2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 92388742d..3101f9a61 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2006-07-19  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
+	* src/ls.c (print_dir): Give a better diagnostic for failed opendir.
+
 	* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add build-aux/vc-list-files.
 
 2006-07-16  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index 612411e8f..cdb31183b 100644
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@ print_dir (char const *name, char const *realname, bool command_line_arg)
   dirp = opendir (name);
   if (!dirp)
     {
-      file_failure (command_line_arg, "%s", name);
+      file_failure (command_line_arg, _("cannot open directory %s"), name);
       return;
     }