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Progress and Error Messages

This section contains a list and description of error messages from the reap_delete and reap_report commands. The list is in alphabetical order.

Note, if the following is reported in the error message:

  • blobdesc—indicates a blob description in the output format of reap_report. For example:
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  • linedesc—indicates a line number when using an input file with reap_delete.

    If you use the -allobjects switch, the message does not include linedesc.

    Some error messages in this section contain “%d” and/or “%s” to indicate that the message contains variable information.

  • %d indicates that the message contains a decimal value (such as a blob ID).

  • %s indicates that the message contains a character string (such as a file name).

    MessageDescription
    INFO: Already Deleted (line %d): blobdesc The blob has already been deleted by the reap_delete command.
    INFO: DELETED%s: %sThe reap_delete command successfully deletes a blob.
    INFO: DELETE linedesc: blobdesc If you enter reap_delete with the -n switch, this message indicates that a blob would be deleted if you were running the command without the -n switch.
    INFO: Reached time limit after line %d

    INFO: Reached time limit after processing %d blobs

    When reap_delete reaches the time limit and is not complete, one of these messages displays. (The second message relates to -allobjects mode).
    INFO: SKIPPING BY DATE (line %d): blobdesc The specified line is more recent than the time specified with the -before switch. This message may appear if you ran the reap_report command using different switches.
    INFO: SKIPPING BY TYPE (line %d): blobdesc

    The command line includes the - objtype switch and the line is not one of the specified object types.

    This message may appear if you ran the reap_report command using different switches.

    INFO: TOO RECENT: blobdesc This message appears only with -v, -allobjects, and -before, indicating a blob that was skipped because it was too recent.
    ERROR: can’t get name of cfg %d Only affects informational output of containing config names in reap_report.
    ERROR: Deleting %s: blobdesc The reap_delete command fails to delete a blob.
    ERROR: Name change on line %d:(oldname=newname) Specified line has a different name for this blob ID than the actual blob found in the database.
    ERROR: Still Active (line %d):blobdescThe specified object appears on one or more display lists (that is, it is not inactive; it is not “removed from view”).
    ERROR: table rebuild failed A low-level error occurs trying to rebuild tables. The original table or index should be available, but not compacted.
    WARNING: No more lines to processIf you run reap_delete with the -restart switch, the restart line is now beyond the end of the input file.
    WARNING: Not Found (line %d):blobdescThe reap_delete command does not find a dict entry for the object in the specified line.
    WARNING: TOO RECENT (file date wrong) (line %d): blobdesc

    This message appears if the line in the report file meets the requirement of the -before switch, but the actual database object is more recent.

    This error only occurs if you inadvertently change the date in the report file.