int err = (stat_result == 0 ? 0 : errno);
bool is_a_dir = !err && S_ISDIR (st.st_mode);
if (err && err != ENOENT)
- error (EXIT_FAILURE, err, _("accessing %s"), quote (file));
+ error (EXIT_FAILURE, err, _("failed to access %s"), quote (file));
if (is_a_dir < looks_like_a_dir)
error (EXIT_FAILURE, err, _("target %s is not a directory"), quote (file));
return is_a_dir;
: lstat (source, &source_stats))
!= 0)
{
- error (0, errno, _("accessing %s"), quote (source));
+ error (0, errno, _("failed to access %s"), quote (source));
return false;
}
dest_lstat_ok = (lstat (dest, &dest_stats) == 0);
if (!dest_lstat_ok && errno != ENOENT)
{
- error (0, errno, _("accessing %s"), quote (dest));
+ error (0, errno, _("failed to access %s"), quote (dest));
return false;
}
}
When creating hard links, each TARGET must exist. Symbolic links\n\
can hold arbitrary text; if later resolved, a relative link is\n\
interpreted in relation to its parent directory.\n\
-\n\
-"), stdout);
- fputs (_("\
-Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
"), stdout);
+
+ emit_mandatory_arg_note ();
+
fputs (_("\
--backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination file\n\
-b like --backup but does not accept an argument\n\
numbered, t make numbered backups\n\
existing, nil numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise\n\
simple, never always make simple backups\n\
-\n\
"), stdout);
printf (_("\
+\n\
Using -s ignores -L and -P. Otherwise, the last option specified controls\n\
behavior when a TARGET is a symbolic link, defaulting to %s.\n\
"), LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINKS ? "-L" : "-P");
{
struct stat st;
if (stat (optarg, &st) != 0)
- error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("accessing %s"), quote (optarg));
+ error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("failed to access %s"),
+ quote (optarg));
if (! S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))
error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("target %s is not a directory"),
quote (optarg));