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Command Summary and
Processing Messages
2.5 Index Facility Messages
BADATTR, illegal tag argument attribute list syntax in tag
string.
Error: A tag argument attribute list in the INX file
contains illegal syntax or the INX file is corrupted.
User Action: Try reprocessing to get a new INX file.
If the problem persists, contact Digital.
BADENTRYINCLUDE, warning: master, NOMASTER and BOTH on same entry for
entry string using BOTH.
Warning: The indexer has encountered an entry that
contains MASTER, NOMASTER and BOTH entry inclusion attributes. It will
convert this entry to be a BOTH entry.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and remove the
NOMASTER attribute from the entry.
BADINXCHAR, Warning: illegal char/s after string, attempting
to continue.
Warning: The indexer has encountered one or more
characters in between tags and tag arguments. The INX file may be
corrupted. The indexer will ignore these characters and attempt to
continue processing.
User Action: Try reprocessing to get a new INX file.
If the problem persists, contact Digital.
BADTAG, unrecognized tag string
Error: The indexer has encountered an unrecognized tag
in reading the INX file. The INX file may be corrupted.
User Action: Try reprocessing to get a new INX file.
If the problem persists, contact Digital.
BEGINENDENTRY, warning: begin and end on same entry for entry
string converting to a single page-number entry.
Warning: The indexer has encountered an entry that
contains both a begin and end page-range attribute. It will convert
this entry to be a single page entry.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and separate the
begin-end page-range entries.
BEGINONLY, begin page-range without end page-range for entry
string, treating as single entry.
Warning: The indexer has encountered a begin
page-range without a corresponding end page-range. It will treat the
begin page-range as a single page number reference.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and add an end
page-range.
CANTFREE, internal error in freeing virtual memory
Warning: The indexer encountered an internal error in
attempting to free some virtual memory.
User Action: Contact Digital.
CREATED, filespec created
Success: The indicated output file has been created.
User Action: None.
ENDONLY, end page-range without begin page-range for entry
string, treating as single entry.
Warning: The indexer has encountered an end page-range
without a corresponding begin page-range. It will treat the end
page-range as a single page number reference.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and add a begin
page-range.
FILEI, error in reading file filespec
Error: The indexer encountered an error while reading
the specified file. This message is usually accompanied by a VAX RMS
message indicating the reason for the failure.
User Action: Take corrective action based on the
associated message.
FILEO, error in writing file filespec
Error: The indexer encountered an error while writing
to the specified file. This message is usually accompanied by a VAX RMS
message indicating the reason for the failure.
User Action: Take corrective action based on the
associated message.
FOLIOTOOLONG, warning: folio string too long, ignoring. inx tag is
string
Warning: The indexer has attempted to generate a folio
string that exceeds the length of its internal folio buffer. It will
ignore the INX tag that caused this.
User Action: Contact Digital.
IDENT, string
Informational: Indicates the version of the INDEX
utility. This message is produced by specifying the /IDENTIFICATION
qualifier.
User Action: None.
IGNOREDUPREF, ignoring duplicate reference in tag string
Warning: The indexer has encountered a duplicate entry
tag on the same page and will ignore it.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and remove the
duplicate entry.
IGNOREINPGRNG, page number references encountered in between page-range
begin and end for entry string, ignoring.
Warning: The indexer has encountered one or more
single page number references in between a begin-end page-range
sequence. It will ignore these in between references.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and remove references
in between the begin-end sequence.
IGNOREINX_LISTLINE, ignoring INX_LIST file line.
Warning: The above INX_LIST file line will be ignored.
User Action: Edit the INX_LIST file and correct the
erroneous line.
INX_LIST, error on line string/filespec of filespec
Warning: An error was detected in the specified line
of the named INX_LIST file.
User Action: Edit the INX_LIST file and correct the
erroneous line.
IN_CLOSE, Error in closing input file filespec
Warning:
User Action:
LANGTRUNC, Warning: tag argument too long.<\ >argument truncated
to string.
Warning: The indexer has encountered a
<LANGUAGE> tag argument that is too long, and is truncating it to
the specified string.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and shorten the
<LANGUAGE> tag argument.
LANG_IGNORED, The <LANGUAGE> tag is not at the beginning of the
file and will be ignored.
Warning: The <LANGUAGE> tag was encountered in
the INX file after the first index entry and will be ignored.
User Action: Reposition the <LANGUAGE> tag to
the start of the INX file.
LANG_NAME, unsupported language name in tag string/string,
ignoring, using string
Warning: The language specified is not supported.
User Action: Modify the <LANGUAGE> tag in the
INX file to specify Danish English, Finnish, French, German, Italian,
Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, or some other supported
language. NCS must have support for the specified language.
MASTERBOTH, warning: master and BOTH on same entry for entry
string using BOTH.
Warning: The indexer has encountered an entry that
contains both a MASTER and BOTH entry inclusion attribute. It will
convert this entry to be a BOTH entry.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and remove the
NOMASTER attribute from the entry.
MASTERNOMASTER, warning: master and NOMASTER on same entry for entry
string using master.
Warning: The indexer has encountered an entry that
contains both a MASTER and NOMASTER entry inclusion attribute. It will
convert this entry to be a MASTER entry.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and remove the
NOMASTER attribute from the entry.
NCSCONVERT, error in NCS conversion function.
Error: An internal NCS error has occurred in the
indexer.
User Action: Contact Digital.
NCSGETCF, error in getting NCS conversion function id.
Error: An internal NCS error has occurred in the
indexer.
User Action: Contact Digital.
NOCLOSEQUOTE, no closing quote.
Warning: The above INX_LIST file line is missing a
closing quote.
User Action: Edit the INX_LIST file and correct the
erroneous line.
NOFNAMES, no filenames were found in filespec
Error: The above INX_LIST file contains no filenames.
User Action: Edit the INX_LIST file and insert one or
more filenames.
NOITEMLIST, index command line information not found on item list
Error: The indexer could not find the command line
information on its internal item list.
User Action: Contact Digital.
NOMASTERBOTH, warning: NOMASTER and BOTH on same entry for entry
string using BOTH.
Warning: The indexer has encountered an entry that
contains both a NOMASTER and BOTH entry inclusion attribute. It will
convert this entry to be a BOTH entry.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and remove the
NOMASTER attribute from the entry.
NOPAGENUMARG, no argument for page number tag, ignoring.
Warning: A page number tag is missing its argument.
User Action: Try reprocessing to get a new INX file.
If the problem persists, contact Digital.
NOTAGARG, tag argument expected after tag string, but not
found.
Error: A tag in the INX file is missing its argument.
User Action: Try reprocessing to get a new INX file.
If the problem persists, contact Digital.
NULFILENAME, no file name found.
Warning: Each non-comment non-empty line in the
INX_LIST file must contain a file name.
User Action: Edit the INX_LIST file and correct the
erroneous line.
OPENIN, could not open filespec for input
Error: The input file does not exist, or you do not
have access to the file.
User Action: Check the file specification for errors
and check to be sure that the file is not read protected.
OPENOUT, could not open filespec for output
Error: The output file cannot be opened. This message
is usually accompanied by a VAX RMS message indicating the reason for
the failure.
User Action: Take corrective action based on the
associated message.
OUT_CLOSE, Error in closing output file filespec
Warning: None.
User Action: None.
READING, reading file filespec
Informational: The indicated file is being read.
User Action: None.
SAMEPGBEGEND, warning: a begin-end page-range on same page for entry
string converting to a single page-number entry.
Warning: The indexer has encountered a begin
page-range entry and an end page-range entry that fall on the same
page. It will convert the begin page-range entry to a single page entry
and ignore the end page-range entry.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and remove the
offending end page-range entry.
TAGARGTOOLONG, indexer tag argument internal buffer limit exceeded for
tag string.
Warning: This is an indexer internal error. The buffer
limit is exceeded for reading a tag argument.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and shorten the
lengthy tag argument.
TAGSTRTOOLONG, indexer tag string internal buffer limit exceeded for
tag string.
Error: This is an indexer internal error. The buffer
limit is exceeded for reading a tag. The INX file may be corrupted.
User Action: Try reprocessing to get a new INX file.
If the problem persists, contact Digital.
TOODEEP, maximum subindex depth exceeded
Warning: An index entry containing ten or more levels
of subindexing was detected. The subindexing was ignored.
User Action: Generate index entries with fewer levels
of subindexing.
TOOMANYFNAMES, too many filenames were found in filespec One
or more will be lost.
Error: The above INX_LIST file contains too many
filenames for master index generation. The maximum number of INX
filenames is 500.
User Action: Edit the INX_LIST file and reduce the
number of filenames to 500 or fewer, or split the file and run two
separate jobs.
UNKNOWNEQSTR, unknown string precedes "=" in tag argument
attribute list in tagstring, attempting to continue.
Warning: The tag argument attribute list in the INX
file contains an unknown option string preceding the "=".
Execution will attempt to continue.
User Action: Try reprocessing to get a new INX file.
If the problem persists, contact Digital.
UNKNOWNKWD, unknown keyword in tag arg attribute list in tag
string,<\ >attempting to continue.
Warning: The tag argument attribute list in the INX
file contains an unknown keyword. Execution will attempt to continue.
User Action: Try reprocessing to get a new INX file.
If the problem persists, contact Digital.
USEFILEBOOKNAME, using file name string to form book name.
Warning: The above INX_LIST file line will use the
file name as the book name.
User Action: Edit the INX_LIST file and correct the
erroneous line.
VMOVRFLOW, insufficient virtual memory
Error: The indexer does not have sufficient virtual
memory to generate the index.
User Action: Either reduce the size of the index or
increase the page file quota parameter (PGFLQUO) and reprocess your
file.
WRITING, writing file filespec
Informational: The indicated file is being written to.
User Action: None.
Appendix A
User Notes
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