MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

mailx(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities mailx(1)
Message: Unknown command "command"
Cause: You entered a command that does that not exist in mailx.
Action: Verify that you spelled the command name properly and that it is a valid
mailx command.
Message: Unknown command "˜command". Type ˜? for help.
Cause: You entered an input mode command that does not exist.
Action: Check the Input Mode Commands subsection to ensure that the command is
valid. Remember that ˜ is the default escape character and may be changed by
the
escape variable.
Message: Unknown option "–option"
Cause: You specified a command line option that is not valid for mailx.
Action: Check the Options subsection for a list of valid mailx options.
Message: Unknown colon modifier ":colon modifier"
Cause: You used an unknown colon modifier in a message list.
Action: Check the Command Mode Commands subsection for a list of valid colon modi-
fiers.
Message: variable: no such variable
Cause: You tried to make use of a variable that does not exist.
Action: Check to make sure that you have spelled the variable name correctly or define
the variable with a set command.
Message: variable: read-only variable
Cause: You cannot change the values of some environment variables, such as
HOME
and MAILRC , from within mailx. You tried to change the value of such a vari-
able.
Action: Do not try to change the value of read-only variables.
Message: variable "cmd" not set
Cause: You invoked the pipe command without any arguments and have not assigned a
value to the
cmd environment variable. This variable indicates the default com-
mand to pipe messages through.
Action: Assign a value to cmd .
Message: variable storage: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: write error: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
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