Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 08:20:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: bin/1459: error messages lacking in /usr/bin/fetch Message-ID: <199608051520.IAA24651@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/1459; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: obrien@Nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/1459: error messages lacking in /usr/bin/fetch Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 11:16:07 -0400 <<On Sat, 3 Aug 1996 00:50:07 -0700 (PDT), "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@Nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu> said: > + err (1, "Could not open output file %s\n", outputfile); Error messages should not be capitalized. Putting a newline on the end of a message makes it look stupid: fetch: Could not open output file foo : Permission denied -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick
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