Informix Error -821

-821 Cannot open file for default report.

You requested creation of a default-report specification. This file is saved in the current directory, but some problem prevented it. Possibly the disk is full, or possibly your account does not have operating-system permission to write in that location.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-821 fires when creating a default-report specification file fails — per the official guidance, the same two possibilities as the other file-save errors in this range: a full disk, or no OS-level write permission in the current directory.

No write permission in the current directory, per the official guidance.
A full disk, per the official guidance.

Solutions / Resolution

Check operating-system write permission in the current directory, per the official guidance:
```
ls -ld .
```
Check disk space, per the official guidance:
```
df -h .
```

Examples

Checking permission and disk space

$ ls -ld .
$ df -h .

Diagnostic Checks

Check current-directory write permission and disk space, the same two checks as -807/ -810.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-807 — "Cannot open file for output." Same family of interactive-tool file-save errors, sharing the same permission/disk-space checks.
-810 — "Cannot open file for save." Same family.

Same permission/disk-space checks as -807/-810, here specific to the default-report specification file.