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authorSami Kerola2014-05-18 15:04:03 +0200
committerSami Kerola2014-05-19 23:54:23 +0200
commitcda2b5b951fff09b1f02c3d52814de14df1fb214 (patch)
tree94f48d3278ceaf3f017ce7805ceb035cb6b6e9c1 /term-utils/setterm.c
parentsetterm: tell user when options does not effect (diff)
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setterm: improve error messages
Reuse messages to make translation work easier. Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Diffstat (limited to 'term-utils/setterm.c')
-rw-r--r--term-utils/setterm.c10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/term-utils/setterm.c b/term-utils/setterm.c
index 14a0854b0..eeab7ec4c 100644
--- a/term-utils/setterm.c
+++ b/term-utils/setterm.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static int parse_ulhb_color(char **argv, int *optind)
else {
color = strtos32_or_err(color_name, _("argument error"));
if (color < BLACK || DEFAULT < color)
- errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("argument error"));
+ errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("argument error: %s"), color_name);
}
if (bright && (color == BLACK || color == GREY))
errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("argument error: bright %s is not supported"), color_name);
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ static int open_snapshot_device(struct setterm_control *ctl)
xasprintf(&ctl->in_device, "/dev/vcsa");
fd = open(ctl->in_device, O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0)
- err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("Couldn't read %s"), ctl->in_device);
+ err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("cannot read %s"), ctl->in_device);
return fd;
}
@@ -744,18 +744,18 @@ static void screendump(struct setterm_control *ctl)
err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("can not open dump file %s for output"), ctl->opt_sn_name);
/* determine snapshot size */
if (read(fd, header, 4) != 4)
- err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("Couldn't read %s"), ctl->in_device);
+ err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("cannot read %s"), ctl->in_device);
rows = header[0];
cols = header[1];
if (rows * cols == 0)
- err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("Couldn't read %s"), ctl->in_device);
+ err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("cannot read %s"), ctl->in_device);
/* allocate buffers */
inbuf = xmalloc(rows * cols * 2);
outbuf = xmalloc(rows * (cols + 1));
/* read input */
rc = read(fd, inbuf, rows * cols * 2);
if (rc < 0 || (size_t)rc != rows * cols * 2)
- err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("Couldn't read %s"), ctl->in_device);
+ err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("cannot read %s"), ctl->in_device);
p = inbuf;
q = outbuf;
/* copy inbuf to outbuf */