which occurred.

This function reads the value of `errno` for the target platform (e.g. `GetLastError` on Windows) and will return a corresponding instance of `Error` for the error code.

This should be called immediately after a call to a platform function, otherwise the state of the error value is indeterminate. In particular, other standard library functions may call platform functions that may (or may not) reset the error value even if they succeed.

##### Examples

    use std::io::Error;

    let os_error = Error::last_os_error();
    println!("last OS error: {os_error:?}");

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#### pub fn from_raw_os_error(code: RawOsError) -> Error

Creates a new instance of an `Error` from a particular OS error code.

##### Examples

On Linux:

    use std::io;

    let error = io::Error::from_raw_os_error(22);
    assert_eq!(error.kind(), io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput);

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On Windows:

    use std::io;

    let error = io::Error::from_raw_os_error(10022);
    assert_eq!(error.kind(), io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput);

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#### pub fn raw_os_error(&self) -> Option<RawOsError>

Returns the OS error that this error represents (if any).

If this `Error` was constructed via `last_os_error` or `from_raw_os_error`, then this function will return `Some`, otherwise it will return `None`.

##### Examples

    use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};

    fn print_os_error(err: &Error) {
        if let Some(raw_os_err) = err.raw_os_error() {
            println!("raw OS error: {raw_os_err:?}");
        } else {
            println!("Not an OS error");
        }
    }

    fn main() {
        // Will print "raw OS error: ...".
        print_os_error(&Error::last_os_error());
        // Will print "Not an OS error".
        print_os_error(&Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "oh no!"));
    }

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#### pub fn get_ref(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static)>

Returns a reference to the inner error wrapped by this error (if any).

If this `Error` was constructed via `new` then this function will return `Some`, otherwise it will return `None`.

##### Examples

    use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};

    fn print_error(err: &Error) {
        if let Some(inner_err) = err.get_ref() {
            println!("Inner error: {inner_err:?}");
        } else {
            println!("No inner error");
        }
    }

    fn main() {
        // Will print "No inner error".
        print_error(&Error::last_os_error());
        // Will print "Inner error: ...".
        print_error(&Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "oh no!"));
    }

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#### pub fn get_mut(&mut self) -> Option<&mut (dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static)>

Returns a mutable reference to the inner error wrapped by this error (if any).

If this `Error` was constructed via `new` then this function will return `Some`, otherwise it will return `None`.

##### Examples

    use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
    use std::{error, fmt};
    use std::fmt::Display;

    #[derive(Debug)]
    struct MyError {
        v: String,
    }

    impl MyError {
        fn new() -> MyError {
            MyError {
                v: "oh no!".to_string()
            }
        }

        fn change_message(&mut self, new_message: &str) {
            self.v = new_message.to_string();
        }
    }

    impl error::Error for MyError {}

    impl Display for MyError {
        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
            write!(f, "MyError: {}", &self.v)
        }
    }

    fn change_error(mut err: Error) -> Error {
        if let Some(inner_err) = err.get_mut() {
            inner_err.downcast_mut::<MyError>().unwrap().change_message("I've been changed!");
        }
        err
    }

    fn print_error(err: &Error) {
        if let Some(inner_err) = err.get_ref() {
            println!("Inner error: {inner_err}");
        } else {
            println!("No inner error");
        }
    }

    fn main() {
        // Will print "No inner error".
        print_error(&change_error(Error::last_os_error()));
        // Will print "Inner error: ...".
        print_error(&change_error(Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, MyError::new())));
    }

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#### pub fn into_inner(self) -> Option<Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>

Consumes the `Error`, returning its inner error (if any).

If this `Error` was constructed via `new` then this function will return `Some`, otherwise it will return `None`.

##### Examples

    use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};

    fn print_error(err: Error) {
        if let Some(inner_err) = err.into_inner() {
            println!("Inner error: {inner_err}");
        } else {
            println!("No inner error");
        }
    }

    fn main() {
        // Will print "No inner error".
        print_error(Error::last_os_error());
        // Will print "Inner error: ...".
        print_error(Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "oh no!"));
    }

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#### pub fn downcast<E>(self) -> Result<Box<E>, Self>where E: Error + Send + Sync + 'static,

🔬This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`io_error_downcast` #99262)

Attempt to downgrade the inner error to `E` if any.

If this `Error` was constructed via `new` then this function will attempt to perform downgrade on it, otherwise it will return `Err`.

If downgrade succeeds, it will return `Ok`, otherwise it will also return `Err`.

##### Examples

    #![feature(io_error_downcast)]

    use std::fmt;
    use std::io;
    use std::error::Error;

    #[derive(Debug)]
    enum E {
        Io(io::Error),
        SomeOtherVariant,
    }

    impl fmt::Display for E {
       // ...
    }
    impl Error for E {}

    impl From<io::Error> for E {
        fn from(err: io::Error) -> E {
            err.downcast::<E>()
                .map(|b| *b)
                .unwrap_or_else(E::Io)
        }
    }

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#### pub fn kind(&self) -> ErrorKind

Returns the corresponding `ErrorKind` for this error.

This may be a value set by Rust code constructing custom `io::Error`s, or if this `io::Error` was sourced from the operating system, it will be a value inferred from the system’s error encoding. See `last_os_error` for more details.

##### Examples

    use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};

    fn print_error(err: Error) {
        println!("{:?}", err.kind());
    }

    fn main() {
        // As no error has (visibly) occurred, this may print anything!
        // It likely prints a placeholder for unidentified (non-)errors.
        print_error(Error::last_os_error());
        // Will print "AddrInUse".
        print_error(Error::new(ErrorKind::AddrInUse, "oh no!"));
    }

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### impl Debug for Error

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#### fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter. Read more
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### impl Display for Error

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#### fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter. Read more
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### impl Error for Error

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#### fn description(&self) -> &str

👎Deprecated since 1.42.0: use the Display impl or to_string()
Read more
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#### fn cause(&self) -> Option<&dyn Error>

👎Deprecated since 1.33.0: replaced by Error::source, which can support downcasting
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#### fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + 'static)>

The lower-level source of this error, if any. Read more
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#### fn provide<'a>(&'a self, request: &mut Request<'a>)

🔬This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`error_generic_member_access` #99301)
Provides type based access to context intended for error reports. Read more
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### impl From<ErrorKind> for Error

Intended for use for errors not exposed to the user, where allocating onto the heap (for normal construction via Error::new) is too costly.

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#### fn from(kind: ErrorKind) -> Error

Converts an `ErrorKind` into an `Error`.

This conversion creates a new error with a simple representation of error kind.

##### Examples

    use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};

    let not_found = ErrorKind::NotFound;
    let error = Error::from(not_found);
    assert_eq!("entity not found", format!("{error}"));

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### impl<W> From<IntoInnerError<W>> for Error

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#### fn from(iie: IntoInnerError<W>) -> Error

Converts to this type from the input type.
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### impl From<NulError> for Error

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#### fn from(_: NulError) -> Error

Converts a `alloc::ffi::NulError` into a `Error`.

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### impl !RefUnwindSafe for Error

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### impl Send for Error

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### impl Sync for Error

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### impl Unpin for Error

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### impl !UnwindSafe for Error

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### impl<T> Any for Twhere T: 'static + ?Sized,

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#### fn type_id(&self) -> TypeId

Gets the `TypeId` of `self`. Read more
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#### fn borrow(&self) -> &T

Immutably borrows from an owned value. Read more
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### impl<T> BorrowMut<T> for Twhere T: ?Sized,

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#### fn borrow_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T

Mutably borrows from an owned value. Read more
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### impl<T> From<T> for T

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#### fn from(t: T) -> T

Returns the argument unchanged.

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### impl<T, U> Into<U> for Twhere U: From<T>,

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#### fn into(self) -> U

Calls `U::from(self)`.

That is, this conversion is whatever the implementation of `From<T> for U` chooses to do.

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### impl<T> ToString for Twhere T: Display + ?Sized,

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#### default fn to_string(&self) -> String

Converts the given value to a `String`. Read more
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### impl<T, U> TryFrom<U> for Twhere U: Into<T>,

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#### type Error = Infallible

The type returned in the event of a conversion error.
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#### fn try_from(value: U) -> Result<T, <T as TryFrom<U>>::Error>

Performs the conversion.
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### impl<T, U> TryInto<U> for Twhere U: TryFrom<T>,

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#### type Error = <U as TryFrom<T>>::Error

The type returned in the event of a conversion error.
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#### fn try_into(self) -> Result<U, <U as TryFrom<T>>::Error>

Performs the conversion.