Types of Errors Returned by the Command Line Interface
All error messages that are returned to the various graphic user interfaces originate from the Runtime Engine.
Error messages logged to the command line interface when Runtime Engine is running include the following types:
• Runtime Engine specific messages
• The last error message logged
• Logging information
Runtime Engine specific messages are related to command line syntax and opening files associated with command line options. The Runtime Engine runs in quiet mode, meaning that if the transformation or process runs successfully, no error messages appear in the command prompt window. If there are errors, the last error message logged while loading, changing or running a transformation or process is logged to the console. The verbose command, -v, prints additional information to the console (for example, a return code).
Two groups of nonzero return codes can be returned by Runtime Engine:
• The first group of return codes is Runtime Engine specific. These are related to command line syntax and opening files associated with command line options. Some of these error messages contain variable text that corresponds to the error. For example, if the error is opening the license file, the path and file name that Runtime Engine is using to open the file will be included with the message logged. For this type of Runtime Engine specific error message, see
Runtime Engine Command Line Interface Error Messages.
• The second group of return codes is encountered when loading, changing or running a transformation or process. Messages corresponding with these return codes are written to the error log. See the following sections for these types of error messages: