From 85274fb9106b3484d4fe48102417b6dbda0e500d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 1994 01:36:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (main): Give a reason for failure when given no non-option
 arguments, rather than just the pointer to --help.

---
 src/ln.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ln.c b/src/ln.c
index 9cc4878612..21ba6aded2 100644
--- a/src/ln.c
+++ b/src/ln.c
@@ -193,7 +193,10 @@ main (argc, argv)
     usage (0);
 
   if (optind == argc)
-    usage (1);
+    {
+      error (0, 0, "missing file argument");
+      usage (1);
+    }
 
   if (make_backups)
     backup_type = get_version (version);
-- 
2.47.3