MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

pax(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities pax(1)
Message: non-USTAR header in USTAR archive at "filename"
Cause: When reading a USTAR format archive, pax encountered a header without the
USTAR magic number
Action: Check to see if your archive has been corrupted.
Message: Option –option argument missing
Cause: You did not provide an argument for –option.
Action: Provide the missing argument.
Message: out of memory for link tables
Cause: There were not enough free system resources to create the needed link tables.
When archiving files with multiple links, each link must be remembered.
Action: Archive in smaller pieces.
Message: overflow in blocking factor: "blocksize"
Cause: You specified a blocksize argument to the –b option that was too large.
Action: Use a smaller value for blocksize
Message: "pathname" not found.
Cause: You specified the name of an archive member, but it was not found in the
archive.
Action: Get a full table of contents of the archive to see if you are using the correct
name.
Message: pathname: final component of name too long
Cause: The
USTAR format extends the old tar file name limit from 100 to 256 bytes;
however, this requires breaking up the file name into one piece of 156 bytes or
less and another piece of 100 bytes or less. The break occurs between directory
components (that is, at a slash). In the case of pathname, the second component
could not be made to fit into 100 bytes.
Action: Move or rename pathname to have shorter path components.
Message: pathname: name too long
Cause: The path name pathname was too long to be included in a tar archive.
Action: Rename or move pathname, such that its path name is shorter.
Message: pathname: Not a directory
Cause: You specified pass mode with either the –p option for cpio or the –r and –w
options for pax, but the destination given was not a directory.
Action: Make sure that the destination pathname is a directory.
Message: pathname: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
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