FAIL

Displays low level error messages. The program can be run from the command line to translate an error number to a text message (see DP4 Error messages for further information)

Command Tail Description

first_number

The DP4 error number

second_number

The error code returned from the operating system

third_number

The extra return code from the operating system

filename

The name of the file causing the error

−OS name

Display error message for the remote operating system. Valid names are:

  • MS-DOS
  • UNIX
  • FLEXOS
  • OS2
  • Windows

You can use the FAIL program to display any operating system error message on Windows and Unix platforms, even for errors generated by other programs. For example, suppose you are checking an event log and it contains a message with Win32 error code 5, but no text. If you run FAIL 0 5, you will see the text of this Windows, error, code - in this case "Access is Denied".