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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-09-17 10:11:27 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-09-17 10:11:27 +0000
commitc3a2a9a1cfc4bbb23175c5c8f47d78ba5f7be8f0 (patch)
treec9ddc579f68b4a2b2495d41ce6c88a28ef4c36f9 /src
parent83ab129925c4d69606e9ef34836cedeebe64f788 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-c3a2a9a1cfc4bbb23175c5c8f47d78ba5f7be8f0.tar.xz
(main): Change the `ignoring excess arguments' diagnostic
to list the first one we're ignoring. Suggestion from Karl Berry.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/printf.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/printf.c b/src/printf.c
index 8c7dcfe8d..7009303ed 100644
--- a/src/printf.c
+++ b/src/printf.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* printf - format and print data
- Copyright (C) 1990-2000, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1990-2001, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -554,7 +554,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
while (args_used > 0 && argc > 0);
if (argc > 0)
- error (0, 0, _("warning: excess arguments have been ignored"));
+ error (0, 0,
+ _("warning: ignoring excess arguments, starting with `%s'"),
+ argv[0]);
exit (exit_status);
}