From a1ee5cd714c0825b0244d09bbaa0a61c883ac18f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benno Schulenberg Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 22:45:34 +0100 Subject: maint: improve error messages upon failed read, write, access, close Note we use "failed to {access,close}" for those single operations, and "error {read,writ}ing" for those partial operation failures. * src/copy.c: Improve error messages for failing read, write and close. * src/cp.c: Improve error messages for failing access. * src/dd.c: Improve error messages for failing read, write and open. * src/head.c: Improve error message for failing close. * src/install.c: Improve error messages for failing access. * src/ln.c: Likewise. * src/mv.c: Likewise. * src/touch.c: Improve error message for failing close. * src/truncate.c: Likewise. --- src/head.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'src/head.c') diff --git a/src/head.c b/src/head.c index 306c1b884..d79d5f7de 100644 --- a/src/head.c +++ b/src/head.c @@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ head_file (const char *filename, uintmax_t n_units, bool count_lines, ok = head (filename, fd, n_units, count_lines, elide_from_end); if (!is_stdin && close (fd) != 0) { - error (0, errno, _("closing %s"), quote (filename)); + error (0, errno, _("failed to close %s"), quote (filename)); return false; } return ok; -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf