# Error 28

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-28/237890>\
**Category:** GNU Radio\
**Created:** [December 5, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-28/237890 "2013-12-05T00:05:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-28/237890/1 "2013-12-05T00:05:28Z")

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I have a USRP source going direct to a file sink, and it runs really  
well,  
except for an error. Does anyone know what the following means?:

thread[thread-per-block[1]: \<block file\_sink (2)\>]: file\_sink write  
failed  
with error 28

I am writing to a RAMDisk, if that helps with a solution.

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_BSHuter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Paul\_BSHuter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paul_BSHuter)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-28/237890/2 "2013-12-05T00:37:01Z")

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On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Paul B. Huter  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote:

> I have a USRP source going direct to a file sink, and it runs really well,  
> except for an error. Does anyone know what the following means?:
> 
> thread[thread-per-block[1]: \<block file\_sink (2)\>]: file\_sink write failed  
> with error 28

it means that you’re out of space (  
[http://www.virtsync.com/c-error-codes-include-errno](http://www.virtsync.com/c-error-codes-include-errno)) on the device

> 

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**Author:** ![Paul\_BSHuter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Paul\_BSHuter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paul_BSHuter)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-28/237890/3 "2013-12-05T00:38:47Z")

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Useful list! Thank you!

On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Mark Cottrell

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**Author:** ![Paul\_BSHuter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Paul\_BSHuter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paul_BSHuter)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-28/237890/4 "2013-12-05T01:33:07Z")

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> Useful list! Thank you!  
> That code comes from “errno”, which are the integer return codes from  
> system calls.

Many Linuxes have a “perror” command line tool that can translate these  
into text:

perror 28

Might have worked for you. Although, it’s considered “polite” for  
programs, when getting an error return from a kernel call to  
use the programmatic equivalent of “perror” on return codes to give a  
more meaningful result.

–  
Marcus L.  
Principal Investigator  
Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium

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