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Informix Error -4200: Write error -- out of disk space.

Cause and resolution

Write error -- out of disk space.

The compiler failed to write some information to the output file because it ran out of disk space.

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Reasons / Common Causes

-4200 fires when the compiler runs out of disk space while writing its output file — per the official guidance, this is a direct disk-space exhaustion condition.

  1. Insufficient disk space for the compiler's output file, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Free up disk space on the filesystem holding the compiler's output, then recompile.
Examples
Checking available disk space
df -h .
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check available disk space on the output filesystem, and free space before recompiling.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -4201 — "Write error. Check available disk space and ulimit." A related write-failure error, about an undetermined cause (often ulimit) rather than confirmed disk exhaustion.

The compiler ran out of disk space writing its output — free up space and recompile.