(exec_error, fork_error, dup_error,pipe_error): New functions

[chaz/tar] / src / misc.c

diff --git a/src/misc.c b/src/misc.c
index bead6800c9113a2062bd3233f053b1b3c0d777b1..148d766c1dd00de8124142f11e2fbf8103a475ca 100644 (file)
--- a/src/misc.c
+++ b/src/misc.c
@@ -549,6 +549,10 @@ static void
 call_arg_error (char const *call, char const *name)
 {
   int e = errno;
+  /* TRANSLATORS: %s after `Cannot' is a function name, e.g. `Cannot open'.
+     Directly translating this to another language will not work, first because
+     %s itself is not translated.
+     Translate it as `%s: Function %s failed'. */
   ERROR ((0, e, _("%s: Cannot %s"), quotearg_colon (name), call));
 }
 
@@ -558,6 +562,10 @@ static void
 call_arg_fatal (char const *call, char const *name)
 {
   int e = errno;
+  /* TRANSLATORS: %s after `Cannot' is a function name, e.g. `Cannot open'.
+     Directly translating this to another language will not work, first because
+     %s itself is not translated.
+     Translate it as `%s: Function %s failed'. */
   FATAL_ERROR ((0, e, _("%s: Cannot %s"), quotearg_colon (name),  call));
 }
 
@@ -567,6 +575,10 @@ static void
 call_arg_warn (char const *call, char const *name)
 {
   int e = errno;
+  /* TRANSLATORS: %s after `Cannot' is a function name, e.g. `Cannot open'.
+     Directly translating this to another language will not work, first because
+     %s itself is not translated.
+     Translate it as `%s: Function %s failed'. */
   WARN ((0, e, _("%s: Warning: Cannot %s"), quotearg_colon (name), call));
 }
 
@@ -647,6 +659,30 @@ mknod_error (char const *name)
   call_arg_error ("mknod", name);
 }
 
+void
+exec_error (char const *name)
+{
+  call_arg_error ("exec", name);
+}
+
+void
+fork_error (char const *name)
+{
+  call_arg_error ("fork", name);
+}
+
+void
+dup2_error (char const *name)
+{
+  call_arg_error ("dup2", name);
+}
+
+void
+pipe_error (char const *name)
+{
+  call_arg_error ("pipe", name);
+}
+
 void
 open_error (char const *name)
 {
@@ -686,8 +722,8 @@ read_error_details (char const *name, off_t offset, size_t size)
   char buf[UINTMAX_STRSIZE_BOUND];
   int e = errno;
   ERROR ((0, e,
-         ngettext ("%s: Read error at byte %s, reading %lu byte",
-                   "%s: Read error at byte %s, reading %lu bytes",
+         ngettext ("%s: Read error at byte %s, while reading %lu byte",
+                   "%s: Read error at byte %s, while reading %lu bytes",
                    size),
          quotearg_colon (name), STRINGIFY_BIGINT (offset, buf),
          (unsigned long) size));
@@ -699,8 +735,8 @@ read_warn_details (char const *name, off_t offset, size_t size)
   char buf[UINTMAX_STRSIZE_BOUND];
   int e = errno;
   WARN ((0, e,
-        ngettext ("%s: Warning: Read error at byte %s, reading %lu byte",
-                  "%s: Warning: Read error at byte %s, reading %lu bytes",
+        ngettext ("%s: Warning: Read error at byte %s, while reading %lu byte",
+                  "%s: Warning: Read error at byte %s, while reading %lu bytes",
                   size),
         quotearg_colon (name), STRINGIFY_BIGINT (offset, buf),
         (unsigned long) size));
@@ -825,6 +861,12 @@ symlink_error (char const *contents, char const *name)
          quotearg_colon (name), quote_n (1, contents)));
 }
 
+void
+stat_fatal (char const *name)
+{
+  call_arg_fatal ("stat", name);
+}
+
 void
 stat_error (char const *name)
 {