HP Business BASIC/XL Reference Manual - HP 3000 MPE/iX Computer Systems - Edition 1 (32715-90001)

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exists.
ACTION 1. Use a different file name or purge the existing file.
2. Use the RESAVE command or SAVE into a new file.
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55 MESSAGE Permanent directory overflow.
CAUSE The file directory is full, no more new files can be created.
ACTION Purge some old and unused files.
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56 MESSAGE File does not exist.
CAUSE A file that does not exist was referenced.
ACTION Use a different file or create the file.
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58 MESSAGE 1. Operation inconsistent with file type or device type.
2. Invalid file type: Must be ASCII, BASIC DATA, or BASIC
SAVE.
3. Invalid file type: Must be ASCII or BASIC DATA file.
CAUSE 1. A file was accessed in a way that is illegal either because
of the file type or because of the device the file is on.
Examples are :
A direct read/write on a tape file.
A direct word read on an ASCII file.
2. The file code on a file for a GET, RUN, or GET SUB command
is not a BASIC data, BASIC SAVE, or ASCII file.
3. A MERGE or LINK command was issued for a file that is
neither a BASIC data file nor an ASCII file.
ACTION 1. Change the access method or move the file to a different
device.
2. Make sure these commands are used with the valid file code.
Only BASIC DATA, BASIC SAVE, or ASCII files are valid file
types.
3. Resave the program for the MERGE or LINK using the SAVE or
SAVE LIST command.
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59 MESSAGE End of file found.
CAUSE A file was accessed beyond its logical end. This is usually
caused by trying to read more data that the file contains or by
writing to a file that is already full.
ACTION Expand the file or don't access records beyond the logical end
of the file.
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60 MESSAGE Physical or logical end of record found in direct access mode.
CAUSE The record size of a file is not big enough to hold the entire
output list during a direct record write.
ACTION Reduce the output list or re-create the file with a larger
record size.
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61 MESSAGE BASIC data file record size too small for data item.