It would be meaningful if the error message says 'Stream closed' insteadof 'No such file or directory'(windows)/'Bad file number(solaris) whenever try to read with FileInputStream.read() after closing standard input/output/error stream.
  Also Checking ahead whether a stream is closed, stops overhead of calling native mathod.
Please see the follwoing code, version,Result windows/solaris

import java.io.*;
class TestErrMsg {

public static void main(String... args) {

FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(FileDescriptor.in);
System.out.println("These Error Messages :");
System.out.println("--------------------");
try {
System.in.close();
fis.read();
}catch(IOException e){
System.out.print("(1) ");
e.printStackTrace();
}
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(FileDescriptor.out);
try {
System.out.close();
fos.write(1);
}catch(IOException e){
System.err.print("(2) ");
e.printStackTrace();
}

System.err.println("\nCan be changed like This message :");
System.err.println("--------------------------------");
try{
System.in.read();
}catch(IOException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

}

<version>
C:\work\TestDev\Bug>java -version
java version "1.6.0-tbell_2005_11_29.17.38.41"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.6.0-tbell_2005_11_29.17.38.41-b333)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-rc-b61, mixed mode)
</version>

<Result-windows>
C:\work\TestDev\Bug>java TestErrMsg
These Error Messages :
--------------------
(1) java.io.IOException: No such file or directory
        at java.io.FileInputStream.read(Native Method)
        at TestErrMsg.main(TestErrMsg.java:14)
(2) java.io.IOException: No such file or directory
        at java.io.FileOutputStream.write(Native Method)
        at TestErrMsg.main(TestErrMsg.java:22)

Can be changed like This message :
--------------------------------
java.io.IOException: Stream closed
        at java.io.BufferedInputStream.getBufIfOpen(BufferedInputStream.java:145)
        at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(BufferedInputStream.java:189)
        at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:235)
        at TestErrMsg.main(TestErrMsg.java:31)

</Result-windows>
<Result-solaris>
These Error Messages :
--------------------
(1) java.io.IOException: Bad file number
        at java.io.FileInputStream.read(Native Method)
        at TestErrMsg.main(TestErrMsg.java:14)
(2) java.io.IOException: Bad file number
        at java.io.FileOutputStream.write(Native Method)
        at TestErrMsg.main(TestErrMsg.java:22)

Can be changed like This message :
--------------------------------
java.io.IOException: Stream closed
        at java.io.BufferedInputStream.getBufIfOpen(BufferedInputStream.java:145)
        at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(BufferedInputStream.java:189)
        at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:235)
        at TestErrMsg.main(TestErrMsg.java:31)
</Result-solaris>