MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

mailx(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities mailx(1)
Message: if: "s" or "r" are permissible arguments
Cause: You used an argument other than r or s with the if command.
Action: Use only r or s as the argument for an if command.
Message: Inappropriate message
Cause: You tried to perform a command on an inappropriate message. For example,
you tried to undelete a message that was not deleted or you tried to respond to a
deleted message.
Action: Check the description of the command you are using to ensure that you are
using it correctly.
Message: Invalid hop count: num
Cause: You specified the –h option, but the argument that you provided with it is not a
valid number.
Action: Provide a valid number as the argument to the –h option
Message: Invalid message number
Cause: You used a message number of 0 or one that is greater than the number of mes-
sages in the mailbox.
Action: Use a message number in the range from 1 to the number of messages in the
mailbox.
Message: mail file "file" is locked
Cause: You tried to access a mailbox that another process was already accessing.
Action: Wait until the other process completes its access then try again.
Message: mail to command "command name": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: mail to file ‘filename’: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: Mismatched quote char
Cause: You specified the quote character quote char. This quote character must be
paired without a matching mate. The mate is missing.
Action: Provide the missing mate to quote char.
Message: Missing address after "-r"
Cause: You specified the –r option without providing an address as its argument.
Action: Provide an address following the –r option.
Message: Missing file after source command
Cause: You issued a source without specifying a file name.
Action: Specify a file name with the source command.
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