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Informix Error -9815: Invalid filename specification (file_spec).

Cause and resolution

Invalid filename specification (file_spec).

You are calling a function that creates an operating-system file, but the filename specification supplied is not valid.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-9815 fires when a function that creates an operating-system file is called with an invalid filename specification — per the official guidance.

  1. A malformed or invalid filename specification, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Correct the filename specification, consistent with the official guidance's description of the cause.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented; the named file specification varies.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the filename specification passed to the function, and correct its syntax/ path.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -9815 in this set yet.

An operating-system-file-creating function was given an invalid filename specification — correct it.