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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2009-06-13 16:36:48 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2009-06-13 16:37:13 +0200
commit358aca5fb9cb67c593aa5f1ddf166dbefcf55f0c (patch)
tree2f3db4f4c8b2fb8c8f46048a0a3a94f56a1df6db /src
parent24c727d3c26122c4f1c29381e7c6f5d96985ccca (diff)
downloadcoreutils-358aca5fb9cb67c593aa5f1ddf166dbefcf55f0c.tar.xz
diag: say "failed to...", rather than "cannot..." in a few diagnostics
* src/chroot.c (main): ...it's more precise. * src/nohup.c (main): Likewise. * src/setuidgid.c (main): Likewise. * src/timeout.c (main): Likewise.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/chroot.c2
-rw-r--r--src/nohup.c2
-rw-r--r--src/setuidgid.c2
-rw-r--r--src/timeout.c2
4 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/chroot.c b/src/chroot.c
index 12d282b49..b773f0db6 100644
--- a/src/chroot.c
+++ b/src/chroot.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
{
int exit_status = (errno == ENOENT ? EXIT_ENOENT : EXIT_CANNOT_INVOKE);
- error (0, errno, _("cannot run command %s"), quote (argv[0]));
+ error (0, errno, _("failed to run command %s"), quote (argv[0]));
exit (exit_status);
}
}
diff --git a/src/nohup.c b/src/nohup.c
index 3364e9191..6c9bbbf28 100644
--- a/src/nohup.c
+++ b/src/nohup.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
In other words, output the diagnostic if possible, but only if
it will go to the original stderr. */
if (dup2 (saved_stderr_fd, STDERR_FILENO) == STDERR_FILENO)
- error (0, saved_errno, _("cannot run command %s"), quote (*cmd));
+ error (0, saved_errno, _("failed to run command %s"), quote (*cmd));
exit (exit_status);
}
diff --git a/src/setuidgid.c b/src/setuidgid.c
index beff04acb..7d8ca3f2f 100644
--- a/src/setuidgid.c
+++ b/src/setuidgid.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
execvp (*cmd, cmd);
exit_status = (errno == ENOENT ? EXIT_ENOENT : EXIT_CANNOT_INVOKE);
- error (0, errno, _("cannot run command %s"), quote (*cmd));
+ error (0, errno, _("failed to run command %s"), quote (*cmd));
exit (exit_status);
}
}
diff --git a/src/timeout.c b/src/timeout.c
index c79f24eb5..2700745fc 100644
--- a/src/timeout.c
+++ b/src/timeout.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
/* exit like sh, env, nohup, ... */
exit_status = (errno == ENOENT ? EXIT_ENOENT : EXIT_CANNOT_INVOKE);
- error (0, errno, _("cannot run command %s"), quote (argv[0]));
+ error (0, errno, _("failed to run command %s"), quote (argv[0]));
return exit_status;
}
else