Informix Error -16323: User cannot specify more than one directory list.

Cause and resolution

User cannot specify more than one directory list.

You can use the -I option only once on the command line. However, you can specify more than one search path in the list following -I. Repeat the command, listing all the desired source-file search paths, separated by commas, following a single -I option.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-16323 fires when the -I command-line option is used more than once — per the official guidance.

-I used more than once on the command line, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause; multiple search paths belong in a single comma-separated list after one -I.

Solutions / Resolution

Repeat the command, listing all desired source-file search paths, comma-separated, following a single -I option, per the official guidance.

Examples

-I used twice

$ fgldb -I /usr/local/src -I /opt/src myprogram

Corrected

$ fgldb -I /usr/local/src,/opt/src myprogram

Diagnostic Checks

Check the command line for more than one -I option, and combine the search paths into a single comma-separated list.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-16322 — "Missing directory list." The mirror-image error, about -I given without any search path rather than given more than once.
-16324 — "User cannot specify more than one file name." The same single-use restriction, applied to -F rather than -I.

-I was used more than once — combine the search paths into one comma-separated list after a single -I.