MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

pax(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities pax(1)
Message: filename: shrank in size
Cause: While writing filename to an archive, the file shrank in size, probably due to
some other process truncating it while this utility was running. The file written
to the archive was padded with binary zeroes to fill it out to the number of bytes
indicated in the header.
Action: If possible, avoid accessing filename while it is being written to an archive.
Message: filename: symbolic links not supported by OS
Cause: You attempted to extract a file specified as a symbolic link in the archive. Sym-
bolic links are not supported on all operating systems.
Action: Do not use symbolic links on this system.
Message: incomplete tape block
Cause: When reading a tape archive header, a block that was not the same size as the
archive block size was read.
Action: Check to see if the archive was corrupted.
Message: input file "filename": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: insufficient memory: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: interactive EOF
Cause: When using the interactive rename option, an end-of-file was encountered.
Action: None.
Message: invalid archive format selected: ’format’
Cause: You specified an argument to the –x option that is not a supported format.
Action: Check the DESCRIPTION section of this man page for a list of supported
archive formats.
Message: invalid option on substitution-"letter"
Cause: You specified a trailing character with a –s substitution that was neither g nor
p.
Action: Correct the argument to the –s option and retry the command.
Message: io buffer allocation: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: medium not seekable
Cause: You attempted to append to an archive which was not seekable.
Action: Create a new archive instead.
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