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Informix Error -16322: Missing directory list.

Cause and resolution

Missing directory list.

You used the -I command-line option when you invoked the Debugger, but you did not specify a source-file search path. Repeat the command, and either omit the -I option or specify a search path with it.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-16322 fires when the Debugger is invoked with -I but no source-file search path — per the official guidance.

  1. The -I command-line option used without a search path, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Repeat the command, either omitting -I or specifying a search path with it, per the official guidance.
Examples
-I given without a search path
$ fgldb -I myprogram
Corrected
$ fgldb -I /usr/local/src myprogram
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the -I option for a following search path.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -16323 — "User cannot specify more than one directory list." A related -I-option error, about -I being used more than once rather than without a search path.

-I was used without a search path — supply one or omit -I.