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Informix Error -23079: Missing log filename.

Cause and resolution

Missing log filename.

No log filename has been specified after the -c option on the command line for the ESQL processor. Enter the command again and specify a log file.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-23079 fires when no log filename follows the -c option (used for logging in this context) — per the official guidance.

  1. No filename specified after -c, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Re-enter the command and specify a log file, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a bare option with no log filename.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the command line for a missing log filename, and add one.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -23075 — "Unable to open the log file." A related log-file error, on an incorrect path rather than a missing filename entirely.

A log filename was missing on the command line — add one.