(main):

Include the word `fail' in some diagnostics to make it clearer
that they indicate a failure.
s/getting attributes/failed to get attributes/

diff --git a/src/chown.c b/src/chown.c
index d7f3c982c776e3cc9f22977b8a7de476e12236d9..9a602d302e2ab4d8527b13dbf23651fec551f227 100644 (file)
--- a/src/chown.c
+++ b/src/chown.c
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       struct stat ref_stats;
 
       if (stat (reference_file, &ref_stats))
-       error (1, errno, _("getting attributes of %s"), quote (reference_file));
+       error (1, errno, _("failed to get attributes of %s"),
+              quote (reference_file));
 
       uid = ref_stats.st_uid;
       gid = ref_stats.st_gid;