What does "Invalid argument" mean in Solaris?

Question

-bash-3.00$ ./p4 -V
-bash: ./p4: Invalid argument

What does "Invalid argument" mean in Unix?

More details:

p4 is an executable in the current directory.
p4 actually refers to perforce. The option -V is supposed to display the version details.
Solaris 10 is the OS.
p4 has executable permissions (chmod +x p4)
The official documentation wasn't very helpful in my case.

I figured it out! I was running an x86 binary on a sparc machine. http://stackoverflow.com/a/9436882/640378 On Solaris, when you try running a SPARC binary on an x86 platform (or vice versa), "Invalid argument" is the error you get. — user640378, Apr 13 '12 at 18:32
I swear this is a duplicate, but I can't find it. In any case, you should post that as an answer when you can (should be available after 8 hours) — Michael Mrozek, Apr 13 '12 at 18:41
This is the same issue as [Getting "Not found" message when running a 32-bit binary on a 64-bit system](http://unix.stackexchange.com/q/13391); Solaris has a different error message. — Gilles 'SO- stop being evil', Apr 13 '12 at 23:57

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:39

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I figured it out!

I was running an x86 binary on a SPARC machine.

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