MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

dd(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities dd(1)
Message: badly formed number "num"
Cause: You specified num as a number (for example, a block size), but num did not
have the form of a number recognized by dd.
Action: Make sure that num is a valid number, and if it is followed by a letter to indicate
the block size unit, check the DESCRIPTION section of this man page under the
bs= option for a list of valid letters.
Message: cbs=size given without ascii/ebcdic/ibm/block/ unblock
conversion
Cause: You specified the cbs=size option but did not specify a conversion option
which uses it.
Action: Provide the missing conversion option.
Message: conv=block/unblock given without cbs= option
Cause: You specified either the conv=block or conv=unblock option without
defining a block size with the cbs=size option.
Action: Provide the missing cbs=size option.
Message: input file "filename"
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: option=value is an unknown option
Cause: You specified an option that is not valid for dd.
Action: Check the DESCRIPTION section of this man page for a list of valid dd man
pages.
Message: out of memory for buffers
Cause: dd was unable to allocate the system resources that it needed for conversion
buffers.
Action: Free up more system resources.
Message: output file "filename"
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: read error: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: seek input: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
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