Data Transformation Engine Return Codes and Errors Reference Guide
Chapter 4 – Adapters  Archive (Tar) 
Return Code  Message 
-1  ‘%s’ not found 
-1  ‘%s’ seek error 
-1  ‘%s’ unknown file type ‘%c’ 
-1  Data not available from Mercator 
-1  Failed to open archive (%s) 
-1  Insufficient memory: allocation of %d bytes failed 
-1  Insufficient memory: allocation of %d bytes failed 
-1  Invalid command line – missing data file name 
-1  Invalid command line – missing entry name 
-1  Invalid option (-a, -c, or –u) request for 
M4TAR_GetArchive 
-1  Member ‘%s not found in archive 
-1  Out of memory 
-1  Unable to allocate memory (%Id bytes) 
-1  Unable to create directory %s 
-1  Unable to read archive 
-1  Archive read error 
-1  Bad directory structure 
-1  Can’t create ‘%s’ 
-1  Can’t delete ‘%s’ 
-1  Can’t delete scratch file 
-1  Can’t link ‘%s’ – data stay in ‘%s’ 
-1  Can’t open directory ‘%s’ 
-1  Can’t append ‘%s’ 
-1  Delete option (-d) is for file archives only 
-1  Directory checksum error 
-1  Error extracting ‘%s’ 
-1  Error reading ‘%s’ 
-1  Tape blocksize error 
-1  Tape close error 
-1  Tape read error 
-1  Tape read failed 
-1  Tape seek failed 










