* [9fans] errstr
@ 2005-09-06 11:26 Russ Cox
2005-09-07 8:40 ` Scott Schwartz
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Russ Cox @ 2005-09-06 11:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
I think I've restored the file name-related error messages
to their original 9P2000 usefulness. Due to a mistake on
my part two years ago, they'd broken and were always
showing the full path, even if the error happened much
earlier. For example, if the directory "does" does not exist,
this is a bad error:
% >does/not/exist
does/not/exist: rc: can't open: 'does/not/exist' file does not exist
%
In contrast, this is a good error:
% >does/not/exist
does/not/exist: rc: can't open: 'does' file does not exist
%
There are new kernels on sources as of Saturday that
should have good error messages. If you see any errors
that don't show the right path:
- check that you're running a new kernel
(ls -l '#c/cons' and see that the date is recent)
- if ramfs is involved, check that it's also new
(ls -l /386/bin/ramfs)
and then mail me.
Thanks.
Russ
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* Re: [9fans] errstr
2005-09-06 11:26 [9fans] errstr Russ Cox
@ 2005-09-07 8:40 ` Scott Schwartz
2005-09-07 14:21 ` Russ Cox
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Scott Schwartz @ 2005-09-07 8:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Russ Cox, Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
| % >does/not/exist
| does/not/exist: rc: can't open: 'does' file does not exist
| %
What happens if some component of does/does/does does not exist?
Can you tell which? I'm hoping it will give the path up to the error,
e.g. does/does.
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* Re: [9fans] errstr
2005-09-07 8:40 ` Scott Schwartz
@ 2005-09-07 14:21 ` Russ Cox
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Russ Cox @ 2005-09-07 14:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
<schwartz@bio.cse.psu.edu> wrote:
> | % >does/not/exist
> | does/not/exist: rc: can't open: 'does' file does not exist
> | %
>
> What happens if some component of does/does/does does not exist?
> Can you tell which? I'm hoping it will give the path up to the error,
> e.g. does/does.
sure does.
russ
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