MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

sort(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities sort(1)
Message: Only one "–option" option allowed
Cause: You specified –option more than once on the command line.
Action: Specify –option only once.
Message: Option "–option" unknown in field "field"
Cause: You specified an option as part of the sort key definition field that is not a valid
ordering option.
Action: Check the DESCRIPTION section of this man page for a list of valid sort or-
dering options.
Message: output file "filename": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: strcoll error, cannot malloc space.
Cause: There are not enough free system resources to allocate string space.
Action: Free up more resources.
Message: tempfile error on "filename": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: tempnam() error: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: temporary file error (no space) for "filename"
Cause: Insufficient disk space was available for a temporary file.
Action: Make sure that you have a directory named /tmp, and that this directory has
space to create files.
Message: too many key field positions specified
Cause: You specified more than 64 key field positions.
Action: There is no simple way to sort with more than 64 key field positions set.
Message: Unknown option "–option"
Cause: You specified an option that is not valid for sort.
Action: Check the DESCRIPTION section of this man page for a list of valid sort op-
tions.
Message: write error (no space) on output
Cause: Insufficient disk space was available for the output file.
Action: Make sure that the output device has sufficient space to create files.
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