What does 'enoent' typically signify in the context of file system operations?

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What does 'enoent' typically signify in the context of file system operations?
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‘enoent’ (errno 2) in Linux and other Unix-like systems stands for 'No such file or directory'. It's a system call error that indicates the program attempted to access a file or directory that doesn't exist at the specified path, or that the user doesn't have permission to access.