Informix Error -43079: Unable to open file <filename>. </filename>

Reasons / Common Causes

-43079 fires when a file can't be created or opened due to permission restrictions — per the official guidance, the same underlying condition as -43075, in a distinct part of the message catalog.

1. The file or its directory's permissions preventing creation/opening, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Verify the permissions on the file and its directory, per the official guidance.

Examples

Checking file/directory permissions

$ ls -ld $(dirname <filename>)
$ ls -l <filename>

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check the named file's and its directory's permissions, and correct them.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -43075 — "Unable to open file ." A related occurrence of the same permission-based open failure, in a distinct part of the message catalog.
• -43076 — "Error while reading data from the file ." A related file-access error, on a read failure rather than the file failing to open.

A file couldn't be created or opened due to permissions — check the file's and its directory's permissions.