/dev/_tcp: Invalid argument

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Wed Jul 16 16:41:14 PDT 2008


On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 03:26:49PM -0700, Frank Schenkhuizen, Jr. wrote:
> I was wondering if someone could possibly help with this error:
> 
> $ uname -X           
>                      
> System = SCO_SV      
> Node = tc-unix       
> Release = 5v6.0.0    
> KernelID = 2006-02-23
> 
> filePro 4.5.10
> 
> Error Message:
> 
> *** A System Error Has Occurred ***
>                                    
> Error checking free disk space:    
> /dev/_tcp: Invalid argument      
> 
> A couple of years ago I purchased a new server and installed my programs in
> /appl. Later moved the location of filePro to /u/appl. I have never changed
> any of my files since installing the new server. I decided I needed some
> additional fields in one of my files, and when I tried to add them I
> received the error message.

Restructuring checks for disk space.  What's the output of 

$ df

I'll bet you have some off-beat filesystem mounted somewhere...

Cheers,
-- jra
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