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Diffstat (limited to 'libbb/copy_file.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | libbb/copy_file.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/copy_file.c b/libbb/copy_file.c index 3da8a3531..d37d51562 100644 --- a/libbb/copy_file.c +++ b/libbb/copy_file.c @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ // for POSIX mode to give reasonable error message static int ask_and_unlink(const char *dest, int flags) { + int e = errno; #if DO_POSIX_CP if (!(flags & (FILEUTILS_FORCE|FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE))) { // Either it exists, or the *path* doesnt exist @@ -50,7 +51,16 @@ static int ask_and_unlink(const char *dest, int flags) return 0; // not allowed to overwrite } if (unlink(dest) < 0) { - bb_perror_msg("cannot remove '%s'", dest); +#if ENABLE_FEATURE_VERBOSE_CP_MESSAGE + if (e == errno && e == ENOENT) { + /* e == ENOTDIR is similar: path has non-dir component, + * but in this case we don't even reach copy_file() */ + bb_error_msg("cannot create '%s': Path does not exist", dest); + return -1; // error + } +#endif + errno = e; + bb_perror_msg("cannot create '%s'", dest); return -1; // error } return 1; // ok (to try again) |