From: Julian Seward <jseward@acm.org>
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 13:52:17 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Print a slightly more helpful error message if the log file creation fails.
X-Git-Tag: svn/VALGRIND_3_2_0~83
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5771e24833707db37acdf2c494bf47fb1a1bfd27;p=thirdparty%2Fvalgrind.git

Print a slightly more helpful error message if the log file creation fails.



git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@5876
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diff --git a/coregrind/m_main.c b/coregrind/m_main.c
index 8b5a1d3e07..3b542fe9ba 100644
--- a/coregrind/m_main.c
+++ b/coregrind/m_main.c
@@ -1392,8 +1392,8 @@ static Bool process_cmd_line_options( UInt* client_auxv, const char* toolname )
                // was some other file error, we give up.
 	       if (sres.val != VKI_EEXIST) {
 		  VG_(message)(Vg_UserMsg, 
-			       "Can't create/open log file '%s.%d'; giving up!", 
-			       VG_(clo_log_name), pid);
+			       "Can't create log file '%s' (%s); giving up!", 
+			       logfilename, VG_(strerror)(sres.val));
 		  VG_(bad_option)(
 		     "--log-file=<file> (didn't work out for some reason.)");
                   /*NOTREACHED*/