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Message Referencing return code 126 or 127 and alarmprogram.sh in your online.log File

Troubleshooting


Problem

You observe messages in your online.log file referencing alarmprogram.sh and with return code 126 or 127. What do they mean?

Symptom

Messages printed to your Informix Server online.log file reference alarmprogram.sh and a return code of 126 or 127. Examples:

06:45:09 Process exited with return code 126: /bin/sh /bin/sh -c /IDS/1170uc7/etc/alarmprogram.sh 2 23 "Logical Log 12 Complete, timestamp: 0xd3d56." "Logical Log 12 Complete, timestamp: 0xd3d56." "" 23001

20:01:55 Process exited with return code 127: /bin/sh /bin/sh -c /usr/informix/etc/alarmprogram.sh 2 18 "Log Backup completed: 9." "Logical Log 9 - Backup Completed" "" 18001

[{"Product":{"code":"SSGU8G","label":"Informix Servers"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU059","label":"IBM Software w\/o TPS"},"Component":"Not Applicable","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF022","label":"OS X"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"}],"Version":"11.5;11.7;12.1","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB10","label":"Data and AI"}}]

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Modified date:
16 June 2018

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