MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

tail(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities tail(1)
Messages
Message: Badly formed line/character count "string"
Cause: You specified a line/character count string that was not a valid integer.
Action: Make sure that the line/character count is a valid integer.
Message: filename: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: Missing number after "option" option
Cause: You specified option but did not provide the required numeric argument.
Action: Provide the missing number.
Message: not enough memory for buffering: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: re-opening file descriptor "num": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: Unknown option "–option"
Cause: You specified an option that is not valid for tail.
Action: Check the DESCRIPTION section of this man page for a list of valid tail op-
tions.
Message: write error on standard output: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
PORTABILITY
POSIX.2. x/OPEN Portability Guide 4.0. All UNIX systems.
The POSIX standard does not include the use of b, k, l or m as either options or suffixes.
MPE/iX NOTES
For information on how the current MPE/iX implementation may affect the operation of this
utility, see Appendix A, MPE/iX Implementation Considerations.
SEE ALSO
cat(1), head(1), more(1)
Commands and Utilities 1-589