I have just met this error and solved it. In my situation, it means that abaqus cannot find the files needed by this job. For example, if the calculation of "A.inp" need the file "B.fil", it cannot find "B.fil" in the temporary working folder when calculating. Then, this error will occur.
This error is when you ask your model to read a file but the file is not available. For example, when you add the imperfection into the keyword (for example Job-1), but the Job-1 is not available in the folder.