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Informix Error -35211: Only a single filename expected after command switches.

Cause and resolution

Only a single filename expected after command switches.

Use the adasame command. Refer to the syntax for preprocessor commands that is provided in the IBM Informix Ada/SAME Programmer's Manual. If the error recurs, note all circumstances and contact IBM Technical Support.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-35211 fires when the adasame command is given more than one filename after its command switches — per the official guidance.

  1. More than one filename supplied after the command switches, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Use the adasame command with only a single filename, per the official guidance.
  2. Refer to the preprocessor command syntax in the IBM Informix Ada/SAME Programmer's Manual, per the official guidance.
  3. If the error recurs, note all circumstances and contact IBM Technical Support, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond multiple filenames given to adasame.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the adasame command line for more than one filename after the switches, and reduce it to one.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -35212 — "Missing -b or -s option." Another adasame command-line syntax error.

The adasame command was given more than one filename — supply only a single filename after the command switches.