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Translating AFS Error Codes

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Question

When AFS returns an error code, for example: afs: failed to store file (78) how can I determine what that error code means?

Answer

Use the translate_et tool to translate the error code to text.

This tool is located in C:\Program Files\IBM\AFS\Client\Program\ on Windows systems and in /usr/afsws/bin/translate_et on unix systems.

From a command prompt issue the command:

translate_et <error_code>


This will provide you with the text message corresponding to the error code. Error codes lower than 100 can usually be found in the file /usr/include/sys/errno.h on unix systems.
[{"Product":{"code":"SSXMUG","label":"AFS"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Component":"AFS","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF030","label":"TRU64 UNIX"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"},{"code":"PF015","label":"IRIX"}],"Version":"3.5;3.6","Edition":"All Editions","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB35","label":"Mainframe SW"}}]

Document Information

More support for:
AFS

Software version:
3.5, 3.6

Operating system(s):
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, TRU64 UNIX, Windows, IRIX

Document number:
659389

Modified date:
15 June 2018

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