MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

ed(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities ed(1)
Message: Destination cannot straddle source in ’m’ and ’t’
Cause: You specified a range of lines to be moved or copied by m or t that included the
destination address.
Action: Ensure that the specified range of lines for m or t does not include the destina-
tion address.
Message: File filename: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: File read error
Cause: An error occurred while reading a file into the page buffer.
Action: Exit editor and restart. Check for system problems. Contact your system man-
ager.
Message: Global command too long
Cause: You specified a global instruction (g or v) that was longer than 256 characters,
including newlines.
Action: Specify a global instruction that is less than 256 characters in length.
Message: Illegal command redirection
Cause: You attempted to use the ! command redirection with the f command.
Action: Do not use the ! command redirection with the f command.
Message: Illegal command suffix
Cause: You specified a command suffix for a command that does not accept suffixes.
Action: Check the Commands subsection of this man page for a list of ed commands
and their syntaxes.
Message: Input line too long
Cause: You entered an ed command which was too long.
Action: Simplify the command and try again.
Message: Incomplete regular expression.
Cause: You issued a g or G command but did not provide a regular expression as an
argument.
Action: Provide a regular expression as an argument to the offending command.
Message: insufficient memory
Cause: There were not enough free system resources to perform the specified operation.
Action: Free up more resources.
Message: Line(s) too long -- truncated
Cause: One or more lines in the file being edited were too long for ed to handle. Those
lines were truncated.
Action: To avoid losing data, exit immediately without saving.
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