Informix Error -4010: Include file "pathname" is not found.

Cause and resolution

Include file "pathname" is not found.

This INCLUDE statement names a file that the compiler cannot find. If a complete pathname is used, the file does not exist. Check the spelling of all the directories and the filename. If only a filename is given, that file could not be found in the current directory, in $INFORMIXDIR/incl, or in any directory that is specified in a -H compiler argument. Perhaps one of these arguments was omitted or misspelled.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-4010 fires when an INCLUDE statement names a file the compiler can't find — per the official guidance, a complete pathname means the file doesn't exist there; a bare filename means it wasn't found in the current directory, $INFORMIXDIR/incl, or any -H compiler argument directory.

A complete pathname that doesn't exist, per the official guidance — the first named case.
A bare filename not found in the current directory, $INFORMIXDIR/incl, or any -H directory, per the official guidance — the second named case, possibly from an omitted or misspelled -H argument.

Solutions / Resolution

Check the spelling of all directories and the filename, per the official guidance.
If only a filename was given, check whether a -H compiler argument was omitted or misspelled, per the official guidance.

Examples

Checking the include search path

4gl -H /usr/local/include/4gl myprogram.4gl

Diagnostic Checks

Check the INCLUDE statement's pathname/filename spelling, and confirm the file exists in the current directory, $INFORMIXDIR/incl, or a directory passed via -H.

Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -4010 in this set yet.

The compiler couldn't find the named include file — check its spelling and the -H search path.