Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> According to Jim Meyering on 8/13/2008 12:50 PM:
> | if (fd < 0)
> | - die (_("cannot create temporary file in"), temp_dir);
> | + {
> | + error (0, errno, _("cannot create temporary file in %s"),
> | + quote (temp_dir));
> | + exit (SORT_FAILURE);
> | + }
>
> Why not the single statement error (SORT_FAILURE, errno, _(...))?
Without the file or directory name, it's harder
to determine which file system is in question.
If I get a EIO or ENOSPC error, I want to know right away
if it was in /tmp, ".", /dev/shm, etc. Otherwise, I'd
have to deduce from settings of $TMPDIR and options (e.g.,
to sort) which directory it is.
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