MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2
regerror(3) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities regerror(3)
Message: internal error
Code: REG_EFATAL
Cause: An internal error occurred.
Action: Contact your system manager.
Message: invalid character class type
Code: REG_ECTYPE
Cause: You specified a regular expression that contained a reference to an invalid char-
acter class.
Action: Make sure that all character classes referenced in the regular expression are val-
id in the locale indicated by
LC_CTYPE
.
Message: invalid collation element
Code: REG_ECOLLATE
Cause: You specified a regular expression that contains an invalid collating element.
Action: Make sure that all collating elements in the regular expression are valid in the
locale indicated by
LC_COLLATE
.
Message: invalid endpoint in range
Code:
REG_ERANGE
Cause: You specified a regular expression that contained a range expression with an in-
valid endpoint.
Action: Specify a valid endpoint.
Message: newline found before end of pattern
Code:
REG_ENEWLINE
Cause: You specified a regular expression that contained a newline before the end of
the pattern.
Action: Check the regular expression for a missing /.
Message: number in \[0-9] invalid
Code:
REG_ESUBREG
Cause: You specified a number that was greater than the number of matching subex-
pressions.
Action: Specify a number that is less than or equal to the number of matching subex-
pressions.
Message: out of memory
Code: REG_ESPACE
Cause: There werre not enough free system resources for working with the specified
regular expression.
Action: Free up more resources or specify a less complex regular expression.
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