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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2004-06-21 15:03:35 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2004-06-21 15:03:35 +0000
commit1ce7b61d0ea270b0c463198afca1cd0e214192fb (patch)
tree947f954d8a82091744d3809da651319e9d82001d /src/chmod.c
parent110be46897450cd5fa90e3a955ab9092db128cea (diff)
downloadcoreutils-1ce7b61d0ea270b0c463198afca1cd0e214192fb.tar.xz
(main): Standardize on the diagnostics given when someone gives
too few operands ("missing operand after `xxx'") or too many operands ("extra operand `xxx'"). Include "quote.h" and/or "error.h" if it wasn't already being included.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/chmod.c')
-rw-r--r--src/chmod.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/chmod.c b/src/chmod.c
index 24450647a..7dea0a24b 100644
--- a/src/chmod.c
+++ b/src/chmod.c
@@ -425,7 +425,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
if (optind >= argc)
{
- error (0, 0, _("too few arguments"));
+ if (modeind == 0 || modeind != argc - 1)
+ error (0, 0, _("missing operand"));
+ else
+ error (0, 0, _("missing operand after %s"), quote (argv[argc - 1]));
usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
}