WARNING: didn’t actually copy anything
Meaning: The files were opened, copying was attempted as appropriate, but no data was copied. This is most likely due to the Input file not having grown since pacctcopy last looked at it, perhaps because process accounting was running but then was turned off.
Can’t open <file_name>
Meaning: The status file can’t be opened.
File <file_name> has been truncated, data has been lost
Meaning: The secondary file is shorter than it should be. It has the inode number of the secondary file, but is shorter than when last looked at. This will happen if the input file is truncated rather than being moved sideways (or removed) and reopened under the same name.
Can’t open either <SecondaryName> or <InputName> files
Meaning: It should be possible to open one or other of these files. This message will be followed by the reason that the Input file failed to open.
WARNING: didn’t try to copy something
Meaning: For some reason pacctcopy decided that none of the files were worth copying data from. This error should not be seen, as the conditions in which this can occur should be covered by the previous error message (“Can’t open either ...).
Can’t interpret <file_name> contents
Meaning: The status file contents are not 2 decimal numbers.
Can’t open output <OutputName> <reason>
Meaning: Probably a permissions problem or disk full.
Failed to close output file
Meaning: Probably a buffer flush problem because of a disk going full or a failed NFS write.
Failed to close status file
Meaning: Probably a buffer flush problem because of a disk going full or a failed NFS write.
Can’t seek input followed by a reason
Meaning: pacctcopy needs to position itself before copying data, this has failed for some reason.
output write failed followed by a reason
Meaning: Write to the Output file failed.
link of <InputName> to <SecondaryName> failed followed by a reason
Meaning: After the copying, the Secondary name is removed, and the Input name linked to the Secondary name. The most likely reason of failure is a permissions error on the directory containing the Secondary name.
bad # arguments
Meaning: Program was invoked badly with the wrong number of parameters
fstat on '<file_name>' failed followed by a reason
Meaning: Pacctcopy can’t determine the inode number and size of a file that it has just opened.