MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

compress(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities compress(1)
Message: exec "uncompress": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: file "filename": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: filename has num other links: unchanged
Cause: You specified a file that had more than one link. compress will not compress
such a file.
Action: Remove the additional links, or use –f option.
Message: filename not a regular file: unchanged
Cause: You specified a file that was not a regular file. compress will not compress
directories,
FIFOs, or other such files.
Action: Make sure that the specified filename is a regular file.
Message: input file "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 compression tables There were not enough free sys-
tem resources to allocate to compression tables.
Action: Free up more resources. "Option –option argument missing"
Cause: You did not provide an argument for –option.
Action: Provide the missing argument.
Message: output file "filename": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: output path or file name too long
Cause: When the .Z extension was appended to the original file’s name, it resulted in
an output path or file name that was too long for the file system to handle.
Action: Rename the original file with a shorter name.
Message: tempfile: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
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