(touch): Change the wording of a diagnostic so

that it makes sense both when the file exists and when it doesn't.

diff --git a/src/touch.c b/src/touch.c
index 6453570..faec819 100644 (file)
--- a/src/touch.c
+++ b/src/touch.c
@@ -214,7 +214,13 @@ touch (const char *file)
   if (status)
     {
       if (open_errno)
-       error (0, open_errno, _("creating %s"), quote (file));
+       {
+         /* The wording of this diagnostic should cover at least two cases:
+            - the file does not exist, but the parent directory is unwritable
+            - the file exists, but it isn't writable
+            I think it's not worth trying to distinguish them.  */
+         error (0, open_errno, _("cannot touch %s"), quote (file));
+       }
       else
        {
          if (no_create && errno == ENOENT)