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bug#24958: Please make "omitting directory" message clearer
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Reuti |
Subject: |
bug#24958: Please make "omitting directory" message clearer |
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Thu, 17 Nov 2016 08:39:22 +0100 |
Am 17.11.2016 um 02:34 schrieb Paul Vint:
> I have had people I am teaching say the same thing, "Yeah, I know it's a
> directory!"
>
> +1 on the AIX style of message. It is clear, offers a (likely correct)
> suggestion, and is brief.
+1 This exactly the style what I judge as a good error message:
"I can't do A because of B, but you can try C to get it working anyway"
and I go for printing it in all my own scripts and applications.
-- Reuti
> Paul
>
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 8:29 PM, Samuel Thibault <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>
>> Paul Eggert, on Wed 16 Nov 2016 17:25:18 -0800, wrote:
>>> On 11/16/2016 05:07 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>>>> we copy the directory but not the contents.
>>>> I'll adjust to:
>>>>
>>>> "not recursing; omitting directory '/foo/bar'"
>>>>
>>> How about using the traditional wording, e.g., Solaris?
>>>
>>> $ cp /etc /tmp
>>> cp: /etc: is a directory
>>>
>>> That's pretty clear.
>>
>> That'd still make my students speechless: "yes, it's a directory, so
>> what?!"
>>
>>> AIX is more verbose and is even clearer:
>>>
>>> $ cp /etc /tmp
>>> cp: 0653-436 /etc is a directory.
>>> Specify -r or -R to copy.
>>
>> That looks more along what I suggested in my latest previous mail :)
>>
>> Samuel
>>
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