MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

uncompress(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities uncompress(1)
Message: compressed with num1 bits, can only handle num2 bits
Cause: You specified a file to be uncompressed that was compressed with num1 bits,
but this version of uncompress handles a maximum of num2 bit compression.
Action: Request a copy of the file compressed using num2 bit compression.
Message: filename already exists; Do you wish to overwrite filename
(y or n)?
Cause: The output file filename already existed.
Action: To overwrite the existing file, type an affirmative response when asked or speci-
fy –f on the command line. To uncompress the file into a different file name,
use the –c option to send the output to the standard output and redirect it.
Message: file "filename": Incorrect format for -D option
Cause: You attempted to use the –D option to decompress a file that was not com-
pressed with the –D option of compress
Action: Only use the –D option of uncompress to decompress files compressed with
the –D option of compress
Message: filename has num other links: unchanged
Cause: You specified an input file that has more than one link.
Action: Remove the additional links and try uncompressing again.
Message: filename not a regular file: unchanged
Cause: You specified a file that was not a regular file. uncompress does not un-
compress directories,
FIFOs, or other such files.
Action: Make sure that the specified file is a regular file.
Message: filename: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: insufficient memory
Cause: There were not enough free system resources to perform the specified operation.
Action: Free up more resources.
Message: no space for decompress tables
Cause: There were not enough free system resources for uncompress to allocate to
the decompress tables.
Action: Free up more resources.
Message: not in compressed format
Cause: You specified a file to be uncompressed that was not in compressed format.
Action: Specify a compressed file.
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