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Informix Error -35212: Missing -b or -s option.

Cause and resolution

Missing -b or -s option.

Use either the -b or the -s option. Refer to the syntax for preprocessor commands provided in the IBM Informix Ada/SAME Programmer's Manual. If the error recurs, note all circumstances and contact IBM Technical Support.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-35212 fires when the preprocessor command is given neither a -b nor a -s option — per the official guidance, one of the two is required.

  1. Neither -b nor -s supplied on the command line, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Use either the -b or the -s option, per the official guidance.
  2. Refer to the preprocessor command syntax in the IBM Informix Ada/SAME Programmer's Manual, per the official guidance.
  3. If the error recurs, note all circumstances and contact IBM Technical Support, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a preprocessor invocation missing both -b and -s.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the command line for -b or -s and add whichever is appropriate.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -35211 — "Only a single filename expected after command switches." Another preprocessor command-line syntax error.

The preprocessor command was given neither -b nor -s — supply one of the two.