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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/date.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/date.c')
-rw-r--r--src/date.c3
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/date.c b/src/date.c
index 5cb891bcd..118a045e7 100644
--- a/src/date.c
+++ b/src/date.c
@@ -373,8 +373,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
if (n_args > 1)
{
- error (0, 0, _("too many non-option arguments: %s%s"),
- argv[optind + 1], n_args == 2 ? "" : " ...");
+ error (0, 0, _("extra operand %s"), quote (argv[optind + 1]));
usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
}