Informix Error -16324: User cannot specify more than one file name.

Cause and resolution

User cannot specify more than one file name.

You can use the -F option only once on the command line. Repeat the command specifying only one initialization file. After the Debugger starts, you can enter READ commands to execute additional .4db files.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-16324 fires when the -F command-line option is used more than once — per the official guidance.

-F used more than once on the command line, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Repeat the command specifying only one initialization file, per the official guidance — after the Debugger starts, additional .4db files can be run via READ commands.

Examples

-F used twice

$ fgldb -F first.4db -F second.4db myprogram

Corrected

$ fgldb -F first.4db myprogram
> READ second.4db

Diagnostic Checks

Check the command line for more than one -F option, and move any additional initialization files to READ commands after startup.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-16323 — "User cannot specify more than one directory list." The same single-use restriction, applied to -I rather than -F.
-16314 — "Missing filename." A related -F-option error, about -F given without a filename rather than given more than once.

-F was used more than once — specify only one initialization file, and READ any others after startup.