Class CommandError

django/core/management/base.py:23–38

Exception class indicating a problem while executing a management command. If this exception is raised during the execution of a management command, it will be caught and turned into a nicely-printed error message to the appropriate output stream (i.e., stderr); as a result

class CommandError(Exception):
    """
    Exception class indicating a problem while executing a management
    command.

    If this exception is raised during the execution of a management
    command, it will be caught and turned into a nicely-printed error
    message to the appropriate output stream (i.e., stderr); as a
    result, raising this exception (with a sensible description of the
    error) is the preferred way to indicate that something has gone
    wrong in the execution of a command.
    """

    def __init__(self, *args, returncode=1, **kwargs):
        self.returncode = returncode
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)


class SystemCheckError(CommandError):