MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

sh(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities sh(1)
Message: error in arithmetic expression "expr" near substr "
Cause: An error occurred in the arithmetic expression expr near the substring substr.
error is one of the errors listed in this section. See the error listing for possible
causes.
Action: See the error listing for suggested actions.
Message: error in arithmetic expression "expr"
Cause: An error occurred in the arithmetic expression expr. error is one of the errors
listed in this section. See the error listing for possible causes.
Action: See the error listing for suggested actions.
Message: file descriptor fd already redirected
Cause: You attempted to redirect the file descriptor fd which was already being
redirected in the same command.
Action: Only redirect a file descriptor once.
Message: file "filename" already exists
Cause: You attempted to redirect output into an existing file, but you have turned on the
noclobber option (see set(1)).
Action: Use the construct >|filename to redirect the output into an existing file or turn
the noclobber option off with
set +o noclobber
Message: filename: not found
Cause: The shell was unable to find the file filename.
Action: Check that the file exists, and was named properly.
Message: get limit failed
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: getgroups failed
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: history: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: history not available
Cause: The shell was unable to open a history file when you logged in.
Action: Make sure that the environment variable
HISTFILE is set to a file which is
named properly and for which you have appropriate permissions. You may
have to log in again.
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