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Date:      Wed, 6 Feb 2002 14:35:41 -0800 (PST)
From:      Chuck Rouillard <chuckr@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com>
To:        "Tim J. Robbins" <tim@robbins.dropbear.id.au>
Cc:        <freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.ORG>, Chuck Rouillard <chuckr@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com>
Subject:   Re: pathchk - review
Message-ID:  <20020206142317.S9114-100000@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020206195629.A37672@descent.robbins.dropbear.id.au>

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On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Tim J. Robbins wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 11:54:26PM -0800, Chuck Rouillard wrote:
>
> > A revised `pathchk' is being submitted for review.
[snip]

> In pathchk.c, I think it'd be better to use the warn and err family of
> functions instead of fprintf and perror ("Use err(3) or warn(3), do not roll
> your own.")

Well, I chose fprintf and perror for appearance reasons.

The SUS spec. says we must indicate the error detected and the
offending pathname. The appearance issue arises when _long_
pathnames are encountered and, by design, the err/warn family
of functions -appends- the error string. Thus, the error string
seems lost when appended to such _long_ pathnames. Use of
fprintf elsewhere is solely for consistency.

Thoughts?

> Other than those few nits, it looks fine.

Thanks!

> Tim
>


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