Informix Error -4650: Cannot find Runner runner.

Cause and resolution

Cannot find Runner runner.

Either the normal program runner or the debugger could not be found in the directory named by the INFORMIXDIR environment variable. Check the setting of the environment variable.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-4650 fires when the normal program runner or the debugger can't be found in the directory named by the INFORMIXDIR environment variable — per the official guidance.

INFORMIXDIR is set incorrectly, or the runner/debugger is missing from it, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Check the setting of the INFORMIXDIR environment variable, per the official guidance, and confirm the named runner exists in its bin directory.

Examples

Checking INFORMIXDIR

$ echo $INFORMIXDIR
$ ls $INFORMIXDIR/bin

Diagnostic Checks

Check INFORMIXDIR's value, and confirm the runner/debugger executable is actually present in the directory it points to.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-4651 — "The p-code compiler is not contained in your path." A related tooling-lookup failure, about PATH rather than INFORMIXDIR directly, for the compiler rather than the runner.

The program runner or debugger wasn't found under INFORMIXDIR — check that environment variable's setting.