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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c
index 55333c257..94374df3e 100644
--- a/src/install.c
+++ b/src/install.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ target_directory_operand (char const *file)
int err = (stat (file, &st) == 0 ? 0 : errno);
bool is_a_dir = !err && S_ISDIR (st.st_mode);
if (err && err != ENOENT)
- error (EXIT_FAILURE, err, _("accessing %s"), quote (file));
+ error (EXIT_FAILURE, err, _("failed to access %s"), quote (file));
if (is_a_dir < looks_like_a_dir)
error (EXIT_FAILURE, err, _("target %s is not a directory"), quote (file));
return is_a_dir;
@@ -841,7 +841,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
{
struct stat st;
if (stat (optarg, &st) != 0)
- error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("accessing %s"), quote (optarg));
+ error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("failed to access %s"),
+ quote (optarg));
if (! S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))
error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("target %s is not a directory"),
quote (optarg));