Informix Error -16328: Cannot read initialization file filename.

Cause and resolution

Cannot read initialization file filename.

Although the Debugger found the file that you specified with the -F parameter, it encountered an error when it tried to read from the file. Check for operating-system error messages that might provide more details. If the problem is not a hardware error, make sure that your account has read access to the file (for instance, by displaying its contents).

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-16328 fires when the Debugger finds the file named by -F but hits an error reading from it — per the official guidance.

An error reading a found -F initialization file, per the official guidance — possibly a permissions or hardware issue.

Solutions / Resolution

Check for operating-system error messages that might provide more detail, per the official guidance.
Confirm the account has read access to the file, per the official guidance — for example, by displaying its contents.

Examples

Checking file permissions

$ ls -l myinit.4db
$ cat myinit.4db

Diagnostic Checks

Check operating-system error messages and file permissions for the named initialization file.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-16327 — "Cannot locate file filename." A related file-access error, about the file not being found at all rather than found but unreadable.

The Debugger found the -F file but couldn't read it — check OS error messages and file permissions.