Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site cwruecmp.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cwruecmp!decot From: decot@cwruecmp.UUCP (Dave Decot) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.lang.c Subject: Re: 'exit(1);' considered useless (slight flame) Message-ID: <957@cwruecmp.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 17:19:33 EST Article-I.D.: cwruecmp.957 Posted: Tue Feb 7 17:19:33 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 22:19:47 EST References: <934@cbosgd.UUCP> Organization: CWRU Computer Engr. Cleveland, Ohio Lines: 23 Perror() is not good because it discourages specific messages. The shells should say: % file file: data; not executable or file: program not executable by you instead of % file file: permission denied Also, why do we get: % cd /user/bin /user/bin: No such file or directory when the argument to cd is never supposed to be a file? Somebody used the convenient perror() instead of writing a specific message. Dave Decot "Non-Americans are people, too." decvax!cwruecmp!decot (Decot.Case@rand-relay)