MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2
syserror(3) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities syserror(3)
Message: File too large
Cause: You attempted to write to a file or directory that would cause it to exceed its
MPE/iX file limit.
Action: Contact your system administrator for assistance.
Message: Filename too long
Cause: One of the following:
1. You specified a path name with a length that exceeds the limit imposed by
the PATH_MAX configuration variable.
2. You specified a component of the path name with a name that is longer than
the limit imposed by the NAME_MAX configuration variable.
Action: Ensure that both the component’s length and the full path name length do not
exceed the limits imposed by NAME_MAX or PATH_MAX, respectively. The
getconf utility can be used to obtain these values.
Message: Illegal seek
Cause: You attempted to perform a seek operation on a file that does not support seek-
ing.
Action: Certain files or devices do not support seeking. Be sure the program is not at-
tempting to perform seek operations on those files.
Message: Implementation-defined error
Cause: One of the following:
1. You attempted to perform an action that is not allowed on the root direc-
tory, an account directory, a group directory, or the dot and dot-dot direc-
tories. For example, you may have attempted to modify the
UID, GID
, or ac-
cess permissions of the directory, or you attempted to remove the directory.
2. You specified a path name that begins with two slash characters.
3. You attempted to obtain access permission information about a file or di-
rectory that you do not have
MPE/iX ACD read ACD (RACD) access to.
4. You attempted to create a file or directory with a name that exceeds 16
characters in length in either the root directory or a group directory.
5. You attempted to write to a file or directory that would cause it to exceed
its MPE/iX file limit.
6. You attempted to read more than {SSIZE_MAX} bytes in one read opera-
tion.
7. The stack and heap could not be copied to the new process or a file could
not be inherited to the new process or a system data structure could not be
copied to the new process.
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