MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

patch(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities patch(1)
Message: Can’t seem to get enough memory.
Cause: There were not enough free system resources for patch to allocate the buffers
it needed to do its job.
Action: Free up some system resources and try again.
Message: can’t write temp file: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: creating temporary file filename: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: filename is not a normal file -- can’t patch.
Cause: You specified a filename as the file to be patched that was not a regular file, but
a device or a pipe.
Action: Make sure that filename exists, was named properly, and that you have appro-
priate permissions.
Message: input file "name": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: Lost hunk on alloc error!
Cause: patch was unable to allocate enough system resources to do its job.
Action: Free up some system resources and try again.
Message: tempnam() error: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: missing argument after "–option" option
Cause: You specified –option without providing the required argument.
Action: Check the DESCRIPTION section for a list of patch options and their argu-
ments.
Message: Too many file arguments.
Cause: You specified more than one file to be patched on the command line.
Action: Do not specify more than one file to be patched on the command line.
Message: Unknown option "–option"
Cause: You specified an option that is not valid for patch.
Action: Check the DESCRIPTION section for a list of valid patch options.
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