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Animator is not finding some .idy files

  • April 13, 2017
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We are using Server Express 5.1 Wrappack 10 on a Solaris UX box.  We have separate locations for the .gnt and .idy files and we have the COBPATH and COBIDY variables set correctly.  Animating works for most modules, but a few are reporting errors where the .idy cannot be found.  The .gnt and .idy were created at the same time for all modules via a mass compile.  The error is indicating that it cannot find the .idy file, but it appears to be searching the COBPATH not the COBIDY path.   Any hints?


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Blair McDonald
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We are using Server Express 5.1 Wrappack 10 on a Solaris UX box.  We have separate locations for the .gnt and .idy files and we have the COBPATH and COBIDY variables set correctly.  Animating works for most modules, but a few are reporting errors where the .idy cannot be found.  The .gnt and .idy were created at the same time for all modules via a mass compile.  The error is indicating that it cannot find the .idy file, but it appears to be searching the COBPATH not the COBIDY path.   Any hints?


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Hello Cyberweis,

Welcome to the Micro Focus Community Site.

I know you've said that the programs are part of a mass compile, but is there any chance that the permissions on the problem .idy files are different than on those where the .idy files are being found?

Also, you've said that it appears to be searching for the IDY files in this case using COBPATH instead of COBIDY. Are you determining this from an error message, or perhaps from a system trace or truss?

Blair
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We are using Server Express 5.1 Wrappack 10 on a Solaris UX box.  We have separate locations for the .gnt and .idy files and we have the COBPATH and COBIDY variables set correctly.  Animating works for most modules, but a few are reporting errors where the .idy cannot be found.  The .gnt and .idy were created at the same time for all modules via a mass compile.  The error is indicating that it cannot find the .idy file, but it appears to be searching the COBPATH not the COBIDY path.   Any hints?


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#animation
Hi Blair - Thanks for the response. All of the permissions are the same for all modules with the COBIDY directories. As for the message, I'm getting 'File not Found' message for the .idy file and the path listed is the path defined by COBPATH.
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Blair McDonald
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We are using Server Express 5.1 Wrappack 10 on a Solaris UX box.  We have separate locations for the .gnt and .idy files and we have the COBPATH and COBIDY variables set correctly.  Animating works for most modules, but a few are reporting errors where the .idy cannot be found.  The .gnt and .idy were created at the same time for all modules via a mass compile.  The error is indicating that it cannot find the .idy file, but it appears to be searching the COBPATH not the COBIDY path.   Any hints?


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As an update, this issue has been raised as a Support Incident with Micro Focus Customer Care. Once a resolution is found, I will post it here so that others can benefit.

Blair
Blair McDonald
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We are using Server Express 5.1 Wrappack 10 on a Solaris UX box.  We have separate locations for the .gnt and .idy files and we have the COBPATH and COBIDY variables set correctly.  Animating works for most modules, but a few are reporting errors where the .idy cannot be found.  The .gnt and .idy were created at the same time for all modules via a mass compile.  The error is indicating that it cannot find the .idy file, but it appears to be searching the COBPATH not the COBIDY path.   Any hints?


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#animation
After further investigation in a Support Incident, it was determined that the COBOL application was calling a large number of programs, and the system resource limit (ulimit) for the maximum number of open files was being exceeded during the animation session. Increasing this resource limit resolved the problem.

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