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Informix Error -55927: Unable to spawn the linker.

Cause and resolution

Unable to spawn the linker.

For ESQL/C: The esql command processor cannot start the linker. Make sure the directory that contains your linker is included in the PATH environment variable.

For ESQL/COBOL: The esqlcobo command processor cannot start the linker. Make sure that the directory containing your linker is included in the PATH environment variable.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-55927 fires when the command processor can't start the linker — per the official guidance.

  1. The linker's directory not included in PATH, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause, applying to both esql and esqlcobo.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Add the linker's directory to the PATH environment variable, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an unspawnable linker.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check PATH for the linker's installation directory, and add it if missing.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -55926 — "Unable to spawn the compiler." The same class of spawn-failure error, for the compiler rather than the linker.
  • -55928 — "Unable to spawn the resource compiler." The same class of spawn-failure error, for the resource compiler rather than the linker.

The linker couldn't be spawned — add its directory to PATH.