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[PATCH] entry.c: Use strerror() to print error info when possible

From
LCLuiz Fernando N. Capitulino <lcapitulino@mandriva.com.br>
Date
Apr 15, 2007, 21:56 UTC
Message-ID
<20070415185619.3fa90f3a@gnut>
Signed-off-by: Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino <lcapitulino@mandriva.com.br>
---
 entry.c |   11 ++++++-----
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/entry.c b/entry.c
index d72f811..c36c09d 100644
--- a/entry.c
+++ b/entry.c
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ static void create_directories(const char *path, struct checkout *state)
 				if (!stat(buf, &st) && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
 					continue; /* ok */
 			}
-			die("cannot create directory at %s", buf);
+			die("cannot create directory at %s (%s)", buf,
+			    strerror(errno));
 		}
 	}
 	free(buf);
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ static void remove_subtree(const char *path)
 	char *name;
 	
 	if (!dir)
-		die("cannot opendir %s", path);
+		die("cannot opendir %s (%s)", path, strerror(errno));
 	strcpy(pathbuf, path);
 	name = pathbuf + strlen(path);
 	*name++ = '/';
@@ -45,15 +46,15 @@ static void remove_subtree(const char *path)
 			continue;
 		strcpy(name, de->d_name);
 		if (lstat(pathbuf, &st))
-			die("cannot lstat %s", pathbuf);
+			die("cannot lstat %s (%s)", pathbuf, strerror(errno));
 		if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
 			remove_subtree(pathbuf);
 		else if (unlink(pathbuf))
-			die("cannot unlink %s", pathbuf);
+			die("cannot unlink %s (%s)", pathbuf, strerror(errno));
 	}
 	closedir(dir);
 	if (rmdir(path))
-		die("cannot rmdir %s", path);
+		die("cannot rmdir %s (%s)", path, strerror(errno));
 }
 
 static int create_file(const char *path, unsigned int mode)
-- 
1.5.1.1.85.geed2-dirty
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