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| -rw-r--r-- | src/chmod.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/chmod.c b/src/chmod.c index 6e6bd903c..73e210f2d 100644 --- a/src/chmod.c +++ b/src/chmod.c @@ -310,7 +310,12 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) case '-': case '=': if (modeind != 0 && modeind != thisind) - error (1, 0, _("invalid mode")); + { + static char char_string[2] = {0, 0}; + char_string[0] = c; + error (1, 0, _("invalid character %s in mode string %s"), + quote_n (0, char_string), quote_n (1, argv[thisind])); + } modeind = thisind; break; case REFERENCE_FILE_OPTION: @@ -348,7 +353,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) : mode_compile (argv[modeind], MODE_MASK_ALL)); if (changes == MODE_INVALID) - error (1, 0, _("invalid mode")); + error (1, 0, _("invalid mode string: %s"), quote (argv[modeind])); else if (changes == MODE_MEMORY_EXHAUSTED) xalloc_die (); else if (changes == MODE_BAD_REFERENCE) |