From 45d4e8bba034c22c317fbd20c629589e35d97683 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 17:15:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Improve the error message for most types of inaccessible
 paths.

---
 run-tests.sh            | 3 ---
 src/apply-default-acl.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/run-tests.sh b/run-tests.sh
index 3ac659f..3741430 100755
--- a/run-tests.sh
+++ b/run-tests.sh
@@ -672,14 +672,12 @@ compare
 # we get the expected error.
 TESTNUM=25
 ACTUAL=$( "${BIN}" test/nonexistent 2>&1 )
-ACTUAL="${ACTUAL#*: }"
 EXPECTED="test/nonexistent: No such file or directory"
 compare
 
 # Same as the previous test, but with --recursive.
 TESTNUM=26
 ACTUAL=$( "${BIN}" --recursive test/nonexistent 2>&1 )
-ACTUAL="${ACTUAL#*: }"
 EXPECTED="test/nonexistent: No such file or directory"
 compare
 
@@ -690,7 +688,6 @@ DUMMY1="${TESTDIR}/dummy1"
 DUMMY2="${TESTDIR}/dummy2"
 touch "${DUMMY1}" "${DUMMY2}"
 ACTUAL=$( "${BIN}" "${DUMMY1}" test/nonexistent "${DUMMY2}" 2>&1 )
-ACTUAL="${ACTUAL#*: }"
 EXPECTED="test/nonexistent: No such file or directory"
 compare
 
diff --git a/src/apply-default-acl.c b/src/apply-default-acl.c
index 3350a19..a520aa9 100644
--- a/src/apply-default-acl.c
+++ b/src/apply-default-acl.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
      * typos, too.
      */
     if (!path_accessible(target)) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s: No such file or directory\n", argv[0], target);
+      perror(target);
       result = EXIT_FAILURE;
       continue;
     }
-- 
2.44.2