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Run-Time Errors
900 RUN-TIME ERROR Error in format
CAUSE Format specification contains unrecognizable
code or string, contains an impossible format
(F0.s or G2.9, for example), or a format
descriptor describes a field too wide for
internal buffers.
ACTION Change format specification to proper syntax.
901 RUN-TIME ERROR Negative unit number specified
CAUSE Unit number was not greater than or equal to
zero.
ACTION Use a nonnegative unit number.
902 RUN-TIME ERROR Formatted I/O attempted on unformatted file
CAUSE Formatted I/O was attempted on a file opened for
unformatted I/O.
ACTION Open the file for formatted I/O; do unformatted
I/O on this file.
903 RUN-TIME ERROR Unformatted I/O attempted on formatted file
CAUSE Unformatted I/O was attempted on a file opened
for formatted I/O. Terminals, for example, are
opened as formatted files.
ACTION Open the file for unformatted I/O; do formatted
I/O on this file.
904 RUN-TIME ERROR Direct I/O attempted on sequential file
CAUSE Direct operation attempted on sequential file;
direct operation attempted on opened file
connected to a terminal.
ACTION Use sequential operations on this file; open
file for direct access; do not do direct I/O on
a file connected to a terminal.
905 RUN-TIME ERROR Error in list-directed read of logical data
CAUSE Found repeat value, but no asterisk; first
character after optional decimal point was not T
or F.
ACTION Change input data to correspond to syntax
expected by list-directed input of logicals; use
input statement that corresponds to syntax of
input data.
907 RUN-TIME ERROR Error in list-directed I/O read of character
data
CAUSE Found repeat value, but no asterisk; characters
item not delimited by quotation marks.
ACTION Change input data to correspond to syntax
expected by list-directed input of characters;
use input statement that corresponds to syntax
of input data.
908 RUN-TIME ERROR Could not open file specified
CAUSE Tried to open a file that the system would not
allow because: (1) access to the file was
denied by the file system due to access
restriction, or (2) named file does not exist,
or (3) type of access requested is impossible.
ACTION Correct the name to invoke the file intended.
909 RUN-TIME ERROR Sequential I/O attempted on direct access file
CAUSE Attempted a BACKSPACE, REWIND, or ENDFILE on a
terminal or other device for which these
operations are not defined.
ACTION Do not use BACKSPACE, REWIND, or ENDFILE.
910 RUN-TIME ERROR Access past end of record attempted
CAUSE Tried to do I/O on record of a file past
beginning or end of record.
ACTION Perform I/O operation within bounds of the
record; increase record length.
912 RUN-TIME ERROR Error in list I/O read of complex data
CAUSE Problem reading complex data: (1) no left
parenthesis and no repeat value, or (2) found
repeat value, but no asterisk, or (3) no comma
after real part, or (4) no closing right
parenthesis.
ACTION Change input data to correspond to syntax
expected by list-directed input of complex
numbers; use input statement corresponding to
syntax of input data.
913 RUN-TIME ERROR Out of free space
CAUSE Library cannot allocate an I/O block (from an
OPEN statement), parse array (for formats
assembled at run time), file name string (from
OPEN), or characters from list-directed read.
ACTION Allocate more free space in the heap area; open
fewer files; use FORMAT statements in place of
assembling formats at run time in character
arrays; read fewer characters. Use the
"MAXSIZE" kernel parameter to change the heap
size for the Series 800.
914 RUN-TIME ERROR Access of unconnected unit attempted
CAUSE Unit specified in I/O statement has not
previously been connected to anything.
ACTION Connect unit before attempting I/O on it (that
is, OPEN it); perform I/O on another already
connected unit.
915 RUN-TIME ERROR Read unexpected character
CAUSE Read a character that is not admissible for the
type conversion being performed; input a value
into a variable that was too large for the type
of the variable.
ACTION Remove from input data any characters that are
illegal in integers or real numbers.
916 RUN-TIME ERROR Error in read of logical data
CAUSE An illegal character was read when logical data
was expected.
ACTION Change input data to correspond to syntax
expected when reading logical data; use input
statement corresponding to syntax of input data.
917 RUN-TIME ERROR Open with named scratch file attempted
CAUSE Executed OPEN statement with STATUS='SCRATCH',
but also named the file.
ACTION Either open file with STATUS='SCRATCH', or name
the file in an OPEN statement.
918 RUN-TIME ERROR Open of existing file with STATUS='NEW'
attempted
CAUSE Executed OPEN statement with STATUS='NEW', but
file already exists.
ACTION Use OPEN without STATUS specifier, or with
STATUS='OLD', or STATUS='UNKNOWN'.
920 RUN-TIME ERROR Open of file connected to different unit
attempted
CAUSE Executed OPEN statement with a UNIT specifier
that is already associated with a different file
name.
ACTION Use an OPEN statement with a UNIT specifier that
is not connected to a file name; open the
connected file to the same unit name.
921 RUN-TIME ERROR Unformatted open with BLANK specifier
attempted
CAUSE OPEN statement specified with FORM='UNFORMATTED'
and BLANK=XX.
ACTION Use either FORM='FORMATTED' or BLANK=XX when
opening files.
922 RUN-TIME ERROR Read on illegal record attempted
CAUSE Attempted to read a record of a formatted or
unformatted direct file that is beyond the
current end-of-file.
ACTION Read records that are within the bounds of the
file.
923 RUN-TIME ERROR Open with illegal FORM specifier attempted
CAUSE FORM specifier did not begin with "F", "f", "U",
or "u".
ACTION Use either 'FORMATTED' or 'UNFORMATTED' for the
FORM specifier in an OPEN statement.
924 RUN-TIME ERROR Close of scratch file with STATUS='KEEP'
attempted
CAUSE The file specified in the CLOSE statement was
previously opened with 'SCRATCH' specified in
the STATUS specifier.
ACTION Open the file with a STATUS other than
'SCRATCH'; do not specify STATUS='KEEP' in the
CLOSE statement for this scratch file.
925 RUN-TIME ERROR Opened with illegal STATUS specifier attempted
CAUSE STATUS specifier did not begin with "O", "o",
"N", "n", "S", "s", "U", or "u".
ACTION Use 'OLD', 'NEW', 'SCRATCH', or 'UNKNOWN' for
the STATUS specifier in OPEN statement.
926 RUN-TIME ERROR Close with illegal STATUS specifier attempted
CAUSE STATUS specifier did not begin with "K", "k",
"D", or "d".
ACTION Use 'KEEP' or 'DELETE' for the STATUS specifier
in a CLOSE statement.
927 RUN-TIME ERROR Open with illegal ACCESS specifier attempted
CAUSE ACCESS specifier did not begin with "S", "s",
"D", or "d".
ACTION Use 'SEQUENTIAL' or 'DIRECT' for the ACCESS
specifier in an OPEN statement.
929 RUN-TIME ERROR Open of direct file with no RECL specifier
attempted
CAUSE OPEN statement had ACCESS='DIRECT', but no RECL
specifier.
ACTION Add RECL specifier; specify ACCESS='SEQUENTIAL'.
930 RUN-TIME ERROR Open with RECL less than 1 attempted
CAUSE RECL specifier in OPEN statement was less than
or equal to zero.
ACTION Use a positive number for RECL specifier in OPEN
statement.
931 RUN-TIME ERROR Open with illegal BLANK specifier attempted
CAUSE BLANK specifier did not begin with "N", "n",
"Z", or "z".
ACTION Use 'NULL' or 'ZERO' for BLANK specifier in OPEN
statement.
933 RUN-TIME ERROR Sequential end-of-file with no END= specifier
CAUSE End-of-file mark read by a READ with no END=
specifier indicating a label to which to jump.
ACTION Use the END= specifier to handle the EOF; check
logic.
934 RUN-TIME ERROR OPEN of readonly file with ACCESS='APPEND'
ATTEMPTED
CAUSE
ACTION
936 RUN-TIME ERROR Append I/O attempted on sequential only
file/device
CAUSE
ACTION
937 RUN-TIME ERROR Illegal record number specified
CAUSE Record number less than one was specified for
direct I/O.
ACTION Use record numbers greater than zero.
942 RUN-TIME ERROR Error in list-directed read - character data
read for assignment to noncharacter variable
CAUSE A character string was read for a numerical or
logical variable.
ACTION Check input data and input variable type.
944 RUN-TIME ERROR Record too long in direct unformatted I/O
CAUSE Output requested is too long for specified (or
preexisting) record length.
ACTION Make the number of bytes output by WRITE less
than or equal to the file record size.
945 RUN-TIME ERROR Error in formatted I/O
CAUSE More bytes of I/O were requested than exist in
the current record.
ACTION Match the format to the data record.
950 RUN-TIME ERROR Subscript, substring, or parameter out of
bounds at statement number nnn
CAUSE An index to an array or substring reference was
outside of the declared limits at the specified
statement number.
ACTION Check all indexes to arrays and substrings in
and around the given statement number.
951 RUN-TIME ERROR Label out of bounds in assigned GOTO at
statement number nnn
CAUSE The value of the variable did not correspond to
any of the labels in the list in an assigned
GOTO statement.
ACTION Check for a possible logic error in the program
or an incorrect list in the assigned GOTO
statement at or near the given statement number.
952 RUN-TIME ERROR Zero increment value in DO loop at statement
number nnn
CAUSE A DO loop with a zero increment has produced an
infinite loop.
ACTION Check for a logic error in or near the given
statement number.
953 RUN-TIME ERROR No repeatable format descriptor in format
string
CAUSE No format descriptor was found to match I/O list
items.
ACTION Add at least one repeatable format descriptor to
format statement.
954 RUN-TIME ERROR Illegal use of empty format
CAUSE An empty format, (), was used with list items
specified.
ACTION Remove items from I/O list; fill in format
specifications with appropriate format
descriptors.
955 RUN-TIME ERROR Open with no FILE= and STATUS='OLD' or 'NEW'
CAUSE OPEN statement is incomplete.
ACTION Change status to 'SCRATCH' or 'UNKNOWN' or add
file specifier.
956 RUN-TIME ERROR File system error
CAUSE The file system returned an error status during
an I/O operation.
ACTION See the associated file system error message.
957 RUN-TIME ERROR Format descriptor incompatible with numeric
item in I/O list
CAUSE A numeric item in the I/O list was matched with
a nonnumeric format descriptor.
ACTION Match format descriptors to I/O list.
958 RUN-TIME ERROR Format descriptor incompatible with character
item in I/O list
CAUSE A character item in the I/O list was matched
with a format descriptor other than "A" or "R".
ACTION Match format descriptors to I/O list.
959 RUN-TIME ERROR Format descriptor incompatible with logical
item in I/O list
CAUSE A logical item in the I/O list was matched with
a format descriptor other than "L".
ACTION Match format descriptors to I/O list.
960 RUN-TIME ERROR Format error: Missing starting left
parenthesis
CAUSE Format did not begin with a left parenthesis.
ACTION Begin format with left parenthesis.
961 RUN-TIME ERROR Format error: Invalid format descriptor
CAUSE Format descriptor did not begin with a character
that can start a legal format descriptor.
ACTION Specify correct format descriptor.
962 RUN-TIME ERROR Unexpected character found following a number
in the format string
CAUSE Format error: character in the set
IFEDGMNK@OLAR(PHX expected and not found.
ACTION Specify correct format descriptor to follow
number.
963 RUN-TIME ERROR Format error: Trying to scale unscalable
format specifier
CAUSE The specifier being scaled is not "F", "E", "D",
"M", "N", or "G".
ACTION Scale only specifiers for floating-point I/O.
964 RUN-TIME ERROR Format error: Parentheses too deeply nested
CAUSE Too many left parentheses for the format
processor to stack.
ACTION Nest parentheses less deeply.
965 RUN-TIME ERROR Format error: Invalid tab specifier
CAUSE A specifier beginning with "T" is not a correct
tab specifier.
ACTION Correct the specifier beginning with "T".
966 RUN-TIME ERROR Format error: Invalid blank specifier
CAUSE A specifier beginning with "B" did not have "N"
or "Z" as the next character.
ACTION Correct the specifier beginning with "B".
967 RUN-TIME ERROR Format error: Specifier expected but end of
format found
CAUSE The end of the format was reached when another
specifier was expected.
ACTION Check the end of the format for a condition that
would lead the processor to look for another
specifier (possibly a missing right
parenthesis).
968 RUN-TIME ERROR Format error: Missing separator
CAUSE Other specifier found when /, :, or ) expected.
ACTION Insert separator where needed.
969 RUN-TIME ERROR Format error: Digit expected
CAUSE Number not found following format descriptor
requiring a field width.
ACTION Specify field width where required.
970 RUN-TIME ERROR Format error: Period expected in floating
point format descriptor
CAUSE No period was found to specify the number of
decimal places in an "F", "G", "E", or "D"
format descriptor.
ACTION Specify the number of decimal places for the
field.
971 RUN-TIME ERROR Format error: Unbalanced parentheses
CAUSE More right parentheses than left parentheses
were found.
ACTION Correct format so parentheses balance.
972 RUN-TIME ERROR Format error: Invalid string in format
CAUSE String extends past the end of the format or is
too long for buffer.
ACTION Check for unbalanced quotation mark or for "H"
format count too large; or break up long string.
973 RUN-TIME ERROR Record length different in subsequent OPEN
CAUSE Record length specified in redundant OPEN
conflicted with the value as opened.
ACTION Only BLANK= specifier may be changed by a
redundant OPEN.
974 RUN-TIME ERROR Record accessed past end of internal file
record (variable)
CAUSE An attempt was made to transfer more characters
than internal file length.
ACTION Match READ or WRITE with internal file size.
975 RUN-TIME ERROR Illegal new file number requested in fset
function
CAUSE The file number requested to be set was not a
legal file system file number.
ACTION Check that the FOPEN jsucceeded and the file
number is correct.
976 RUN-TIME ERROR Unexpected character in "NAMELIST" read
CAUSE Unexpected character in NAMELIST read.
ACTION Remove illegal character from data.
977 RUN-TIME ERROR Illegal subscript or substring in "NAMELIST"
read
CAUSE Illegal subscript or substring in NAMELIST read.
ACTION Specify only array elements within the bounds of
the array being read.
978 RUN-TIME ERROR Too many values in "NAMELIST" read
CAUSE Too many values in NAMELIST read.
ACTION Supply only as many values as the length of the
array.
979 RUN-TIME ERROR Variable not in "NAMELIST" group
CAUSE Variable not in NAMELIST group in NAMELIST read.
ACTION Read only the variables in this NAMELIST.
980 RUN-TIME ERROR "NAMELIST" I/O attempted on unformatted file
CAUSE NAMELIST I/O on unformatted (binary) file.
ACTION Use NAMELIST I/O only on formatted files.
981 RUN-TIME ERROR Value out of range in numeric read
CAUSE Value read for numeric item is to big/small.
ACTION Read only values that fit in the range of the
numeric type being read.
989 RUN-TIME ERROR Illegal FORTRAN NLS call: FORTRAN source code
must be compiled with -Y
CAUSE The FORTRAN source file was not compiled with
the -Y option and NLS features were used. The
problem is critical enough that program
execution cannot continue.
ACTION Recompile the FORTRAN source code with -Y
option.
990 RUN-TIME ERROR Open with illegal record type specifier
CAUSE
ACTION