From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 02:34:31 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (main): Warn if excess arguments are ignored.
X-Git-Tag: TEXTUTILS-1_19q~109
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=38da840313efebc6b834cc82cc6dc397344c54b3;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

(main): Warn if excess arguments are ignored.
E.g., printf foo bar now ignores the single non-format argument, bar.
---

diff --git a/src/printf.c b/src/printf.c
index da24106a9e..7ac13a5d60 100644
--- a/src/printf.c
+++ b/src/printf.c
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     }
   while (args_used > 0 && argc > 0);
 
+  if (argc > 0)
+    error (0, 0, _("warning: excess arguments have been ignored"));
+
   exit (exit_status);
 }