MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2
syserror(3) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities syserror(3)
Action: One of the following:
1. Do not attempt to modify the UID, GID, or access permissions of the root di-
rectory, an account directory, or a group directory. Do not attempt to re-
move either these directories or the dot or dot-dot directories.
2. Do not specify path names that begin with two slash characters.
3. If you are the file owner, use the
MPE/iX CI command ALTSEC to give your-
self RACD access to the file. Otherwise, contact your system administrator
for assistance.
4. Do not attempt to create a file or directory with a name that exceeds 16
characters in length in either the root directory or a group directory.
5. Contact your system administrator if you need to increase your disk space
limits.
6. Do not attempt to read more than SSIZE_MAX bytes in one read operation.
Message: Interrupted function call
Cause: A signal was caught by the process and control was returned from the signal
handling function, or the function was interrupted by a signal.
Action: No action required.
Message: Invalid argument
Cause: One of the following:
1. You passed an argument that specified an invalid or unsupported value.
2. An attempt was made to handle a signal that cannot be handled or ignore a
signal that cannot be ignored.
3. An attempt was made to set the action to SIGDFL for a signal that cannot
be handled and/or ignored.
Action: Specify a valid and supported value.
Message: Is a directory
Cause: You attempted to perform an action on a directory that is only allowed for files.
Action: Use the appropriate commands to perform actions on directories.
Message: No child processes
Cause: The calling process has no unwaited-for child processes, or the specified target
process or process group does not exist or is not a child of the calling process.
Action: No action is necessary.
Message: No space left on device
Cause: You attempted to create or write to a file or directory that would have caused
you to exceed the system limit for disk space imposed by the
MPE/iX accounting
facility, or there is not enough free disk space to create the file or directory.
Action: Contact your system administrator if you need to increase your disk space lim-
its, or free up disk space by either removing or storing unnecessary files to tape.
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