Re: Meaning of tape error no.

Posted in 1996

mailgw!hpx400!Trevisol_Roberto/bbb_cak@srv3-poa.nutecnet.com.br — 17 Jul 1996 00:48:24 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

>I tried to restore a database from archive (Online version 5.01), and got >the message: > >"Error reading from tape device, Error No. = 5." > >I've tried to RTFM, but can't seem to find any reference to the meaning of >"Error #5". What does this error mean? Better yet, is there any reference >to what all the tape errors are and what they mean? Thanks. > TFM doesn't tell us anything about those ugly errors :-) Try looking at '/usr/include/sys/errno.h' (or something like that if I mispelled it...) HTH a bit ... Roberto Trevisol rtrevisol@bamerindus.com.br