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144<li><span class="stability_2"><a href="#os_os">OS</a></span>
145<ul>
146<li><a href="#os_os_eol"><code>os.EOL</code></a></li>
147<li><a href="#os_os_arch"><code>os.arch()</code></a></li>
148<li><a href="#os_os_constants"><code>os.constants</code></a></li>
149<li><a href="#os_os_cpus"><code>os.cpus()</code></a></li>
150<li><a href="#os_os_devnull"><code>os.devNull</code></a></li>
151<li><a href="#os_os_endianness"><code>os.endianness()</code></a></li>
152<li><a href="#os_os_freemem"><code>os.freemem()</code></a></li>
153<li><a href="#os_os_getpriority_pid"><code>os.getPriority([pid])</code></a></li>
154<li><a href="#os_os_homedir"><code>os.homedir()</code></a></li>
155<li><a href="#os_os_hostname"><code>os.hostname()</code></a></li>
156<li><a href="#os_os_loadavg"><code>os.loadavg()</code></a></li>
157<li><a href="#os_os_networkinterfaces"><code>os.networkInterfaces()</code></a></li>
158<li><a href="#os_os_platform"><code>os.platform()</code></a></li>
159<li><a href="#os_os_release"><code>os.release()</code></a></li>
160<li><a href="#os_os_setpriority_pid_priority"><code>os.setPriority([pid, ]priority)</code></a></li>
161<li><a href="#os_os_tmpdir"><code>os.tmpdir()</code></a></li>
162<li><a href="#os_os_totalmem"><code>os.totalmem()</code></a></li>
163<li><a href="#os_os_type"><code>os.type()</code></a></li>
164<li><a href="#os_os_uptime"><code>os.uptime()</code></a></li>
165<li><a href="#os_os_userinfo_options"><code>os.userInfo([options])</code></a></li>
166<li><a href="#os_os_version"><code>os.version()</code></a></li>
167<li><a href="#os_os_constants_1">OS constants</a>
168<ul>
169<li><a href="#os_signal_constants">Signal constants</a></li>
170<li><a href="#os_error_constants">Error constants</a>
171<ul>
172<li><a href="#os_posix_error_constants">POSIX error constants</a></li>
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174</ul>
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176<li><a href="#os_dlopen_constants">dlopen constants</a></li>
177<li><a href="#os_priority_constants">Priority constants</a></li>
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186        <h2>OS<span><a class="mark" href="#os_os" id="os_os">#</a></span></h2>
187
188<p></p><div class="api_stability api_stability_2"><a href="documentation.html#documentation_stability_index">Stability: 2</a> - Stable</div><p></p>
189<p><strong>Source Code:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v14.19.1/lib/os.js">lib/os.js</a></p>
190<p>The <code>os</code> module provides operating system-related utility methods and
191properties. It can be accessed using:</p>
192<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> os = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'os'</span>);</code></pre>
193<section><h3><code>os.EOL</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_eol" id="os_os_eol">#</a></span></h3>
194<div class="api_metadata">
195<span>Added in: v0.7.8</span>
196</div>
197<ul>
198<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
199</ul>
200<p>The operating system-specific end-of-line marker.</p>
201<ul>
202<li><code>\n</code> on POSIX</li>
203<li><code>\r\n</code> on Windows</li>
204</ul>
205</section><section><h3><code>os.arch()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_arch" id="os_os_arch">#</a></span></h3>
206<div class="api_metadata">
207<span>Added in: v0.5.0</span>
208</div>
209<ul>
210<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
211</ul>
212<p>Returns the operating system CPU architecture for which the Node.js binary was
213compiled. Possible values are <code>'arm'</code>, <code>'arm64'</code>, <code>'ia32'</code>, <code>'mips'</code>,
214<code>'mipsel'</code>, <code>'ppc'</code>, <code>'ppc64'</code>, <code>'s390'</code>, <code>'s390x'</code>, <code>'x32'</code>, and <code>'x64'</code>.</p>
215<p>The return value is equivalent to <a href="process.html#process_process_arch"><code>process.arch</code></a>.</p>
216</section><section><h3><code>os.constants</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_constants" id="os_os_constants">#</a></span></h3>
217<div class="api_metadata">
218<span>Added in: v6.3.0</span>
219</div>
220<ul>
221<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a></li>
222</ul>
223<p>Contains commonly used operating system-specific constants for error codes,
224process signals, and so on. The specific constants defined are described in
225<a href="#os_os_constants_1">OS constants</a>.</p>
226</section><section><h3><code>os.cpus()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_cpus" id="os_os_cpus">#</a></span></h3>
227<div class="api_metadata">
228<span>Added in: v0.3.3</span>
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230<ul>
231<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object[]></a></li>
232</ul>
233<p>Returns an array of objects containing information about each logical CPU core.</p>
234<p>The properties included on each object include:</p>
235<ul>
236<li><code>model</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
237<li><code>speed</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> (in MHz)</li>
238<li><code>times</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a>
239<ul>
240<li><code>user</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> The number of milliseconds the CPU has spent in user mode.</li>
241<li><code>nice</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> The number of milliseconds the CPU has spent in nice mode.</li>
242<li><code>sys</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> The number of milliseconds the CPU has spent in sys mode.</li>
243<li><code>idle</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> The number of milliseconds the CPU has spent in idle mode.</li>
244<li><code>irq</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> The number of milliseconds the CPU has spent in irq mode.</li>
245</ul>
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247</ul>
248<!-- eslint-disable semi -->
249<pre><code class="language-js">[
250  {
251    <span class="hljs-attr">model</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         860  @ 2.80GHz'</span>,
252    <span class="hljs-attr">speed</span>: <span class="hljs-number">2926</span>,
253    <span class="hljs-attr">times</span>: {
254      <span class="hljs-attr">user</span>: <span class="hljs-number">252020</span>,
255      <span class="hljs-attr">nice</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0</span>,
256      <span class="hljs-attr">sys</span>: <span class="hljs-number">30340</span>,
257      <span class="hljs-attr">idle</span>: <span class="hljs-number">1070356870</span>,
258      <span class="hljs-attr">irq</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0</span>
259    }
260  },
261  {
262    <span class="hljs-attr">model</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         860  @ 2.80GHz'</span>,
263    <span class="hljs-attr">speed</span>: <span class="hljs-number">2926</span>,
264    <span class="hljs-attr">times</span>: {
265      <span class="hljs-attr">user</span>: <span class="hljs-number">306960</span>,
266      <span class="hljs-attr">nice</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0</span>,
267      <span class="hljs-attr">sys</span>: <span class="hljs-number">26980</span>,
268      <span class="hljs-attr">idle</span>: <span class="hljs-number">1071569080</span>,
269      <span class="hljs-attr">irq</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0</span>
270    }
271  },
272  {
273    <span class="hljs-attr">model</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         860  @ 2.80GHz'</span>,
274    <span class="hljs-attr">speed</span>: <span class="hljs-number">2926</span>,
275    <span class="hljs-attr">times</span>: {
276      <span class="hljs-attr">user</span>: <span class="hljs-number">248450</span>,
277      <span class="hljs-attr">nice</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0</span>,
278      <span class="hljs-attr">sys</span>: <span class="hljs-number">21750</span>,
279      <span class="hljs-attr">idle</span>: <span class="hljs-number">1070919370</span>,
280      <span class="hljs-attr">irq</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0</span>
281    }
282  },
283  {
284    <span class="hljs-attr">model</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         860  @ 2.80GHz'</span>,
285    <span class="hljs-attr">speed</span>: <span class="hljs-number">2926</span>,
286    <span class="hljs-attr">times</span>: {
287      <span class="hljs-attr">user</span>: <span class="hljs-number">256880</span>,
288      <span class="hljs-attr">nice</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0</span>,
289      <span class="hljs-attr">sys</span>: <span class="hljs-number">19430</span>,
290      <span class="hljs-attr">idle</span>: <span class="hljs-number">1070905480</span>,
291      <span class="hljs-attr">irq</span>: <span class="hljs-number">20</span>
292    }
293  },
294]</code></pre>
295<p><code>nice</code> values are POSIX-only. On Windows, the <code>nice</code> values of all processors
296are always 0.</p>
297</section><section><h3><code>os.devNull</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_devnull" id="os_os_devnull">#</a></span></h3>
298<div class="api_metadata">
299<span>Added in: v14.18.0</span>
300</div>
301<ul>
302<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
303</ul>
304<p>The platform-specific file path of the null device.</p>
305<ul>
306<li><code>\\.\nul</code> on Windows</li>
307<li><code>/dev/null</code> on POSIX</li>
308</ul>
309</section><section><h3><code>os.endianness()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_endianness" id="os_os_endianness">#</a></span></h3>
310<div class="api_metadata">
311<span>Added in: v0.9.4</span>
312</div>
313<ul>
314<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
315</ul>
316<p>Returns a string identifying the endianness of the CPU for which the Node.js
317binary was compiled.</p>
318<p>Possible values are <code>'BE'</code> for big endian and <code>'LE'</code> for little endian.</p>
319</section><section><h3><code>os.freemem()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_freemem" id="os_os_freemem">#</a></span></h3>
320<div class="api_metadata">
321<span>Added in: v0.3.3</span>
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323<ul>
324<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;integer></a></li>
325</ul>
326<p>Returns the amount of free system memory in bytes as an integer.</p>
327</section><section><h3><code>os.getPriority([pid])</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_getpriority_pid" id="os_os_getpriority_pid">#</a></span></h3>
328<div class="api_metadata">
329<span>Added in: v10.10.0</span>
330</div>
331<ul>
332<li><code>pid</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;integer></a> The process ID to retrieve scheduling priority for.
333<strong>Default</strong> <code>0</code>.</li>
334<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;integer></a></li>
335</ul>
336<p>Returns the scheduling priority for the process specified by <code>pid</code>. If <code>pid</code> is
337not provided or is <code>0</code>, the priority of the current process is returned.</p>
338</section><section><h3><code>os.homedir()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_homedir" id="os_os_homedir">#</a></span></h3>
339<div class="api_metadata">
340<span>Added in: v2.3.0</span>
341</div>
342<ul>
343<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
344</ul>
345<p>Returns the string path of the current user's home directory.</p>
346<p>On POSIX, it uses the <code>$HOME</code> environment variable if defined. Otherwise it
347uses the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_identifier#Effective_user_ID">effective UID</a> to look up the user's home directory.</p>
348<p>On Windows, it uses the <code>USERPROFILE</code> environment variable if defined.
349Otherwise it uses the path to the profile directory of the current user.</p>
350</section><section><h3><code>os.hostname()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_hostname" id="os_os_hostname">#</a></span></h3>
351<div class="api_metadata">
352<span>Added in: v0.3.3</span>
353</div>
354<ul>
355<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
356</ul>
357<p>Returns the host name of the operating system as a string.</p>
358</section><section><h3><code>os.loadavg()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_loadavg" id="os_os_loadavg">#</a></span></h3>
359<div class="api_metadata">
360<span>Added in: v0.3.3</span>
361</div>
362<ul>
363<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number[]></a></li>
364</ul>
365<p>Returns an array containing the 1, 5, and 15 minute load averages.</p>
366<p>The load average is a measure of system activity calculated by the operating
367system and expressed as a fractional number.</p>
368<p>The load average is a Unix-specific concept. On Windows, the return value is
369always <code>[0, 0, 0]</code>.</p>
370</section><section><h3><code>os.networkInterfaces()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_networkinterfaces" id="os_os_networkinterfaces">#</a></span></h3>
371<div class="api_metadata">
372<span>Added in: v0.6.0</span>
373</div>
374<ul>
375<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a></li>
376</ul>
377<p>Returns an object containing network interfaces that have been assigned a
378network address.</p>
379<p>Each key on the returned object identifies a network interface. The associated
380value is an array of objects that each describe an assigned network address.</p>
381<p>The properties available on the assigned network address object include:</p>
382<ul>
383<li><code>address</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> The assigned IPv4 or IPv6 address</li>
384<li><code>netmask</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> The IPv4 or IPv6 network mask</li>
385<li><code>family</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> Either <code>IPv4</code> or <code>IPv6</code></li>
386<li><code>mac</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> The MAC address of the network interface</li>
387<li><code>internal</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Boolean_type" class="type">&#x3C;boolean></a> <code>true</code> if the network interface is a loopback or
388similar interface that is not remotely accessible; otherwise <code>false</code></li>
389<li><code>scopeid</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> The numeric IPv6 scope ID (only specified when <code>family</code>
390is <code>IPv6</code>)</li>
391<li><code>cidr</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> The assigned IPv4 or IPv6 address with the routing prefix
392in CIDR notation. If the <code>netmask</code> is invalid, this property is set
393to <code>null</code>.</li>
394</ul>
395<!-- eslint-skip -->
396<pre><code class="language-js">{
397  <span class="hljs-attr">lo</span>: [
398    {
399      <span class="hljs-attr">address</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'127.0.0.1'</span>,
400      <span class="hljs-attr">netmask</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'255.0.0.0'</span>,
401      <span class="hljs-attr">family</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'IPv4'</span>,
402      <span class="hljs-attr">mac</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'00:00:00:00:00:00'</span>,
403      <span class="hljs-attr">internal</span>: <span class="hljs-literal">true</span>,
404      <span class="hljs-attr">cidr</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'127.0.0.1/8'</span>
405    },
406    {
407      <span class="hljs-attr">address</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'::1'</span>,
408      <span class="hljs-attr">netmask</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff'</span>,
409      <span class="hljs-attr">family</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'IPv6'</span>,
410      <span class="hljs-attr">mac</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'00:00:00:00:00:00'</span>,
411      <span class="hljs-attr">scopeid</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0</span>,
412      <span class="hljs-attr">internal</span>: <span class="hljs-literal">true</span>,
413      <span class="hljs-attr">cidr</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'::1/128'</span>
414    }
415  ],
416  <span class="hljs-attr">eth0</span>: [
417    {
418      <span class="hljs-attr">address</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'192.168.1.108'</span>,
419      <span class="hljs-attr">netmask</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'255.255.255.0'</span>,
420      <span class="hljs-attr">family</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'IPv4'</span>,
421      <span class="hljs-attr">mac</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'01:02:03:0a:0b:0c'</span>,
422      <span class="hljs-attr">internal</span>: <span class="hljs-literal">false</span>,
423      <span class="hljs-attr">cidr</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'192.168.1.108/24'</span>
424    },
425    {
426      <span class="hljs-attr">address</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'fe80::a00:27ff:fe4e:66a1'</span>,
427      <span class="hljs-attr">netmask</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::'</span>,
428      <span class="hljs-attr">family</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'IPv6'</span>,
429      <span class="hljs-attr">mac</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'01:02:03:0a:0b:0c'</span>,
430      <span class="hljs-attr">scopeid</span>: <span class="hljs-number">1</span>,
431      <span class="hljs-attr">internal</span>: <span class="hljs-literal">false</span>,
432      <span class="hljs-attr">cidr</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'fe80::a00:27ff:fe4e:66a1/64'</span>
433    }
434  ]
435}</code></pre>
436</section><section><h3><code>os.platform()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_platform" id="os_os_platform">#</a></span></h3>
437<div class="api_metadata">
438<span>Added in: v0.5.0</span>
439</div>
440<ul>
441<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
442</ul>
443<p>Returns a string identifying the operating system platform. The value is set
444at compile time. Possible values are <code>'aix'</code>, <code>'darwin'</code>, <code>'freebsd'</code>,
445<code>'linux'</code>, <code>'openbsd'</code>, <code>'sunos'</code>, and <code>'win32'</code>.</p>
446<p>The return value is equivalent to <a href="process.html#process_process_platform"><code>process.platform</code></a>.</p>
447<p>The value <code>'android'</code> may also be returned if Node.js is built on the Android
448operating system. <a href="https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/BUILDING.md#androidandroid-based-devices-eg-firefox-os">Android support is experimental</a>.</p>
449</section><section><h3><code>os.release()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_release" id="os_os_release">#</a></span></h3>
450<div class="api_metadata">
451<span>Added in: v0.3.3</span>
452</div>
453<ul>
454<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
455</ul>
456<p>Returns the operating system as a string.</p>
457<p>On POSIX systems, the operating system release is determined by calling
458<a href="https://linux.die.net/man/3/uname"><code>uname(3)</code></a>. On Windows, <code>GetVersionExW()</code> is used. See
459<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uname#Examples">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uname#Examples</a> for more information.</p>
460</section><section><h3><code>os.setPriority([pid, ]priority)</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_setpriority_pid_priority" id="os_os_setpriority_pid_priority">#</a></span></h3>
461<div class="api_metadata">
462<span>Added in: v10.10.0</span>
463</div>
464<ul>
465<li><code>pid</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;integer></a> The process ID to set scheduling priority for.
466<strong>Default</strong> <code>0</code>.</li>
467<li><code>priority</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;integer></a> The scheduling priority to assign to the process.</li>
468</ul>
469<p>Attempts to set the scheduling priority for the process specified by <code>pid</code>. If
470<code>pid</code> is not provided or is <code>0</code>, the process ID of the current process is used.</p>
471<p>The <code>priority</code> input must be an integer between <code>-20</code> (high priority) and <code>19</code>
472(low priority). Due to differences between Unix priority levels and Windows
473priority classes, <code>priority</code> is mapped to one of six priority constants in
474<code>os.constants.priority</code>. When retrieving a process priority level, this range
475mapping may cause the return value to be slightly different on Windows. To avoid
476confusion, set <code>priority</code> to one of the priority constants.</p>
477<p>On Windows, setting priority to <code>PRIORITY_HIGHEST</code> requires elevated user
478privileges. Otherwise the set priority will be silently reduced to
479<code>PRIORITY_HIGH</code>.</p>
480</section><section><h3><code>os.tmpdir()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_tmpdir" id="os_os_tmpdir">#</a></span></h3>
481<div class="api_metadata">
482<details class="changelog"><summary>History</summary>
483<table>
484<tbody><tr><th>Version</th><th>Changes</th></tr>
485<tr><td>v2.0.0</td>
486<td><p>This function is now cross-platform consistent and no longer returns a path with a trailing slash on any platform.</p></td></tr>
487<tr><td>v0.9.9</td>
488<td><p><span>Added in: v0.9.9</span></p></td></tr>
489</tbody></table>
490</details>
491</div>
492<ul>
493<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
494</ul>
495<p>Returns the operating system's default directory for temporary files as a
496string.</p>
497</section><section><h3><code>os.totalmem()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_totalmem" id="os_os_totalmem">#</a></span></h3>
498<div class="api_metadata">
499<span>Added in: v0.3.3</span>
500</div>
501<ul>
502<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;integer></a></li>
503</ul>
504<p>Returns the total amount of system memory in bytes as an integer.</p>
505</section><section><h3><code>os.type()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_type" id="os_os_type">#</a></span></h3>
506<div class="api_metadata">
507<span>Added in: v0.3.3</span>
508</div>
509<ul>
510<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
511</ul>
512<p>Returns the operating system name as returned by <a href="https://linux.die.net/man/3/uname"><code>uname(3)</code></a>. For example, it
513returns <code>'Linux'</code> on Linux, <code>'Darwin'</code> on macOS, and <code>'Windows_NT'</code> on Windows.</p>
514<p>See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uname#Examples">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uname#Examples</a> for additional information
515about the output of running <a href="https://linux.die.net/man/3/uname"><code>uname(3)</code></a> on various operating systems.</p>
516</section><section><h3><code>os.uptime()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_uptime" id="os_os_uptime">#</a></span></h3>
517<div class="api_metadata">
518<details class="changelog"><summary>History</summary>
519<table>
520<tbody><tr><th>Version</th><th>Changes</th></tr>
521<tr><td>v10.0.0</td>
522<td><p>The result of this function no longer contains a fraction component on Windows.</p></td></tr>
523<tr><td>v0.3.3</td>
524<td><p><span>Added in: v0.3.3</span></p></td></tr>
525</tbody></table>
526</details>
527</div>
528<ul>
529<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;integer></a></li>
530</ul>
531<p>Returns the system uptime in number of seconds.</p>
532</section><section><h3><code>os.userInfo([options])</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_userinfo_options" id="os_os_userinfo_options">#</a></span></h3>
533<div class="api_metadata">
534<span>Added in: v6.0.0</span>
535</div>
536<ul>
537<li><code>options</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a>
538<ul>
539<li><code>encoding</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> Character encoding used to interpret resulting strings.
540If <code>encoding</code> is set to <code>'buffer'</code>, the <code>username</code>, <code>shell</code>, and <code>homedir</code>
541values will be <code>Buffer</code> instances. <strong>Default:</strong> <code>'utf8'</code>.</li>
542</ul>
543</li>
544<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a></li>
545</ul>
546<p>Returns information about the currently effective user. On POSIX platforms,
547this is typically a subset of the password file. The returned object includes
548the <code>username</code>, <code>uid</code>, <code>gid</code>, <code>shell</code>, and <code>homedir</code>. On Windows, the <code>uid</code> and
549<code>gid</code> fields are <code>-1</code>, and <code>shell</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
550<p>The value of <code>homedir</code> returned by <code>os.userInfo()</code> is provided by the operating
551system. This differs from the result of <code>os.homedir()</code>, which queries
552environment variables for the home directory before falling back to the
553operating system response.</p>
554<p>Throws a <a href="errors.html#errors_class_systemerror"><code>SystemError</code></a> if a user has no <code>username</code> or <code>homedir</code>.</p>
555</section><section><h3><code>os.version()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_version" id="os_os_version">#</a></span></h3>
556<div class="api_metadata">
557<span>Added in: v13.11.0</span>
558</div>
559<ul>
560<li>Returns <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
561</ul>
562<p>Returns a string identifying the kernel version.</p>
563<p>On POSIX systems, the operating system release is determined by calling
564<a href="https://linux.die.net/man/3/uname"><code>uname(3)</code></a>. On Windows, <code>RtlGetVersion()</code> is used, and if it is not
565available, <code>GetVersionExW()</code> will be used. See
566<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uname#Examples">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uname#Examples</a> for more information.</p>
567</section><section><h3>OS constants<span><a class="mark" href="#os_os_constants_1" id="os_os_constants_1">#</a></span></h3>
568<p>The following constants are exported by <code>os.constants</code>.</p>
569<p>Not all constants will be available on every operating system.</p>
570<h4>Signal constants<span><a class="mark" href="#os_signal_constants" id="os_signal_constants">#</a></span></h4>
571<div class="api_metadata">
572<details class="changelog"><summary>History</summary>
573<table>
574<tbody><tr><th>Version</th><th>Changes</th></tr>
575<tr><td>v5.11.0</td>
576<td><p>Added support for <code>SIGINFO</code>.</p></td></tr>
577</tbody></table>
578</details>
579</div>
580<p>The following signal constants are exported by <code>os.constants.signals</code>.</p>
581<table>
582  <tbody><tr>
583    <th>Constant</th>
584    <th>Description</th>
585  </tr>
586  <tr>
587    <td><code>SIGHUP</code></td>
588    <td>Sent to indicate when a controlling terminal is closed or a parent
589    process exits.</td>
590  </tr>
591  <tr>
592    <td><code>SIGINT</code></td>
593    <td>Sent to indicate when a user wishes to interrupt a process
594    (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd>).</td>
595  </tr>
596  <tr>
597    <td><code>SIGQUIT</code></td>
598    <td>Sent to indicate when a user wishes to terminate a process and perform a
599    core dump.</td>
600  </tr>
601  <tr>
602    <td><code>SIGILL</code></td>
603    <td>Sent to a process to notify that it has attempted to perform an illegal,
604    malformed, unknown, or privileged instruction.</td>
605  </tr>
606  <tr>
607    <td><code>SIGTRAP</code></td>
608    <td>Sent to a process when an exception has occurred.</td>
609  </tr>
610  <tr>
611    <td><code>SIGABRT</code></td>
612    <td>Sent to a process to request that it abort.</td>
613  </tr>
614  <tr>
615    <td><code>SIGIOT</code></td>
616    <td>Synonym for <code>SIGABRT</code></td>
617  </tr>
618  <tr>
619    <td><code>SIGBUS</code></td>
620    <td>Sent to a process to notify that it has caused a bus error.</td>
621  </tr>
622  <tr>
623    <td><code>SIGFPE</code></td>
624    <td>Sent to a process to notify that it has performed an illegal arithmetic
625    operation.</td>
626  </tr>
627  <tr>
628    <td><code>SIGKILL</code></td>
629    <td>Sent to a process to terminate it immediately.</td>
630  </tr>
631  <tr>
632    <td><code>SIGUSR1</code> <code>SIGUSR2</code></td>
633    <td>Sent to a process to identify user-defined conditions.</td>
634  </tr>
635  <tr>
636    <td><code>SIGSEGV</code></td>
637    <td>Sent to a process to notify of a segmentation fault.</td>
638  </tr>
639  <tr>
640    <td><code>SIGPIPE</code></td>
641    <td>Sent to a process when it has attempted to write to a disconnected
642    pipe.</td>
643  </tr>
644  <tr>
645    <td><code>SIGALRM</code></td>
646    <td>Sent to a process when a system timer elapses.</td>
647  </tr>
648  <tr>
649    <td><code>SIGTERM</code></td>
650    <td>Sent to a process to request termination.</td>
651  </tr>
652  <tr>
653    <td><code>SIGCHLD</code></td>
654    <td>Sent to a process when a child process terminates.</td>
655  </tr>
656  <tr>
657    <td><code>SIGSTKFLT</code></td>
658    <td>Sent to a process to indicate a stack fault on a coprocessor.</td>
659  </tr>
660  <tr>
661    <td><code>SIGCONT</code></td>
662    <td>Sent to instruct the operating system to continue a paused process.</td>
663  </tr>
664  <tr>
665    <td><code>SIGSTOP</code></td>
666    <td>Sent to instruct the operating system to halt a process.</td>
667  </tr>
668  <tr>
669    <td><code>SIGTSTP</code></td>
670    <td>Sent to a process to request it to stop.</td>
671  </tr>
672  <tr>
673    <td><code>SIGBREAK</code></td>
674    <td>Sent to indicate when a user wishes to interrupt a process.</td>
675  </tr>
676  <tr>
677    <td><code>SIGTTIN</code></td>
678    <td>Sent to a process when it reads from the TTY while in the
679    background.</td>
680  </tr>
681  <tr>
682    <td><code>SIGTTOU</code></td>
683    <td>Sent to a process when it writes to the TTY while in the
684    background.</td>
685  </tr>
686  <tr>
687    <td><code>SIGURG</code></td>
688    <td>Sent to a process when a socket has urgent data to read.</td>
689  </tr>
690  <tr>
691    <td><code>SIGXCPU</code></td>
692    <td>Sent to a process when it has exceeded its limit on CPU usage.</td>
693  </tr>
694  <tr>
695    <td><code>SIGXFSZ</code></td>
696    <td>Sent to a process when it grows a file larger than the maximum
697    allowed.</td>
698  </tr>
699  <tr>
700    <td><code>SIGVTALRM</code></td>
701    <td>Sent to a process when a virtual timer has elapsed.</td>
702  </tr>
703  <tr>
704    <td><code>SIGPROF</code></td>
705    <td>Sent to a process when a system timer has elapsed.</td>
706  </tr>
707  <tr>
708    <td><code>SIGWINCH</code></td>
709    <td>Sent to a process when the controlling terminal has changed its
710    size.</td>
711  </tr>
712  <tr>
713    <td><code>SIGIO</code></td>
714    <td>Sent to a process when I/O is available.</td>
715  </tr>
716  <tr>
717    <td><code>SIGPOLL</code></td>
718    <td>Synonym for <code>SIGIO</code></td>
719  </tr>
720  <tr>
721    <td><code>SIGLOST</code></td>
722    <td>Sent to a process when a file lock has been lost.</td>
723  </tr>
724  <tr>
725    <td><code>SIGPWR</code></td>
726    <td>Sent to a process to notify of a power failure.</td>
727  </tr>
728  <tr>
729    <td><code>SIGINFO</code></td>
730    <td>Synonym for <code>SIGPWR</code></td>
731  </tr>
732  <tr>
733    <td><code>SIGSYS</code></td>
734    <td>Sent to a process to notify of a bad argument.</td>
735  </tr>
736  <tr>
737    <td><code>SIGUNUSED</code></td>
738    <td>Synonym for <code>SIGSYS</code></td>
739  </tr>
740</tbody></table>
741<h4>Error constants<span><a class="mark" href="#os_error_constants" id="os_error_constants">#</a></span></h4>
742<p>The following error constants are exported by <code>os.constants.errno</code>.</p>
743<h5>POSIX error constants<span><a class="mark" href="#os_posix_error_constants" id="os_posix_error_constants">#</a></span></h5>
744<table>
745  <tbody><tr>
746    <th>Constant</th>
747    <th>Description</th>
748  </tr>
749  <tr>
750    <td><code>E2BIG</code></td>
751    <td>Indicates that the list of arguments is longer than expected.</td>
752  </tr>
753  <tr>
754    <td><code>EACCES</code></td>
755    <td>Indicates that the operation did not have sufficient permissions.</td>
756  </tr>
757  <tr>
758    <td><code>EADDRINUSE</code></td>
759    <td>Indicates that the network address is already in use.</td>
760  </tr>
761  <tr>
762    <td><code>EADDRNOTAVAIL</code></td>
763    <td>Indicates that the network address is currently unavailable for
764    use.</td>
765  </tr>
766  <tr>
767    <td><code>EAFNOSUPPORT</code></td>
768    <td>Indicates that the network address family is not supported.</td>
769  </tr>
770  <tr>
771    <td><code>EAGAIN</code></td>
772    <td>Indicates that there is no data available and to try the
773    operation again later.</td>
774  </tr>
775  <tr>
776    <td><code>EALREADY</code></td>
777    <td>Indicates that the socket already has a pending connection in
778    progress.</td>
779  </tr>
780  <tr>
781    <td><code>EBADF</code></td>
782    <td>Indicates that a file descriptor is not valid.</td>
783  </tr>
784  <tr>
785    <td><code>EBADMSG</code></td>
786    <td>Indicates an invalid data message.</td>
787  </tr>
788  <tr>
789    <td><code>EBUSY</code></td>
790    <td>Indicates that a device or resource is busy.</td>
791  </tr>
792  <tr>
793    <td><code>ECANCELED</code></td>
794    <td>Indicates that an operation was canceled.</td>
795  </tr>
796  <tr>
797    <td><code>ECHILD</code></td>
798    <td>Indicates that there are no child processes.</td>
799  </tr>
800  <tr>
801    <td><code>ECONNABORTED</code></td>
802    <td>Indicates that the network connection has been aborted.</td>
803  </tr>
804  <tr>
805    <td><code>ECONNREFUSED</code></td>
806    <td>Indicates that the network connection has been refused.</td>
807  </tr>
808  <tr>
809    <td><code>ECONNRESET</code></td>
810    <td>Indicates that the network connection has been reset.</td>
811  </tr>
812  <tr>
813    <td><code>EDEADLK</code></td>
814    <td>Indicates that a resource deadlock has been avoided.</td>
815  </tr>
816  <tr>
817    <td><code>EDESTADDRREQ</code></td>
818    <td>Indicates that a destination address is required.</td>
819  </tr>
820  <tr>
821    <td><code>EDOM</code></td>
822    <td>Indicates that an argument is out of the domain of the function.</td>
823  </tr>
824  <tr>
825    <td><code>EDQUOT</code></td>
826    <td>Indicates that the disk quota has been exceeded.</td>
827  </tr>
828  <tr>
829    <td><code>EEXIST</code></td>
830    <td>Indicates that the file already exists.</td>
831  </tr>
832  <tr>
833    <td><code>EFAULT</code></td>
834    <td>Indicates an invalid pointer address.</td>
835  </tr>
836  <tr>
837    <td><code>EFBIG</code></td>
838    <td>Indicates that the file is too large.</td>
839  </tr>
840  <tr>
841    <td><code>EHOSTUNREACH</code></td>
842    <td>Indicates that the host is unreachable.</td>
843  </tr>
844  <tr>
845    <td><code>EIDRM</code></td>
846    <td>Indicates that the identifier has been removed.</td>
847  </tr>
848  <tr>
849    <td><code>EILSEQ</code></td>
850    <td>Indicates an illegal byte sequence.</td>
851  </tr>
852  <tr>
853    <td><code>EINPROGRESS</code></td>
854    <td>Indicates that an operation is already in progress.</td>
855  </tr>
856  <tr>
857    <td><code>EINTR</code></td>
858    <td>Indicates that a function call was interrupted.</td>
859  </tr>
860  <tr>
861    <td><code>EINVAL</code></td>
862    <td>Indicates that an invalid argument was provided.</td>
863  </tr>
864  <tr>
865    <td><code>EIO</code></td>
866    <td>Indicates an otherwise unspecified I/O error.</td>
867  </tr>
868  <tr>
869    <td><code>EISCONN</code></td>
870    <td>Indicates that the socket is connected.</td>
871  </tr>
872  <tr>
873    <td><code>EISDIR</code></td>
874    <td>Indicates that the path is a directory.</td>
875  </tr>
876  <tr>
877    <td><code>ELOOP</code></td>
878    <td>Indicates too many levels of symbolic links in a path.</td>
879  </tr>
880  <tr>
881    <td><code>EMFILE</code></td>
882    <td>Indicates that there are too many open files.</td>
883  </tr>
884  <tr>
885    <td><code>EMLINK</code></td>
886    <td>Indicates that there are too many hard links to a file.</td>
887  </tr>
888  <tr>
889    <td><code>EMSGSIZE</code></td>
890    <td>Indicates that the provided message is too long.</td>
891  </tr>
892  <tr>
893    <td><code>EMULTIHOP</code></td>
894    <td>Indicates that a multihop was attempted.</td>
895  </tr>
896  <tr>
897    <td><code>ENAMETOOLONG</code></td>
898    <td>Indicates that the filename is too long.</td>
899  </tr>
900  <tr>
901    <td><code>ENETDOWN</code></td>
902    <td>Indicates that the network is down.</td>
903  </tr>
904  <tr>
905    <td><code>ENETRESET</code></td>
906    <td>Indicates that the connection has been aborted by the network.</td>
907  </tr>
908  <tr>
909    <td><code>ENETUNREACH</code></td>
910    <td>Indicates that the network is unreachable.</td>
911  </tr>
912  <tr>
913    <td><code>ENFILE</code></td>
914    <td>Indicates too many open files in the system.</td>
915  </tr>
916  <tr>
917    <td><code>ENOBUFS</code></td>
918    <td>Indicates that no buffer space is available.</td>
919  </tr>
920  <tr>
921    <td><code>ENODATA</code></td>
922    <td>Indicates that no message is available on the stream head read
923    queue.</td>
924  </tr>
925  <tr>
926    <td><code>ENODEV</code></td>
927    <td>Indicates that there is no such device.</td>
928  </tr>
929  <tr>
930    <td><code>ENOENT</code></td>
931    <td>Indicates that there is no such file or directory.</td>
932  </tr>
933  <tr>
934    <td><code>ENOEXEC</code></td>
935    <td>Indicates an exec format error.</td>
936  </tr>
937  <tr>
938    <td><code>ENOLCK</code></td>
939    <td>Indicates that there are no locks available.</td>
940  </tr>
941  <tr>
942    <td><code>ENOLINK</code></td>
943    <td>Indications that a link has been severed.</td>
944  </tr>
945  <tr>
946    <td><code>ENOMEM</code></td>
947    <td>Indicates that there is not enough space.</td>
948  </tr>
949  <tr>
950    <td><code>ENOMSG</code></td>
951    <td>Indicates that there is no message of the desired type.</td>
952  </tr>
953  <tr>
954    <td><code>ENOPROTOOPT</code></td>
955    <td>Indicates that a given protocol is not available.</td>
956  </tr>
957  <tr>
958    <td><code>ENOSPC</code></td>
959    <td>Indicates that there is no space available on the device.</td>
960  </tr>
961  <tr>
962    <td><code>ENOSR</code></td>
963    <td>Indicates that there are no stream resources available.</td>
964  </tr>
965  <tr>
966    <td><code>ENOSTR</code></td>
967    <td>Indicates that a given resource is not a stream.</td>
968  </tr>
969  <tr>
970    <td><code>ENOSYS</code></td>
971    <td>Indicates that a function has not been implemented.</td>
972  </tr>
973  <tr>
974    <td><code>ENOTCONN</code></td>
975    <td>Indicates that the socket is not connected.</td>
976  </tr>
977  <tr>
978    <td><code>ENOTDIR</code></td>
979    <td>Indicates that the path is not a directory.</td>
980  </tr>
981  <tr>
982    <td><code>ENOTEMPTY</code></td>
983    <td>Indicates that the directory is not empty.</td>
984  </tr>
985  <tr>
986    <td><code>ENOTSOCK</code></td>
987    <td>Indicates that the given item is not a socket.</td>
988  </tr>
989  <tr>
990    <td><code>ENOTSUP</code></td>
991    <td>Indicates that a given operation is not supported.</td>
992  </tr>
993  <tr>
994    <td><code>ENOTTY</code></td>
995    <td>Indicates an inappropriate I/O control operation.</td>
996  </tr>
997  <tr>
998    <td><code>ENXIO</code></td>
999    <td>Indicates no such device or address.</td>
1000  </tr>
1001  <tr>
1002    <td><code>EOPNOTSUPP</code></td>
1003    <td>Indicates that an operation is not supported on the socket. Although
1004    <code>ENOTSUP</code> and <code>EOPNOTSUPP</code> have the same value
1005    on Linux, according to POSIX.1 these error values should be distinct.)</td>
1006  </tr>
1007  <tr>
1008    <td><code>EOVERFLOW</code></td>
1009    <td>Indicates that a value is too large to be stored in a given data
1010    type.</td>
1011  </tr>
1012  <tr>
1013    <td><code>EPERM</code></td>
1014    <td>Indicates that the operation is not permitted.</td>
1015  </tr>
1016  <tr>
1017    <td><code>EPIPE</code></td>
1018    <td>Indicates a broken pipe.</td>
1019  </tr>
1020  <tr>
1021    <td><code>EPROTO</code></td>
1022    <td>Indicates a protocol error.</td>
1023  </tr>
1024  <tr>
1025    <td><code>EPROTONOSUPPORT</code></td>
1026    <td>Indicates that a protocol is not supported.</td>
1027  </tr>
1028  <tr>
1029    <td><code>EPROTOTYPE</code></td>
1030    <td>Indicates the wrong type of protocol for a socket.</td>
1031  </tr>
1032  <tr>
1033    <td><code>ERANGE</code></td>
1034    <td>Indicates that the results are too large.</td>
1035  </tr>
1036  <tr>
1037    <td><code>EROFS</code></td>
1038    <td>Indicates that the file system is read only.</td>
1039  </tr>
1040  <tr>
1041    <td><code>ESPIPE</code></td>
1042    <td>Indicates an invalid seek operation.</td>
1043  </tr>
1044  <tr>
1045    <td><code>ESRCH</code></td>
1046    <td>Indicates that there is no such process.</td>
1047  </tr>
1048  <tr>
1049    <td><code>ESTALE</code></td>
1050    <td>Indicates that the file handle is stale.</td>
1051  </tr>
1052  <tr>
1053    <td><code>ETIME</code></td>
1054    <td>Indicates an expired timer.</td>
1055  </tr>
1056  <tr>
1057    <td><code>ETIMEDOUT</code></td>
1058    <td>Indicates that the connection timed out.</td>
1059  </tr>
1060  <tr>
1061    <td><code>ETXTBSY</code></td>
1062    <td>Indicates that a text file is busy.</td>
1063  </tr>
1064  <tr>
1065    <td><code>EWOULDBLOCK</code></td>
1066    <td>Indicates that the operation would block.</td>
1067  </tr>
1068  <tr>
1069    <td><code>EXDEV</code></td>
1070    <td>Indicates an improper link.
1071  </td></tr>
1072</tbody></table>
1073<h5>Windows-specific error constants<span><a class="mark" href="#os_windows_specific_error_constants" id="os_windows_specific_error_constants">#</a></span></h5>
1074<p>The following error codes are specific to the Windows operating system.</p>
1075<table>
1076  <tbody><tr>
1077    <th>Constant</th>
1078    <th>Description</th>
1079  </tr>
1080  <tr>
1081    <td><code>WSAEINTR</code></td>
1082    <td>Indicates an interrupted function call.</td>
1083  </tr>
1084  <tr>
1085    <td><code>WSAEBADF</code></td>
1086    <td>Indicates an invalid file handle.</td>
1087  </tr>
1088  <tr>
1089    <td><code>WSAEACCES</code></td>
1090    <td>Indicates insufficient permissions to complete the operation.</td>
1091  </tr>
1092  <tr>
1093    <td><code>WSAEFAULT</code></td>
1094    <td>Indicates an invalid pointer address.</td>
1095  </tr>
1096  <tr>
1097    <td><code>WSAEINVAL</code></td>
1098    <td>Indicates that an invalid argument was passed.</td>
1099  </tr>
1100  <tr>
1101    <td><code>WSAEMFILE</code></td>
1102    <td>Indicates that there are too many open files.</td>
1103  </tr>
1104  <tr>
1105    <td><code>WSAEWOULDBLOCK</code></td>
1106    <td>Indicates that a resource is temporarily unavailable.</td>
1107  </tr>
1108  <tr>
1109    <td><code>WSAEINPROGRESS</code></td>
1110    <td>Indicates that an operation is currently in progress.</td>
1111  </tr>
1112  <tr>
1113    <td><code>WSAEALREADY</code></td>
1114    <td>Indicates that an operation is already in progress.</td>
1115  </tr>
1116  <tr>
1117    <td><code>WSAENOTSOCK</code></td>
1118    <td>Indicates that the resource is not a socket.</td>
1119  </tr>
1120  <tr>
1121    <td><code>WSAEDESTADDRREQ</code></td>
1122    <td>Indicates that a destination address is required.</td>
1123  </tr>
1124  <tr>
1125    <td><code>WSAEMSGSIZE</code></td>
1126    <td>Indicates that the message size is too long.</td>
1127  </tr>
1128  <tr>
1129    <td><code>WSAEPROTOTYPE</code></td>
1130    <td>Indicates the wrong protocol type for the socket.</td>
1131  </tr>
1132  <tr>
1133    <td><code>WSAENOPROTOOPT</code></td>
1134    <td>Indicates a bad protocol option.</td>
1135  </tr>
1136  <tr>
1137    <td><code>WSAEPROTONOSUPPORT</code></td>
1138    <td>Indicates that the protocol is not supported.</td>
1139  </tr>
1140  <tr>
1141    <td><code>WSAESOCKTNOSUPPORT</code></td>
1142    <td>Indicates that the socket type is not supported.</td>
1143  </tr>
1144  <tr>
1145    <td><code>WSAEOPNOTSUPP</code></td>
1146    <td>Indicates that the operation is not supported.</td>
1147  </tr>
1148  <tr>
1149    <td><code>WSAEPFNOSUPPORT</code></td>
1150    <td>Indicates that the protocol family is not supported.</td>
1151  </tr>
1152  <tr>
1153    <td><code>WSAEAFNOSUPPORT</code></td>
1154    <td>Indicates that the address family is not supported.</td>
1155  </tr>
1156  <tr>
1157    <td><code>WSAEADDRINUSE</code></td>
1158    <td>Indicates that the network address is already in use.</td>
1159  </tr>
1160  <tr>
1161    <td><code>WSAEADDRNOTAVAIL</code></td>
1162    <td>Indicates that the network address is not available.</td>
1163  </tr>
1164  <tr>
1165    <td><code>WSAENETDOWN</code></td>
1166    <td>Indicates that the network is down.</td>
1167  </tr>
1168  <tr>
1169    <td><code>WSAENETUNREACH</code></td>
1170    <td>Indicates that the network is unreachable.</td>
1171  </tr>
1172  <tr>
1173    <td><code>WSAENETRESET</code></td>
1174    <td>Indicates that the network connection has been reset.</td>
1175  </tr>
1176  <tr>
1177    <td><code>WSAECONNABORTED</code></td>
1178    <td>Indicates that the connection has been aborted.</td>
1179  </tr>
1180  <tr>
1181    <td><code>WSAECONNRESET</code></td>
1182    <td>Indicates that the connection has been reset by the peer.</td>
1183  </tr>
1184  <tr>
1185    <td><code>WSAENOBUFS</code></td>
1186    <td>Indicates that there is no buffer space available.</td>
1187  </tr>
1188  <tr>
1189    <td><code>WSAEISCONN</code></td>
1190    <td>Indicates that the socket is already connected.</td>
1191  </tr>
1192  <tr>
1193    <td><code>WSAENOTCONN</code></td>
1194    <td>Indicates that the socket is not connected.</td>
1195  </tr>
1196  <tr>
1197    <td><code>WSAESHUTDOWN</code></td>
1198    <td>Indicates that data cannot be sent after the socket has been
1199    shutdown.</td>
1200  </tr>
1201  <tr>
1202    <td><code>WSAETOOMANYREFS</code></td>
1203    <td>Indicates that there are too many references.</td>
1204  </tr>
1205  <tr>
1206    <td><code>WSAETIMEDOUT</code></td>
1207    <td>Indicates that the connection has timed out.</td>
1208  </tr>
1209  <tr>
1210    <td><code>WSAECONNREFUSED</code></td>
1211    <td>Indicates that the connection has been refused.</td>
1212  </tr>
1213  <tr>
1214    <td><code>WSAELOOP</code></td>
1215    <td>Indicates that a name cannot be translated.</td>
1216  </tr>
1217  <tr>
1218    <td><code>WSAENAMETOOLONG</code></td>
1219    <td>Indicates that a name was too long.</td>
1220  </tr>
1221  <tr>
1222    <td><code>WSAEHOSTDOWN</code></td>
1223    <td>Indicates that a network host is down.</td>
1224  </tr>
1225  <tr>
1226    <td><code>WSAEHOSTUNREACH</code></td>
1227    <td>Indicates that there is no route to a network host.</td>
1228  </tr>
1229  <tr>
1230    <td><code>WSAENOTEMPTY</code></td>
1231    <td>Indicates that the directory is not empty.</td>
1232  </tr>
1233  <tr>
1234    <td><code>WSAEPROCLIM</code></td>
1235    <td>Indicates that there are too many processes.</td>
1236  </tr>
1237  <tr>
1238    <td><code>WSAEUSERS</code></td>
1239    <td>Indicates that the user quota has been exceeded.</td>
1240  </tr>
1241  <tr>
1242    <td><code>WSAEDQUOT</code></td>
1243    <td>Indicates that the disk quota has been exceeded.</td>
1244  </tr>
1245  <tr>
1246    <td><code>WSAESTALE</code></td>
1247    <td>Indicates a stale file handle reference.</td>
1248  </tr>
1249  <tr>
1250    <td><code>WSAEREMOTE</code></td>
1251    <td>Indicates that the item is remote.</td>
1252  </tr>
1253  <tr>
1254    <td><code>WSASYSNOTREADY</code></td>
1255    <td>Indicates that the network subsystem is not ready.</td>
1256  </tr>
1257  <tr>
1258    <td><code>WSAVERNOTSUPPORTED</code></td>
1259    <td>Indicates that the <code>winsock.dll</code> version is out of
1260    range.</td>
1261  </tr>
1262  <tr>
1263    <td><code>WSANOTINITIALISED</code></td>
1264    <td>Indicates that successful WSAStartup has not yet been performed.</td>
1265  </tr>
1266  <tr>
1267    <td><code>WSAEDISCON</code></td>
1268    <td>Indicates that a graceful shutdown is in progress.</td>
1269  </tr>
1270  <tr>
1271    <td><code>WSAENOMORE</code></td>
1272    <td>Indicates that there are no more results.</td>
1273  </tr>
1274  <tr>
1275    <td><code>WSAECANCELLED</code></td>
1276    <td>Indicates that an operation has been canceled.</td>
1277  </tr>
1278  <tr>
1279    <td><code>WSAEINVALIDPROCTABLE</code></td>
1280    <td>Indicates that the procedure call table is invalid.</td>
1281  </tr>
1282  <tr>
1283    <td><code>WSAEINVALIDPROVIDER</code></td>
1284    <td>Indicates an invalid service provider.</td>
1285  </tr>
1286  <tr>
1287    <td><code>WSAEPROVIDERFAILEDINIT</code></td>
1288    <td>Indicates that the service provider failed to initialized.</td>
1289  </tr>
1290  <tr>
1291    <td><code>WSASYSCALLFAILURE</code></td>
1292    <td>Indicates a system call failure.</td>
1293  </tr>
1294  <tr>
1295    <td><code>WSASERVICE_NOT_FOUND</code></td>
1296    <td>Indicates that a service was not found.</td>
1297  </tr>
1298  <tr>
1299    <td><code>WSATYPE_NOT_FOUND</code></td>
1300    <td>Indicates that a class type was not found.</td>
1301  </tr>
1302  <tr>
1303    <td><code>WSA_E_NO_MORE</code></td>
1304    <td>Indicates that there are no more results.</td>
1305  </tr>
1306  <tr>
1307    <td><code>WSA_E_CANCELLED</code></td>
1308    <td>Indicates that the call was canceled.</td>
1309  </tr>
1310  <tr>
1311    <td><code>WSAEREFUSED</code></td>
1312    <td>Indicates that a database query was refused.</td>
1313  </tr>
1314</tbody></table>
1315<h4>dlopen constants<span><a class="mark" href="#os_dlopen_constants" id="os_dlopen_constants">#</a></span></h4>
1316<p>If available on the operating system, the following constants
1317are exported in <code>os.constants.dlopen</code>. See <a href="http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/dlopen.3.html"><code>dlopen(3)</code></a> for detailed
1318information.</p>
1319<table>
1320  <tbody><tr>
1321    <th>Constant</th>
1322    <th>Description</th>
1323  </tr>
1324  <tr>
1325    <td><code>RTLD_LAZY</code></td>
1326    <td>Perform lazy binding. Node.js sets this flag by default.</td>
1327  </tr>
1328  <tr>
1329    <td><code>RTLD_NOW</code></td>
1330    <td>Resolve all undefined symbols in the library before dlopen(3)
1331    returns.</td>
1332  </tr>
1333  <tr>
1334    <td><code>RTLD_GLOBAL</code></td>
1335    <td>Symbols defined by the library will be made available for symbol
1336    resolution of subsequently loaded libraries.</td>
1337  </tr>
1338  <tr>
1339    <td><code>RTLD_LOCAL</code></td>
1340    <td>The converse of <code>RTLD_GLOBAL</code>. This is the default behavior
1341    if neither flag is specified.</td>
1342  </tr>
1343  <tr>
1344    <td><code>RTLD_DEEPBIND</code></td>
1345    <td>Make a self-contained library use its own symbols in preference to
1346    symbols from previously loaded libraries.</td>
1347  </tr>
1348</tbody></table>
1349<h4>Priority constants<span><a class="mark" href="#os_priority_constants" id="os_priority_constants">#</a></span></h4>
1350<div class="api_metadata">
1351<span>Added in: v10.10.0</span>
1352</div>
1353<p>The following process scheduling constants are exported by
1354<code>os.constants.priority</code>.</p>
1355<table>
1356  <tbody><tr>
1357    <th>Constant</th>
1358    <th>Description</th>
1359  </tr>
1360  <tr>
1361    <td><code>PRIORITY_LOW</code></td>
1362    <td>The lowest process scheduling priority. This corresponds to
1363    <code>IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS</code> on Windows, and a nice value of
1364    <code>19</code> on all other platforms.</td>
1365  </tr>
1366  <tr>
1367    <td><code>PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL</code></td>
1368    <td>The process scheduling priority above <code>PRIORITY_LOW</code> and
1369    below <code>PRIORITY_NORMAL</code>. This corresponds to
1370    <code>BELOW_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS</code> on Windows, and a nice value of
1371    <code>10</code> on all other platforms.</td>
1372  </tr>
1373  <tr>
1374    <td><code>PRIORITY_NORMAL</code></td>
1375    <td>The default process scheduling priority. This corresponds to
1376    <code>NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS</code> on Windows, and a nice value of
1377    <code>0</code> on all other platforms.</td>
1378  </tr>
1379  <tr>
1380    <td><code>PRIORITY_ABOVE_NORMAL</code></td>
1381    <td>The process scheduling priority above <code>PRIORITY_NORMAL</code> and
1382    below <code>PRIORITY_HIGH</code>. This corresponds to
1383    <code>ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS</code> on Windows, and a nice value of
1384    <code>-7</code> on all other platforms.</td>
1385  </tr>
1386  <tr>
1387    <td><code>PRIORITY_HIGH</code></td>
1388    <td>The process scheduling priority above <code>PRIORITY_ABOVE_NORMAL</code>
1389    and below <code>PRIORITY_HIGHEST</code>. This corresponds to
1390    <code>HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS</code> on Windows, and a nice value of
1391    <code>-14</code> on all other platforms.</td>
1392  </tr>
1393  <tr>
1394    <td><code>PRIORITY_HIGHEST</code></td>
1395    <td>The highest process scheduling priority. This corresponds to
1396    <code>REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS</code> on Windows, and a nice value of
1397    <code>-20</code> on all other platforms.</td>
1398  </tr>
1399</tbody></table>
1400<h4>libuv constants<span><a class="mark" href="#os_libuv_constants" id="os_libuv_constants">#</a></span></h4>
1401<table>
1402  <tbody><tr>
1403    <th>Constant</th>
1404    <th>Description</th>
1405  </tr>
1406  <tr>
1407    <td><code>UV_UDP_REUSEADDR</code></td>
1408    <td></td>
1409  </tr>
1410</tbody></table></section>
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