Consultor Eletrônico

Causes of 291 error

The Progress (291) error says:

Insufficient disk space or Write access denied

Many people focus only on the first three words. In fact, a (291)
error can be caused by insufficient disk space but it can also be
caused by anything that prevents disk reads and writes such as:

1. Physical read error or write error on the disk itself

2. A network problem (if trying to access a disk on a network)

3. A file permissions problem

4. A file not shared properly and some other person or process
has it locked up at this moment

5. Not enough file handles (this is a common problem in UNIX,
MS-DOS and Windows 3.1/3.11 but not in Windows 95/98 or NT).

As an example, one obvious reason for 291 on UNIX could be
the -T parameter used with /tmp directory; ie. -T /tmp
Now when /tmp directory gets filled up, 291 occurs
(to solve this, empty your /tmp by rebooting or by using rm)

6. Hardware problem

The (291) is a "pass through error message." That is, all the text
the left of the (291) was generated by the operating system and then
delivered to Progress. Progress then displays the words from the
operating system and appends the "(291)" onto the right side of the
error message. To find the true cause of the error message, you
need to look up the error text and operating system error number (if
any) in the operating system's manuals.


reastman
9-Sep-98