On 24/11/2009, at 5:11 AM, Brian Piotrowski wrote:

Yeah, it does appear to be a goofy and vague error. They might as well just say "ERROR" - it would be just as helpful. :P


It's Unix. It's not meant to be helpful. It was meant to be terse and concise and "obvious" to the experienced programmer. It ended up being cryptic and obscure--even for experienced programmers.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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