Reference Guide

176 Chapter 8
Diagnostic Messages
Panic Messages
Panic Messages
The following messages describe panic errors that cause the Assembler
to terminate immediately and prevent it from creating an object file. You
must correct these errors to assemble your program.
2000 MESSAGE Exceeded maximum error count
CAUSE More than 100 errors were detected
and the -e option was not used.
ACTION Use the -e option to permit up to a
million errors.
2002 MESSAGE Unable to open input file: %s
CAUSE The input file is either nonexistent or
unreadable.
ACTION Check for presence of requested input
file and examine the read permission
for the file.
2003 MESSAGE Unable to open output file:
%s
CAUSE One of the following: 1. Output file
exists and is not writable. 2.
Directory is not writable 3. File
system is not writable. 4. File system
full 5. File system error.
ACTION Perform the corresponding action: 1.
Delete output file or make output file
writable. 2. Make directory writable.
3. Use a read/write file system for the
output file. 4. Contact your HP-UX
system administrator 5. Contact your
HP-UX system administrator
2004 MESSAGE Free storage exhausted
CAUSE Assembler cannot allocate memory
for it's internal structures.