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Informix Error -43078: Open or close failed on file <filename>, errno = <error-number>. </error-number></filename>

Cause and resolution

Open or close failed on file <filename>, errno = <error-number>. </error-number></filename>

An operating-system error prevents the file from being created or opened.

Correct the error and retry your command.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-43078 fires when an operating-system error prevents a file from being created, opened, or closed — per the official guidance.

  1. An operating-system error opening or closing the named file, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause; errno identifies the specific OS error.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Correct the error and retry the command, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an OS-level open/close failure; the filename and errno are embedded in the message.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Look up the reported errno value for the platform, and correct the underlying OS condition before retrying.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -43075 — "Unable to open file ." A related file-open error, framed as a permissions issue rather than a generic OS errno.

An operating-system error prevented the file from being opened or closed — correct the reported errno condition and retry.