MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

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Message: misplaced & in magic file
Cause: You specified a magic file containing a line beginning with a & that did not fol-
low a regular template line.
Action: Either create a template line before the offending line, or remove the offending
line.
Message: Missing file list
Cause: You specified the –f option but did not provide a file list as an argument.
Action: Provide the missing file list.
Message: Missing magic file
Cause: You specified the –m option but did not provide a magic file as an argument.
Action: Provide the missing argument.
Message: no space for read buffer
Cause: There were not enough free system resources for file to allocate a read buffer.
Action: Free up more system resources.
Message: Only one "–f" option allowed
Cause: You specified multiple –f options. Only one is allowed.
Action: Specify only one –f option.
Message: Option –option argument missing
Cause: You did not provide an argument for –option.
Action: Provide the missing argument.
Message: out of space for magic entries
Cause: There were not enough free system resources for file to allocate for entries
from the magic file.
Action: Free up more system resources.
Message: read error on file "filename": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: Unknown option "–option"
Cause: You specified an option that is not valid for file.
Action: Check the DESCRIPTION section of this man page for a list of valid file
options.
Message: unknown type or cannot open
Cause: You specified a file that does not exist, cannot be opened, or whosE file type
cannot be determined.
Action: Check that the file exists and that the file permissions allow access.
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