Informix Error -1005

-1005 Your specified termcap file cannot be read.

The TERMCAP environment variable specifies a file that cannot be opened. Either it does not exist, or your account does not have operating-system permissions to read it. Check the environment variable and the file that it names.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-1005 fires when the TERMCAP environment variable points to a file the program can't open — per the official guidance, either the file doesn't exist or it lacks the read permission needed.

TERMCAP pointing to a nonexistent file, per the official guidance — a typo in the path, or a file that was moved/removed.
TERMCAP pointing to a file the current user lacks read permission on, per the official guidance — a permissions issue rather than a missing-file one.

Solutions / Resolution

Verify the file named by TERMCAP actually exists, per the official guidance.
Verify the current user has read permission on that file, per the official guidance, and correct the permissions or path as needed.

Examples

Checking the TERMCAP file

$ echo "$TERMCAP"
/usr/local/etc/termcap
$ ls -l "$TERMCAP"
ls: /usr/local/etc/termcap: No such file or directory
$ export TERMCAP=/etc/termcap

Diagnostic Checks

Check the path named by TERMCAP for existence and read permission.

Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -1005 in this set yet.

TERMCAP points to a file that's either missing or unreadable — verify the path and its permissions.