Informix Error -23077: Missing target file name.

Cause and resolution

Missing target file name.

No output filename has been specified after the -o option on the command line for the ESQL processor. Re-enter the command and specify an output file.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-23077 fires when no output filename follows the -o option — per the official guidance.

No filename specified after -o, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Re-enter the command and specify an output file after -o, per the official guidance.

Examples

N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a bare -o with no filename.

Diagnostic Checks

Check the command line's -o option, and add the missing output filename.

Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -23077 in this set yet.

The -o option had no output filename — add one.