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Diffstat (limited to 'src/remove.c')
-rw-r--r-- | src/remove.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/remove.c b/src/remove.c index a2eb6119d..593feba1c 100644 --- a/src/remove.c +++ b/src/remove.c @@ -740,10 +740,10 @@ remove_dir (struct File_spec *fs, int need_save_cwd, const struct rm_options *x) if (!SAME_INODE (sb, *fs)) { error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, - _("ERROR: the directory `%s' initially had inode number %lu,\n\ -but now (after a chdir into it), the inode number of `.' is %lu.\n\ -That means the directory was replaced with either another directory\n\ -or a link to another directory."), + _("ERROR: the directory `%s' initially had device/inode\n\ +numbers %lu/%lu, but now (after a chdir into it), the numbers for `.'\n\ +are %lu/%lu. That means that while rm was running, the directory\n\ +was replaced with either another directory or a link to another directory."), full_filename (dir_name), (unsigned long)(fs->st_ino), (unsigned long)(sb.st_ino)); |