Topic:
Error messages in the ProMan/BACKUP log file and what they mean.   

Description:

Solution:
There are 3 types of messages you will normally see in a GeoFrame project
backup log file. 

1) The "dls-I..." messages are information messages.    
The "dls-I-UnsavedRef" messages normally indicate an Oracle integrity check
failure on deleted GeoFrame data items such as horizon, grid, contour,
checkshot, etc.  

2) The "dls-W..." messages deliver warning messages.  
For example, if a fault boundary set is defined but contains no interpretation
in it, you will get the "no values for boundary_set" warning.

3) The "dls-E..." messages indicate errors in the backup process.
They can be caused by a variety of problems such as permissions, missing files,
and system resources, etc.  Generally, it lets you know a problem has occurred.
But there is no way of finding out what is wrong based on the content of the
messages.   

The way to find more about the errors is to turn on the GeoFrame error reporting
log for the user.  You need to add the following line in the user .cshrc file:
                  setenv GF_ERROR_LOG 1

Once the switch is on, the user will get some log files in the home directory.
The file names would be gf_error_X.log (X is the month of the year).  If a
problem occurs in the backup process, you will receive some ORA errors in the
log file.  Then you can use the ORA error numbers to find out the problem by
executing the following command in a GeoFrame Xterm:
                  oerr ora Y     (where Y is the ORA number)





Last Modified on: 19-JAN-00