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Informix Error -23075: Unable to open the log file.

Cause and resolution

Unable to open the log file.

The ESQL processor cannot open the log file that is specified on the command line. The log files are specified after the -log option. Check that you have specified the log file correctly.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-23075 fires when the ESQL processor can't open the log file named after the -log option — per the official guidance.

  1. An incorrectly specified -log log-file path, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check that the log file was specified correctly, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an incorrect -log path.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the -log option's specified path, and confirm the directory exists and is writable.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -23079 — "Missing log filename." A related log-file error, on the filename being omitted entirely rather than specified incorrectly.

The ESQL processor couldn't open its log file — check the -log path.