MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

pax(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities pax(1)
Message: pathname: Unable to split name to fit in tar header
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 this case, the characteristics of pathname
would not allow it to be broken up in such a manner.
Action: Move or rename pathname to have shorter path components.
Message: pathname: Unknown file type field value ‘char’
Cause: A file with an invalid file type was encountered when extracting or listing an
archive’s contents.
Action: This archive is invalid. No action is possible.
Message: read error on file "filename": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: requested format differs from the existing archive
format
Cause: You used the –a option with –x format, where the archive already existed with
a different format.
Action: Do not specify the format when appending to an existing archive, or specify the
correct format.
Message: scratch file: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: sorting: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: special file "filename": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: string allocation: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: Symbolic link name too long: Not extracted
Cause: Couldn’t allocate enough memory to hold the symbolic link’s name.
Action: Archive contains symbolic name which is too large; no action possible.
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