Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!cbosgd!mark From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.lang.c Subject: Re: 'exit(1);' considered useless (slight flame) Message-ID: <934@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 12:18:33 EST Article-I.D.: cbosgd.934 Posted: Mon Feb 6 12:18:33 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 13:14:11 EST References: <957@proper.UUCP>, <232@hou3c.UUCP> <968@proper.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 6 Of course, perror is not enough. One of my favorite error messages happens when a new user sits down to edit a file, and types the name of the file. The shell comes back with file: permission denied which makes them think they don't have access to the file. What really happened is that they forgot to type "vi".