LONE-TAR Diagnostic Return Codes
Operating System Error Codes
Table 1. LONE-TAR Diagnostic Return Codes
|
Return Code |
Description |
| 0 | Complete Success |
| 1 | Error in command usage |
| 2 | Miscellaneous error, not otherwise defined below |
| 3 | Error reading from the tape media. Clean heads, replace cartridge. |
| 4 | Error writing to the tape media. Clean heads, replace cartridge. |
| 5 | Error opening or accessing a file or device |
| 6 | Error while reading a file from the hard disk |
| 7 | Error while writing a file to the hard disk |
| 8 | Not enough memory available |
| 9 | Read/Write error in the Virtual Pipe (P option). Set variable TMPDIR |
| 10 | The header info of a file is bad. Backup is no good. |
| 11 | Backup interrupted. Someone probably hit the <DEL> key or ^C |
| 12 | Error seeking on floppy/tape device |
| 13 | Error while verifying data |
| 14 | Byte level compare error during Level 2 verification |
| 15 | Incomplete backup or restore. Some files were not backed up. |
| 16 | Error involving semaphore initialization. Run the ipcs command |
| 17 | Error involving shared memory. Run the ipcs command. |
| 18 | Error involving Double Buffering and split processes. Turn off -S |
| 20 | Licensing error - a valid license does not exist. |
| 30 | Error while writing to tape. |
| 132 | Illegal instruction in the binary, probably wrong version for machine or upgrade problem |
| 136 | Floating point exception occurred. Call for support. |
| 137 | Someone terminated program with a kill -9 |
| 139 | Out of bounds memory fault - usually from corrupted media during decompression during restore or verify. |
| 140 | A bad system call was encountered. Kernel does not support it. |
| 141 | The Network Link failed. This is usually due to a problem with the tape drive on the remote node. It fails and then the network link is dropped. |
| 142 | An alarm signal terminated the program. Possibly from kill -14 |
| 143 | Someone terminated the program with a kill or kill -15 |
Table 2. Operating System Error Codes
|
Error |
Computer English |
Description |
| 2 | No such file or directory | End of backup media was reached |
| 5 | I/0 Error | Hardware error writing or reading media |
| 6 | No such device or address | End of the backup media was reached |
| 13 | Permission denied | You do not have permission to open file or backup device. Make sure you are the root user. |
| 14 | Bad address | End of the backup media was reached |
| 16 | Device busy | Another program or instance of LONE-TAR is using the backup device |
| 26 | Text file busy | Another program is using this file, thus it cannot be restored |
| 28 | No space on device | End of backup media was reached |
| 32 | Broken pipe | LONE-TAR: NET - broken network connection to remote. Usually a hard read or write error on the remote system. |