Re: Style of file error messages - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Style of file error messages
Date
Msg-id 465DB068.6070701@commandprompt.com
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In response to Style of file error messages  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
List pgsql-hackers
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Just to get an opinion, which is better:
> 
> could not open transaction log file "%s": %m
> could not open control file "%s": %m
> could not open data file "%s": %m
> could not open temporary file "%s": %m
> could not open whatever file "%s": %m
> 
> or just:
> 
> could not open file "%s": %m
> 
> It seems to me that by the time you get to a file error message of this 
> level, the higher-level purpose of the file is pretty irrelevant.  
> (Specific exceptions might exist.)  Log analysis tools might also 
> prefer a uniform format.
> 
> Anyway, some consistency either way would be nice.

Since we use a relative path to $PGDATA I think that:

could not open file "%s" : %m

is plenty.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


> 


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