std::system_category(3)

NAME
std::system_category - std::system_category

Synopsis
   Defined in header <system_error>
   const std::error_category& system_category() noexcept; (since C++11)
   Obtains a reference to the static error category object for errors reported by the
   operating system. The object is required to override the virtual function
   std::error_category::name() to return a pointer to the string "system". It is also
   required to override the virtual function
   std::error_category::default_error_condition() to map the error codes that match
   POSIX errno values to std::generic_category.

Parameters
   (none)

Return value
   A reference to the static object of unspecified runtime type, derived from
   std::error_category.

Notes
   On Windows, system_category() typically maps some Windows error codes to POSIX ones.
   On POSIX, system_category() tends to be equivalent to std::generic_category() except
   for the name.

Example
// Run this code
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <system_error>
 int main()
 {
     for (int const code : {EDOM, 10001})
     {
         const std::error_condition econd =
             std::system_category().default_error_condition(code);
         std::cout << "Category: " << econd.category().name() << '\n'
                   << "Value: " << econd.value() << '\n'
                   << "Message: " << econd.message() << "\n\n";
     }
 }

Possible output:
 Category: generic
 Value: 33
 Message: Numerical argument out of domain
 Category: system
 Value: 10001
 Message: Unknown error 10001

See also
   generic_category identifies the generic error category
   (C++11) (function)
   errc the std::error_condition enumeration listing all standard <cerrno>
   (C++11) macro constants
                    (class)