Always report the applet name when doing error reporting.

42 files changed, 141 insertions, 144 deletions

diff --git a/ar.c b/ar.c
index 27dfadd1d..a43cc1dff 100644
--- a/ar.c
+++ b/ar.c
@@ -158,12 +158,12 @@ static int copySubFile(int srcFd, int dstFd, int copySize)
 			readSize = copySize;
 		writeSize = fullRead(srcFd, buffer, readSize);
 		if (writeSize <= 0) {
-			errorMsg(io_error, "copySubFile :", strerror(errno));
+			errorMsg(io_error, "copySubFile", strerror(errno));
 			return (FALSE);
 		}
 		doneSize = fullWrite(dstFd, buffer, writeSize);
 		if (doneSize <= 0) {
-			errorMsg(io_error, "copySubFile :", strerror(errno));
+			errorMsg(io_error, "copySubFile", strerror(errno));
 			return (FALSE);
 		}
 		copySize -= doneSize;
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static int getArFd(char *filename)
 		return (FALSE);
 	}
         if (fullRead(arFd, arVersion, 8) <= 0) {
-                errorMsg( "ar: Unexpected EOF in archive\n");
+                errorMsg( "Unexpected EOF in archive\n");
                 return (FALSE);
         }
         if (strncmp(arVersion,"!<arch>",7) != 0) {
diff --git a/archival/ar.c b/archival/ar.c
index 27dfadd1d..a43cc1dff 100644
--- a/archival/ar.c
+++ b/archival/ar.c
@@ -158,12 +158,12 @@ static int copySubFile(int srcFd, int dstFd, int copySize)
 			readSize = copySize;
 		writeSize = fullRead(srcFd, buffer, readSize);
 		if (writeSize <= 0) {
-			errorMsg(io_error, "copySubFile :", strerror(errno));
+			errorMsg(io_error, "copySubFile", strerror(errno));
 			return (FALSE);
 		}
 		doneSize = fullWrite(dstFd, buffer, writeSize);
 		if (doneSize <= 0) {
-			errorMsg(io_error, "copySubFile :", strerror(errno));
+			errorMsg(io_error, "copySubFile", strerror(errno));
 			return (FALSE);
 		}
 		copySize -= doneSize;
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static int getArFd(char *filename)
 		return (FALSE);
 	}
         if (fullRead(arFd, arVersion, 8) <= 0) {
-                errorMsg( "ar: Unexpected EOF in archive\n");
+                errorMsg( "Unexpected EOF in archive\n");
                 return (FALSE);
         }
         if (strncmp(arVersion,"!<arch>",7) != 0) {
diff --git a/archival/gunzip.c b/archival/gunzip.c
index e6b8202c8..89e46a686 100644
--- a/archival/gunzip.c
+++ b/archival/gunzip.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ extern int method;				/* compression method */
 #  define DECLARE(type, array, size)  type * array
 #  define ALLOC(type, array, size) { \
       array = (type*)calloc((size_t)(((size)+1L)/2), 2*sizeof(type)); \
-      if (array == NULL) errorMsg(memory_exhausted, "gunzip"); \
+      if (array == NULL) errorMsg(memory_exhausted); \
    }
 #  define FREE(array) {if (array != NULL) free(array), array=NULL;}
 #else
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ int in, out;					/* input and output file descriptors */
 		int res = inflate();
 
 		if (res == 3) {
-			errorMsg(memory_exhausted, "gunzip");
+			errorMsg(memory_exhausted);
 		} else if (res != 0) {
 			errorMsg("invalid compressed data--format violated");
 		}
diff --git a/archival/gzip.c b/archival/gzip.c
index 9248cfecd..8bc67d9c6 100644
--- a/archival/gzip.c
+++ b/archival/gzip.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ extern int method;				/* compression method */
 #  define DECLARE(type, array, size)  type * array
 #  define ALLOC(type, array, size) { \
       array = (type*)calloc((size_t)(((size)+1L)/2), 2*sizeof(type)); \
-      if (array == NULL) errorMsg(memory_exhausted, "gzip"); \
+      if (array == NULL) errorMsg(memory_exhausted); \
    }
 #  define FREE(array) {if (array != NULL) free(array), array=NULL;}
 #else
@@ -3251,7 +3251,7 @@ char *env;						/* name of environment variable */
 	nargv = (char **) calloc(*argcp + 1, sizeof(char *));
 
 	if (nargv == NULL)
-		errorMsg(memory_exhausted, "gzip");
+		errorMsg(memory_exhausted);
 	oargv = *argvp;
 	*argvp = nargv;
 
diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index af017d112..353694f33 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ tarExtractRegularFile(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
 		}
 		if ( (readSize = fullRead(header->tarFd, buffer, readSize)) <= 0 ) {
 			/* Tarball seems to have a problem */
-			errorMsg("tar: Unexpected EOF in archive\n"); 
+			errorMsg("Unexpected EOF in archive\n"); 
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
 		if ( readSize < writeSize )
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ tarExtractDirectory(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
 		return( TRUE);
 
 	if (createPath(header->name, header->mode) != TRUE) {
-		errorMsg("tar: %s: Cannot mkdir: %s\n", 
+		errorMsg("%s: Cannot mkdir: %s\n", 
 				header->name, strerror(errno)); 
 		return( FALSE);
 	}
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ tarExtractHardLink(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
 		return( TRUE);
 
 	if (link(header->linkname, header->name) < 0) {
-		errorMsg("tar: %s: Cannot create hard link to '%s': %s\n", 
+		errorMsg("%s: Cannot create hard link to '%s': %s\n", 
 				header->name, header->linkname, strerror(errno)); 
 		return( FALSE);
 	}
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ tarExtractSymLink(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
 
 #ifdef	S_ISLNK
 	if (symlink(header->linkname, header->name) < 0) {
-		errorMsg("tar: %s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
+		errorMsg("%s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
 				header->name, header->linkname, strerror(errno)); 
 		return( FALSE);
 	}
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ tarExtractSymLink(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
 	/* Do not change permissions or date on symlink,
 	 * since it changes the pointed to file instead.  duh. */
 #else
-	errorMsg("tar: %s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
+	errorMsg("%s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
 			header->name, header->linkname, 
 			"symlinks not supported"); 
 #endif
@@ -436,13 +436,13 @@ tarExtractSpecial(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
 
 	if (S_ISCHR(header->mode) || S_ISBLK(header->mode) || S_ISSOCK(header->mode)) {
 		if (mknod(header->name, header->mode, makedev(header->devmajor, header->devminor)) < 0) {
-			errorMsg("tar: %s: Cannot mknod: %s\n",
+			errorMsg("%s: Cannot mknod: %s\n",
 				header->name, strerror(errno)); 
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
 	} else if (S_ISFIFO(header->mode)) {
 		if (mkfifo(header->name, header->mode) < 0) {
-			errorMsg("tar: %s: Cannot mkfifo: %s\n",
+			errorMsg("%s: Cannot mkfifo: %s\n",
 				header->name, strerror(errno)); 
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ readTarHeader(struct TarHeader *rawHeader, struct TarInfo *header)
 			++*(header->name);
 
 		if (alreadyWarned == FALSE) {
-			errorMsg("tar: Removing leading '/' from member names\n");
+			errorMsg("Removing leading '/' from member names\n");
 			alreadyWarned = TRUE;
 		}
 	}
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static int readTarFile(const char* tarName, int extractFlag, int listFlag,
 		return ( FALSE);
 	}
 	else if (errorFlag==TRUE) {
-		errorMsg( "tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
+		errorMsg( "Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
 		return( FALSE);
 	} else 
 		return( status);
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ endgame:
 	close( tarFd);
 	if ( *(header.name) == '\0' ) {
 		if (errorFlag==TRUE)
-			errorMsg( "tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
+			errorMsg( "Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
 		else
 			return( TRUE);
 	} 
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ writeTarHeader(struct TarBallInfo *tbInfo, const char *fileName, struct stat *st
 	if (*fileName=='/') {
 		static int alreadyWarned=FALSE;
 		if (alreadyWarned==FALSE) {
-			errorMsg("tar: Removing leading '/' from member names\n");
+			errorMsg("Removing leading '/' from member names\n");
 			alreadyWarned=TRUE;
 		}
 		strncpy(header.name, fileName+1, sizeof(header.name)); 
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ writeTarHeader(struct TarBallInfo *tbInfo, const char *fileName, struct stat *st
 		header.typeflag  = REGTYPE;
 		putOctal(header.size, sizeof(header.size), statbuf->st_size);
 	} else {
-		errorMsg("tar: %s: Unknown file type\n", fileName);
+		errorMsg("%s: Unknown file type\n", fileName);
 		return ( FALSE);
 	}
 
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ static int writeFileToTarball(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf, void*
 
 	/* It is against the rules to archive a socket */
 	if (S_ISSOCK(statbuf->st_mode)) {
-		errorMsg("tar: %s: socket ignored\n", fileName);
+		errorMsg("%s: socket ignored\n", fileName);
 		return( TRUE);
 	}
 
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ static int writeFileToTarball(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf, void*
 	 * the new tarball */
 	if (tbInfo->statBuf.st_dev == statbuf->st_dev &&
 			tbInfo->statBuf.st_ino == statbuf->st_ino) {
-		errorMsg("tar: %s: file is the archive; skipping\n", fileName);
+		errorMsg("%s: file is the archive; skipping\n", fileName);
 		return( TRUE);
 	}
 
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ static int writeFileToTarball(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf, void*
 
 		/* open the file we want to archive, and make sure all is well */
 		if ((inputFileFd = open(fileName, O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
-			errorMsg("tar: %s: Cannot open: %s\n", fileName, strerror(errno));
+			errorMsg("%s: Cannot open: %s\n", fileName, strerror(errno));
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
 		
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ static int writeTarFile(const char* tarName, int tostdoutFlag,
 
 	/* Make sure there is at least one file to tar up.  */
 	if (argc <= 0)
-		fatalError("tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive\n");
+		fatalError("Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive\n");
 
 	/* Open the tar file for writing.  */
 	if (tostdoutFlag == TRUE)
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ static int writeTarFile(const char* tarName, int tostdoutFlag,
 	else
 		tbInfo.tarFd = open (tarName, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
 	if (tbInfo.tarFd < 0) {
-		errorMsg( "tar: Error opening '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
+		errorMsg( "Error opening '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
 		return ( FALSE);
 	}
 	tbInfo.excludeList=excludeList;
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ static int writeTarFile(const char* tarName, int tostdoutFlag,
 	/* Hang up the tools, close up shop, head home */
 	close(tarFd);
 	if (errorFlag == TRUE) {
-		errorMsg("tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
+		errorMsg("Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
 		return(FALSE);
 	}
 	return( TRUE);
diff --git a/chmod_chown_chgrp.c b/chmod_chown_chgrp.c
index a5d9af491..98b292568 100644
--- a/chmod_chown_chgrp.c
+++ b/chmod_chown_chgrp.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static int fileAction(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf, void* junk)
 	case CHMOD_APP:
 		/* Parse the specified modes */
 		if (parse_mode(theMode, &(statbuf->st_mode)) == FALSE) {
-			fatalError( "%s: unknown mode: %s\n", applet_name, theMode);
+			fatalError( "unknown mode: %s\n", theMode);
 		}
 		if (chmod(fileName, statbuf->st_mode) == 0)
 			return (TRUE);
@@ -169,15 +169,14 @@ int chmod_chown_chgrp_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			if (*argv == p)
 				uid = my_getpwnam(*argv);
 			if (uid == -1) {
-				fatalError( "%s: unknown user name: %s\n", 
-						applet_name, *argv);
+				fatalError( "unknown user name: %s\n", *argv);
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* Ok, ready to do the deed now */
 	if (argc <= 1) {
-		fatalError( "%s: too few arguments\n", applet_name);
+		fatalError( "too few arguments\n");
 	}
 	while (argc-- > 1) {
 		if (recursiveAction (*(++argv), recursiveFlag, FALSE, FALSE, 
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ int chmod_chown_chgrp_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	exit(TRUE);
 
   bad_group:
-	fatalError( "%s: unknown group name: %s\n", applet_name, groupName);
+	fatalError( "unknown group name: %s\n", groupName);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/chroot.c b/chroot.c
index 1c64e08a9..95aed3d17 100644
--- a/chroot.c
+++ b/chroot.c
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ int chroot_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	argv++;
 
 	if (chroot(*argv) || (chdir("/"))) {
-		fatalError("chroot: cannot change root directory to %s: %s\n", 
-				*argv, strerror(errno));
+		fatalError("cannot change root directory to %s: %s\n", *argv, strerror(errno));
 	}
 
 	argc--;
@@ -62,8 +61,7 @@ int chroot_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			prog = "/bin/sh";
 		execlp(prog, prog, NULL);
 	}
-	fatalError("chroot: cannot execute %s: %s\n", 
-			prog, strerror(errno));
+	fatalError("cannot execute %s: %s\n", prog, strerror(errno));
 
 }
 
diff --git a/coreutils/chroot.c b/coreutils/chroot.c
index 1c64e08a9..95aed3d17 100644
--- a/coreutils/chroot.c
+++ b/coreutils/chroot.c
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ int chroot_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	argv++;
 
 	if (chroot(*argv) || (chdir("/"))) {
-		fatalError("chroot: cannot change root directory to %s: %s\n", 
-				*argv, strerror(errno));
+		fatalError("cannot change root directory to %s: %s\n", *argv, strerror(errno));
 	}
 
 	argc--;
@@ -62,8 +61,7 @@ int chroot_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			prog = "/bin/sh";
 		execlp(prog, prog, NULL);
 	}
-	fatalError("chroot: cannot execute %s: %s\n", 
-			prog, strerror(errno));
+	fatalError("cannot execute %s: %s\n", prog, strerror(errno));
 
 }
 
diff --git a/coreutils/date.c b/coreutils/date.c
index 9e8e3f3eb..bc6d13137 100644
--- a/coreutils/date.c
+++ b/coreutils/date.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ struct tm *date_conv_time(struct tm *tm_time, const char *t_string)
 				&(tm_time->tm_min), &(tm_time->tm_year));
 
 	if (nr < 4 || nr > 5) {
-		fatalError(invalid_date, "date", t_string); 
+		fatalError(invalid_date, t_string); 
 	}
 
 	/* correct for century  - minor Y2K problem here? */
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ struct tm *date_conv_ftime(struct tm *tm_time, const char *t_string)
 
 	}
 
-	fatalError(invalid_date, "date", t_string); 
+	fatalError(invalid_date, t_string); 
 }
 
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ int date_main(int argc, char **argv)
 				case 'u':
 					utc = 1;
 					if (putenv("TZ=UTC0") != 0) 
-						fatalError(memory_exhausted, "date");
+						fatalError(memory_exhausted);
 					break;
 				case 'd':
 					use_arg = 1;
@@ -236,12 +236,12 @@ int date_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		/* Correct any day of week and day of year etc fields */
 		tm = mktime(&tm_time);
 		if (tm < 0)
-			fatalError(invalid_date, "date", date_str); 
+			fatalError(invalid_date, date_str); 
 
 		/* if setting time, set it */
 		if (set_time) {
 			if (stime(&tm) < 0) {
-				fatalError("date: can't set date.\n");
+				fatalError("can't set date.\n");
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/coreutils/md5sum.c b/coreutils/md5sum.c
index f4a8b99d0..e6f1c86b4 100644
--- a/coreutils/md5sum.c
+++ b/coreutils/md5sum.c
@@ -708,13 +708,13 @@ static int md5_file(const char *filename,
   } else {
     fp = fopen(filename, OPENOPTS(binary));
     if (fp == NULL) {
-      errorMsg("md5sum: %s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+      errorMsg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
       return FALSE;
     }
   }
 
   if (md5_stream(fp, md5_result)) {
-    errorMsg("md5sum: %s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+    errorMsg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
 
     if (fp != stdin)
       fclose(fp);
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ static int md5_file(const char *filename,
   }
 
   if (fp != stdin && fclose(fp) == EOF) {
-    errorMsg("md5sum: %s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+    errorMsg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
     return FALSE;
   }
 
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ static int md5_check(const char *checkfile_name)
   } else {
     checkfile_stream = fopen(checkfile_name, "r");
     if (checkfile_stream == NULL) {
-      errorMsg("md5sum: %s: %s\n", checkfile_name, strerror(errno));
+      errorMsg("%s: %s\n", checkfile_name, strerror(errno));
       return FALSE;
     }
   }
diff --git a/coreutils/pwd.c b/coreutils/pwd.c
index 87553b3de..f0c923b7b 100644
--- a/coreutils/pwd.c
+++ b/coreutils/pwd.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ extern int pwd_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char buf[BUFSIZ + 1];
 
 	if (getcwd(buf, sizeof(buf)) == NULL)
-		fatalError("pwd: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		fatalError("%s\n", strerror(errno));
 
 	printf("%s\n", buf);
 	return(TRUE);
diff --git a/coreutils/touch.c b/coreutils/touch.c
index f52bb0284..ac275423c 100644
--- a/coreutils/touch.c
+++ b/coreutils/touch.c
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ extern int touch_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			if (create == FALSE && errno == ENOENT)
 				exit(TRUE);
 			else {
-				fatalError("touch: %s", strerror(errno));
+				fatalError("%s", strerror(errno));
 			}
 		}
 		close(fd);
 		if (utime(*argv, NULL)) {
-			fatalError("touch: %s", strerror(errno));
+			fatalError("%s", strerror(errno));
 		}
 		argc--;
 		argv++;
diff --git a/coreutils/tr.c b/coreutils/tr.c
index 5a8116db0..293bbce6b 100644
--- a/coreutils/tr.c
+++ b/coreutils/tr.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ extern int tr_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			complement(input);
 		if (argv[index] != NULL) {
 			if (*argv[index] == '\0')
-				fatalError("tr: STRING2 cannot be empty\n");
+				fatalError("STRING2 cannot be empty\n");
 			expand(argv[index], output);
 			map(input, output);
 		}
diff --git a/coreutils/uudecode.c b/coreutils/uudecode.c
index ac33762b0..12a71a573 100644
--- a/coreutils/uudecode.c
+++ b/coreutils/uudecode.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static int decode (const char *inname,
       && (freopen (outname, "w", stdout) == NULL
 	  || chmod (outname, mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO))
          )) {
-    errorMsg("uudeoce %s: %s %s\n", outname, inname, strerror(errno)); /* */
+    errorMsg("%s: %s %s\n", outname, inname, strerror(errno)); /* */
     return FALSE;
   }
 
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ int uudecode_main (int argc,
         if (decode (argv[optind], outname) != 0)
           exit_status = FALSE;
       } else {
-        errorMsg("uudecode: %s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
+        errorMsg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
         exit_status = FALSE;
       }
       optind++;
diff --git a/coreutils/uuencode.c b/coreutils/uuencode.c
index e4fc1a0bc..e107a01e7 100644
--- a/coreutils/uuencode.c
+++ b/coreutils/uuencode.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ int uuencode_main (int argc,
    case 2:
     /* Optional first argument is input file.  */
     if (!freopen (argv[optind], "r", stdin) || fstat (fileno (stdin), &sb)) {
-      errorMsg("uuencode: %s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
+      errorMsg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
       exit FALSE;
     }
     mode = sb.st_mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
index 9e8e3f3eb..bc6d13137 100644
--- a/date.c
+++ b/date.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ struct tm *date_conv_time(struct tm *tm_time, const char *t_string)
 				&(tm_time->tm_min), &(tm_time->tm_year));
 
 	if (nr < 4 || nr > 5) {
-		fatalError(invalid_date, "date", t_string); 
+		fatalError(invalid_date, t_string); 
 	}
 
 	/* correct for century  - minor Y2K problem here? */
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ struct tm *date_conv_ftime(struct tm *tm_time, const char *t_string)
 
 	}
 
-	fatalError(invalid_date, "date", t_string); 
+	fatalError(invalid_date, t_string); 
 }
 
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ int date_main(int argc, char **argv)
 				case 'u':
 					utc = 1;
 					if (putenv("TZ=UTC0") != 0) 
-						fatalError(memory_exhausted, "date");
+						fatalError(memory_exhausted);
 					break;
 				case 'd':
 					use_arg = 1;
@@ -236,12 +236,12 @@ int date_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		/* Correct any day of week and day of year etc fields */
 		tm = mktime(&tm_time);
 		if (tm < 0)
-			fatalError(invalid_date, "date", date_str); 
+			fatalError(invalid_date, date_str); 
 
 		/* if setting time, set it */
 		if (set_time) {
 			if (stime(&tm) < 0) {
-				fatalError("date: can't set date.\n");
+				fatalError("can't set date.\n");
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index b6bfcdb68..9e4a002d8 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static int get_address(const char *str, int *line, regex_t **regex)
 	else if (my_str[idx] == '/') {
 		idx = index_of_next_unescaped_slash(idx, my_str);
 		if (idx == -1)
-			fatalError("sed: unterminated match expression\n");
+			fatalError("unterminated match expression\n");
 		my_str[idx] = '\0';
 		*regex = (regex_t *)xmalloc(sizeof(regex_t));
 		if (bb_regcomp(*regex, my_str+1, REG_NEWLINE) != 0) {
@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ static void parse_cmd_str(struct sed_cmd *sed_cmd, const char *cmdstr)
 
 	/* last part (mandatory) will be a command */
 	if (cmdstr[idx] == '\0')
-		fatalError("sed: missing command\n");
+		fatalError("missing command\n");
 	if (!strchr("pds", cmdstr[idx])) /* <-- XXX add new commands here */
-		fatalError("sed: invalid command\n");
+		fatalError("invalid command\n");
 	sed_cmd->cmd = cmdstr[idx];
 	/* special-case handling for 's' */
 	if (sed_cmd->cmd == 's') {
@@ -259,20 +259,20 @@ static void parse_cmd_str(struct sed_cmd *sed_cmd, const char *cmdstr)
 
 		/* verify that we have an 's' followed by a 'slash' */
 		if (cmdstr[++idx] != '/')
-			fatalError("sed: bad format in substitution expression\n");
+			fatalError("bad format in substitution expression\n");
 
 		/* save the match string */
 		oldidx = idx+1;
 		idx = index_of_next_unescaped_slash(idx, cmdstr);
 		if (idx == -1)
-			fatalError("sed: bad format in substitution expression\n");
+			fatalError("bad format in substitution expression\n");
 		match = strdup_substr(cmdstr, oldidx, idx);
 
 		/* save the replacement string */
 		oldidx = idx+1;
 		idx = index_of_next_unescaped_slash(idx, cmdstr);
 		if (idx == -1)
-			fatalError("sed: bad format in substitution expression\n");
+			fatalError("bad format in substitution expression\n");
 		sed_cmd->replace = strdup_substr(cmdstr, oldidx, idx);
 
 		/* process the flags */
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static void parse_cmd_str(struct sed_cmd *sed_cmd, const char *cmdstr)
 				cflags |= REG_ICASE;
 				break;
 			default:
-				fatalError("sed: bad option in substitution expression\n");
+				fatalError("bad option in substitution expression\n");
 			}
 		}
 			
diff --git a/freeramdisk.c b/freeramdisk.c
index a6fa2431f..927c16946 100644
--- a/freeramdisk.c
+++ b/freeramdisk.c
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ freeramdisk_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	if ((f = open(argv[1], O_RDWR)) == -1) {
-		fatalError( "freeramdisk: cannot open %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
+		fatalError( "cannot open %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
 	}
 	if (ioctl(f, BLKFLSBUF) < 0) {
-		fatalError( "freeramdisk: failed ioctl on %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
+		fatalError( "failed ioctl on %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
 	}
 	/* Don't bother closing.  Exit does
 	 * that, so we can save a few bytes */
diff --git a/gunzip.c b/gunzip.c
index e6b8202c8..89e46a686 100644
--- a/gunzip.c
+++ b/gunzip.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ extern int method;				/* compression method */
 #  define DECLARE(type, array, size)  type * array
 #  define ALLOC(type, array, size) { \
       array = (type*)calloc((size_t)(((size)+1L)/2), 2*sizeof(type)); \
-      if (array == NULL) errorMsg(memory_exhausted, "gunzip"); \
+      if (array == NULL) errorMsg(memory_exhausted); \
    }
 #  define FREE(array) {if (array != NULL) free(array), array=NULL;}
 #else
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ int in, out;					/* input and output file descriptors */
 		int res = inflate();
 
 		if (res == 3) {
-			errorMsg(memory_exhausted, "gunzip");
+			errorMsg(memory_exhausted);
 		} else if (res != 0) {
 			errorMsg("invalid compressed data--format violated");
 		}
diff --git a/gzip.c b/gzip.c
index 9248cfecd..8bc67d9c6 100644
--- a/gzip.c
+++ b/gzip.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ extern int method;				/* compression method */
 #  define DECLARE(type, array, size)  type * array
 #  define ALLOC(type, array, size) { \
       array = (type*)calloc((size_t)(((size)+1L)/2), 2*sizeof(type)); \
-      if (array == NULL) errorMsg(memory_exhausted, "gzip"); \
+      if (array == NULL) errorMsg(memory_exhausted); \
    }
 #  define FREE(array) {if (array != NULL) free(array), array=NULL;}
 #else
@@ -3251,7 +3251,7 @@ char *env;						/* name of environment variable */
 	nargv = (char **) calloc(*argcp + 1, sizeof(char *));
 
 	if (nargv == NULL)
-		errorMsg(memory_exhausted, "gzip");
+		errorMsg(memory_exhausted);
 	oargv = *argvp;
 	*argvp = nargv;
 
diff --git a/lash.c b/lash.c
index 60d67e9e8..4620ae3ce 100644
--- a/lash.c
+++ b/lash.c
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ static int runCommand(struct job newJob, struct jobSet *jobList, int inBg)
 #endif
 
 			execvp(newJob.progs[i].argv[0], newJob.progs[i].argv);
-			fatalError("sh: %s: %s\n", newJob.progs[i].argv[0],
+			fatalError("%s: %s\n", newJob.progs[i].argv[0],
 					   strerror(errno));
 		}
 
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ int shell_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* initialize the cwd */
 	cwd = (char *) calloc(BUFSIZ, sizeof(char));
 	if (cwd == 0) {
-		fatalError("sh: out of memory\n");
+		fatalError("out of memory\n");
 	}
 	getcwd(cwd, sizeof(char)*BUFSIZ);
 
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ int shell_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			int i;
 			local_pending_command = (char *) calloc(BUFSIZ, sizeof(char));
 			if (local_pending_command == 0) {
-				fatalError("sh: out of memory\n");
+				fatalError("out of memory\n");
 			}
 			for(i=2; i<argc; i++)
 			{
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ int shell_main(int argc, char **argv)
 					local_pending_command = realloc(local_pending_command, 
 							strlen(local_pending_command) + strlen(argv[i]));
 					if (local_pending_command==NULL) 
-					  fatalError("sh: commands for -c option too long\n");
+					  fatalError("commands for -c option too long\n");
 				}
 				strcat(local_pending_command, argv[i]);
 				if ( (i + 1) < argc)
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ int shell_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		else {
 			input = fopen(argv[1], "r");
 			if (!input) {
-				fatalError("sh: Couldn't open file '%s': %s\n", argv[1],
+				fatalError("Couldn't open file '%s': %s\n", argv[1],
 						   strerror(errno));
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/md5sum.c b/md5sum.c
index f4a8b99d0..e6f1c86b4 100644
--- a/md5sum.c
+++ b/md5sum.c
@@ -708,13 +708,13 @@ static int md5_file(const char *filename,
   } else {
     fp = fopen(filename, OPENOPTS(binary));
     if (fp == NULL) {
-      errorMsg("md5sum: %s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+      errorMsg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
       return FALSE;
     }
   }
 
   if (md5_stream(fp, md5_result)) {
-    errorMsg("md5sum: %s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+    errorMsg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
 
     if (fp != stdin)
       fclose(fp);
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ static int md5_file(const char *filename,
   }
 
   if (fp != stdin && fclose(fp) == EOF) {
-    errorMsg("md5sum: %s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+    errorMsg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
     return FALSE;
   }
 
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ static int md5_check(const char *checkfile_name)
   } else {
     checkfile_stream = fopen(checkfile_name, "r");
     if (checkfile_stream == NULL) {
-      errorMsg("md5sum: %s: %s\n", checkfile_name, strerror(errno));
+      errorMsg("%s: %s\n", checkfile_name, strerror(errno));
       return FALSE;
     }
   }
diff --git a/messages.c b/messages.c
index cb8de4077..f2374eeb5 100644
--- a/messages.c
+++ b/messages.c
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@
 	BB_DEF_MESSAGE(not_a_directory, "%s: %s: not a directory\n")
 #endif
 #if defined bb_need_memory_exhausted || ! defined BB_DECLARE_EXTERN
-	BB_DEF_MESSAGE(memory_exhausted, "%s: memory exhausted\n")
+	BB_DEF_MESSAGE(memory_exhausted, "memory exhausted\n")
 #endif
 #if defined bb_need_invalid_date || ! defined BB_DECLARE_EXTERN
-	BB_DEF_MESSAGE(invalid_date, "%s: invalid date `%s'\n")
+	BB_DEF_MESSAGE(invalid_date, "invalid date `%s'\n")
 #endif
 #if defined bb_need_invalid_option || ! defined BB_DECLARE_EXTERN
 	BB_DEF_MESSAGE(invalid_option, "%s: invalid option -- %c\n")
diff --git a/mount.c b/mount.c
index 66599a618..900ab30a7 100644
--- a/mount.c
+++ b/mount.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ do_mount(char *specialfile, char *dir, char *filesystemtype,
 #endif
 
 	if (errno == EPERM) {
-		fatalError("mount: permission denied. Are you root?\n");
+		fatalError("permission denied. Are you root?\n");
 	}
 
 	return (FALSE);
diff --git a/nc.c b/nc.c
index a7e48d39b..b6afe6ffa 100644
--- a/nc.c
+++ b/nc.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int nc_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	hostinfo = (struct hostent *) gethostbyname(*argv);
 
 	if (!hostinfo) {
-		fatalError("nc: cannot resolve %s\n", *argv);
+		fatalError("cannot resolve %s\n", *argv);
 	}
 
 	address.sin_family = AF_INET;
diff --git a/networking/nc.c b/networking/nc.c
index a7e48d39b..b6afe6ffa 100644
--- a/networking/nc.c
+++ b/networking/nc.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int nc_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	hostinfo = (struct hostent *) gethostbyname(*argv);
 
 	if (!hostinfo) {
-		fatalError("nc: cannot resolve %s\n", *argv);
+		fatalError("cannot resolve %s\n", *argv);
 	}
 
 	address.sin_family = AF_INET;
diff --git a/networking/ping.c b/networking/ping.c
index c560a7ce2..0359abbd1 100644
--- a/networking/ping.c
+++ b/networking/ping.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
 /*
- * $Id: ping.c,v 1.19 2000/07/09 06:59:58 andersen Exp $
+ * $Id: ping.c,v 1.20 2000/07/12 17:02:35 kraai Exp $
  * Mini ping implementation for busybox
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999 by Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static void sendping(int ign)
 			   (struct sockaddr *) &pingaddr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
 
 	if (i < 0)
-		fatalError("ping: sendto: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		fatalError("sendto: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 	else if (i != sizeof(packet))
 		fatalError("ping wrote %d chars; %d expected\n", i,
 			   (int)sizeof(packet));
diff --git a/ping.c b/ping.c
index c560a7ce2..0359abbd1 100644
--- a/ping.c
+++ b/ping.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
 /*
- * $Id: ping.c,v 1.19 2000/07/09 06:59:58 andersen Exp $
+ * $Id: ping.c,v 1.20 2000/07/12 17:02:35 kraai Exp $
  * Mini ping implementation for busybox
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999 by Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static void sendping(int ign)
 			   (struct sockaddr *) &pingaddr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
 
 	if (i < 0)
-		fatalError("ping: sendto: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		fatalError("sendto: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 	else if (i != sizeof(packet))
 		fatalError("ping wrote %d chars; %d expected\n", i,
 			   (int)sizeof(packet));
diff --git a/pwd.c b/pwd.c
index 87553b3de..f0c923b7b 100644
--- a/pwd.c
+++ b/pwd.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ extern int pwd_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char buf[BUFSIZ + 1];
 
 	if (getcwd(buf, sizeof(buf)) == NULL)
-		fatalError("pwd: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		fatalError("%s\n", strerror(errno));
 
 	printf("%s\n", buf);
 	return(TRUE);
diff --git a/sed.c b/sed.c
index b6bfcdb68..9e4a002d8 100644
--- a/sed.c
+++ b/sed.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static int get_address(const char *str, int *line, regex_t **regex)
 	else if (my_str[idx] == '/') {
 		idx = index_of_next_unescaped_slash(idx, my_str);
 		if (idx == -1)
-			fatalError("sed: unterminated match expression\n");
+			fatalError("unterminated match expression\n");
 		my_str[idx] = '\0';
 		*regex = (regex_t *)xmalloc(sizeof(regex_t));
 		if (bb_regcomp(*regex, my_str+1, REG_NEWLINE) != 0) {
@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ static void parse_cmd_str(struct sed_cmd *sed_cmd, const char *cmdstr)
 
 	/* last part (mandatory) will be a command */
 	if (cmdstr[idx] == '\0')
-		fatalError("sed: missing command\n");
+		fatalError("missing command\n");
 	if (!strchr("pds", cmdstr[idx])) /* <-- XXX add new commands here */
-		fatalError("sed: invalid command\n");
+		fatalError("invalid command\n");
 	sed_cmd->cmd = cmdstr[idx];
 	/* special-case handling for 's' */
 	if (sed_cmd->cmd == 's') {
@@ -259,20 +259,20 @@ static void parse_cmd_str(struct sed_cmd *sed_cmd, const char *cmdstr)
 
 		/* verify that we have an 's' followed by a 'slash' */
 		if (cmdstr[++idx] != '/')
-			fatalError("sed: bad format in substitution expression\n");
+			fatalError("bad format in substitution expression\n");
 
 		/* save the match string */
 		oldidx = idx+1;
 		idx = index_of_next_unescaped_slash(idx, cmdstr);
 		if (idx == -1)
-			fatalError("sed: bad format in substitution expression\n");
+			fatalError("bad format in substitution expression\n");
 		match = strdup_substr(cmdstr, oldidx, idx);
 
 		/* save the replacement string */
 		oldidx = idx+1;
 		idx = index_of_next_unescaped_slash(idx, cmdstr);
 		if (idx == -1)
-			fatalError("sed: bad format in substitution expression\n");
+			fatalError("bad format in substitution expression\n");
 		sed_cmd->replace = strdup_substr(cmdstr, oldidx, idx);
 
 		/* process the flags */
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static void parse_cmd_str(struct sed_cmd *sed_cmd, const char *cmdstr)
 				cflags |= REG_ICASE;
 				break;
 			default:
-				fatalError("sed: bad option in substitution expression\n");
+				fatalError("bad option in substitution expression\n");
 			}
 		}
 			
diff --git a/sh.c b/sh.c
index 60d67e9e8..4620ae3ce 100644
--- a/sh.c
+++ b/sh.c
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ static int runCommand(struct job newJob, struct jobSet *jobList, int inBg)
 #endif
 
 			execvp(newJob.progs[i].argv[0], newJob.progs[i].argv);
-			fatalError("sh: %s: %s\n", newJob.progs[i].argv[0],
+			fatalError("%s: %s\n", newJob.progs[i].argv[0],
 					   strerror(errno));
 		}
 
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ int shell_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* initialize the cwd */
 	cwd = (char *) calloc(BUFSIZ, sizeof(char));
 	if (cwd == 0) {
-		fatalError("sh: out of memory\n");
+		fatalError("out of memory\n");
 	}
 	getcwd(cwd, sizeof(char)*BUFSIZ);
 
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ int shell_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			int i;
 			local_pending_command = (char *) calloc(BUFSIZ, sizeof(char));
 			if (local_pending_command == 0) {
-				fatalError("sh: out of memory\n");
+				fatalError("out of memory\n");
 			}
 			for(i=2; i<argc; i++)
 			{
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ int shell_main(int argc, char **argv)
 					local_pending_command = realloc(local_pending_command, 
 							strlen(local_pending_command) + strlen(argv[i]));
 					if (local_pending_command==NULL) 
-					  fatalError("sh: commands for -c option too long\n");
+					  fatalError("commands for -c option too long\n");
 				}
 				strcat(local_pending_command, argv[i]);
 				if ( (i + 1) < argc)
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ int shell_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		else {
 			input = fopen(argv[1], "r");
 			if (!input) {
-				fatalError("sh: Couldn't open file '%s': %s\n", argv[1],
+				fatalError("Couldn't open file '%s': %s\n", argv[1],
 						   strerror(errno));
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/shell/lash.c b/shell/lash.c
index 60d67e9e8..4620ae3ce 100644
--- a/shell/lash.c
+++ b/shell/lash.c
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ static int runCommand(struct job newJob, struct jobSet *jobList, int inBg)
 #endif
 
 			execvp(newJob.progs[i].argv[0], newJob.progs[i].argv);
-			fatalError("sh: %s: %s\n", newJob.progs[i].argv[0],
+			fatalError("%s: %s\n", newJob.progs[i].argv[0],
 					   strerror(errno));
 		}
 
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ int shell_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* initialize the cwd */
 	cwd = (char *) calloc(BUFSIZ, sizeof(char));
 	if (cwd == 0) {
-		fatalError("sh: out of memory\n");
+		fatalError("out of memory\n");
 	}
 	getcwd(cwd, sizeof(char)*BUFSIZ);
 
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ int shell_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			int i;
 			local_pending_command = (char *) calloc(BUFSIZ, sizeof(char));
 			if (local_pending_command == 0) {
-				fatalError("sh: out of memory\n");
+				fatalError("out of memory\n");
 			}
 			for(i=2; i<argc; i++)
 			{
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ int shell_main(int argc, char **argv)
 					local_pending_command = realloc(local_pending_command, 
 							strlen(local_pending_command) + strlen(argv[i]));
 					if (local_pending_command==NULL) 
-					  fatalError("sh: commands for -c option too long\n");
+					  fatalError("commands for -c option too long\n");
 				}
 				strcat(local_pending_command, argv[i]);
 				if ( (i + 1) < argc)
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ int shell_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		else {
 			input = fopen(argv[1], "r");
 			if (!input) {
-				fatalError("sh: Couldn't open file '%s': %s\n", argv[1],
+				fatalError("Couldn't open file '%s': %s\n", argv[1],
 						   strerror(errno));
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index af017d112..353694f33 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ tarExtractRegularFile(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
 		}
 		if ( (readSize = fullRead(header->tarFd, buffer, readSize)) <= 0 ) {
 			/* Tarball seems to have a problem */
-			errorMsg("tar: Unexpected EOF in archive\n"); 
+			errorMsg("Unexpected EOF in archive\n"); 
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
 		if ( readSize < writeSize )
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ tarExtractDirectory(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
 		return( TRUE);
 
 	if (createPath(header->name, header->mode) != TRUE) {
-		errorMsg("tar: %s: Cannot mkdir: %s\n", 
+		errorMsg("%s: Cannot mkdir: %s\n", 
 				header->name, strerror(errno)); 
 		return( FALSE);
 	}
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ tarExtractHardLink(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
 		return( TRUE);
 
 	if (link(header->linkname, header->name) < 0) {
-		errorMsg("tar: %s: Cannot create hard link to '%s': %s\n", 
+		errorMsg("%s: Cannot create hard link to '%s': %s\n", 
 				header->name, header->linkname, strerror(errno)); 
 		return( FALSE);
 	}
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ tarExtractSymLink(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
 
 #ifdef	S_ISLNK
 	if (symlink(header->linkname, header->name) < 0) {
-		errorMsg("tar: %s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
+		errorMsg("%s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
 				header->name, header->linkname, strerror(errno)); 
 		return( FALSE);
 	}
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ tarExtractSymLink(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
 	/* Do not change permissions or date on symlink,
 	 * since it changes the pointed to file instead.  duh. */
 #else
-	errorMsg("tar: %s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
+	errorMsg("%s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
 			header->name, header->linkname, 
 			"symlinks not supported"); 
 #endif
@@ -436,13 +436,13 @@ tarExtractSpecial(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
 
 	if (S_ISCHR(header->mode) || S_ISBLK(header->mode) || S_ISSOCK(header->mode)) {
 		if (mknod(header->name, header->mode, makedev(header->devmajor, header->devminor)) < 0) {
-			errorMsg("tar: %s: Cannot mknod: %s\n",
+			errorMsg("%s: Cannot mknod: %s\n",
 				header->name, strerror(errno)); 
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
 	} else if (S_ISFIFO(header->mode)) {
 		if (mkfifo(header->name, header->mode) < 0) {
-			errorMsg("tar: %s: Cannot mkfifo: %s\n",
+			errorMsg("%s: Cannot mkfifo: %s\n",
 				header->name, strerror(errno)); 
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ readTarHeader(struct TarHeader *rawHeader, struct TarInfo *header)
 			++*(header->name);
 
 		if (alreadyWarned == FALSE) {
-			errorMsg("tar: Removing leading '/' from member names\n");
+			errorMsg("Removing leading '/' from member names\n");
 			alreadyWarned = TRUE;
 		}
 	}
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static int readTarFile(const char* tarName, int extractFlag, int listFlag,
 		return ( FALSE);
 	}
 	else if (errorFlag==TRUE) {
-		errorMsg( "tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
+		errorMsg( "Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
 		return( FALSE);
 	} else 
 		return( status);
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ endgame:
 	close( tarFd);
 	if ( *(header.name) == '\0' ) {
 		if (errorFlag==TRUE)
-			errorMsg( "tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
+			errorMsg( "Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
 		else
 			return( TRUE);
 	} 
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ writeTarHeader(struct TarBallInfo *tbInfo, const char *fileName, struct stat *st
 	if (*fileName=='/') {
 		static int alreadyWarned=FALSE;
 		if (alreadyWarned==FALSE) {
-			errorMsg("tar: Removing leading '/' from member names\n");
+			errorMsg("Removing leading '/' from member names\n");
 			alreadyWarned=TRUE;
 		}
 		strncpy(header.name, fileName+1, sizeof(header.name)); 
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ writeTarHeader(struct TarBallInfo *tbInfo, const char *fileName, struct stat *st
 		header.typeflag  = REGTYPE;
 		putOctal(header.size, sizeof(header.size), statbuf->st_size);
 	} else {
-		errorMsg("tar: %s: Unknown file type\n", fileName);
+		errorMsg("%s: Unknown file type\n", fileName);
 		return ( FALSE);
 	}
 
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ static int writeFileToTarball(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf, void*
 
 	/* It is against the rules to archive a socket */
 	if (S_ISSOCK(statbuf->st_mode)) {
-		errorMsg("tar: %s: socket ignored\n", fileName);
+		errorMsg("%s: socket ignored\n", fileName);
 		return( TRUE);
 	}
 
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ static int writeFileToTarball(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf, void*
 	 * the new tarball */
 	if (tbInfo->statBuf.st_dev == statbuf->st_dev &&
 			tbInfo->statBuf.st_ino == statbuf->st_ino) {
-		errorMsg("tar: %s: file is the archive; skipping\n", fileName);
+		errorMsg("%s: file is the archive; skipping\n", fileName);
 		return( TRUE);
 	}
 
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ static int writeFileToTarball(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf, void*
 
 		/* open the file we want to archive, and make sure all is well */
 		if ((inputFileFd = open(fileName, O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
-			errorMsg("tar: %s: Cannot open: %s\n", fileName, strerror(errno));
+			errorMsg("%s: Cannot open: %s\n", fileName, strerror(errno));
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
 		
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ static int writeTarFile(const char* tarName, int tostdoutFlag,
 
 	/* Make sure there is at least one file to tar up.  */
 	if (argc <= 0)
-		fatalError("tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive\n");
+		fatalError("Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive\n");
 
 	/* Open the tar file for writing.  */
 	if (tostdoutFlag == TRUE)
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ static int writeTarFile(const char* tarName, int tostdoutFlag,
 	else
 		tbInfo.tarFd = open (tarName, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
 	if (tbInfo.tarFd < 0) {
-		errorMsg( "tar: Error opening '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
+		errorMsg( "Error opening '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
 		return ( FALSE);
 	}
 	tbInfo.excludeList=excludeList;
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ static int writeTarFile(const char* tarName, int tostdoutFlag,
 	/* Hang up the tools, close up shop, head home */
 	close(tarFd);
 	if (errorFlag == TRUE) {
-		errorMsg("tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
+		errorMsg("Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
 		return(FALSE);
 	}
 	return( TRUE);
diff --git a/touch.c b/touch.c
index f52bb0284..ac275423c 100644
--- a/touch.c
+++ b/touch.c
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ extern int touch_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			if (create == FALSE && errno == ENOENT)
 				exit(TRUE);
 			else {
-				fatalError("touch: %s", strerror(errno));
+				fatalError("%s", strerror(errno));
 			}
 		}
 		close(fd);
 		if (utime(*argv, NULL)) {
-			fatalError("touch: %s", strerror(errno));
+			fatalError("%s", strerror(errno));
 		}
 		argc--;
 		argv++;
diff --git a/tr.c b/tr.c
index 5a8116db0..293bbce6b 100644
--- a/tr.c
+++ b/tr.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ extern int tr_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			complement(input);
 		if (argv[index] != NULL) {
 			if (*argv[index] == '\0')
-				fatalError("tr: STRING2 cannot be empty\n");
+				fatalError("STRING2 cannot be empty\n");
 			expand(argv[index], output);
 			map(input, output);
 		}
diff --git a/umount.c b/umount.c
index fc9b466c6..59dcb6651 100644
--- a/umount.c
+++ b/umount.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static int do_umount(const char *name, int useMtab)
 	if (status != 0 && doForce == TRUE) {
 		status = umount2(blockDevice, MNT_FORCE);
 		if (status != 0) {
-			fatalError("umount: forced umount of %s failed!\n", blockDevice);
+			fatalError("forced umount of %s failed!\n", blockDevice);
 		}
 	}
 #endif
diff --git a/util-linux/freeramdisk.c b/util-linux/freeramdisk.c
index a6fa2431f..927c16946 100644
--- a/util-linux/freeramdisk.c
+++ b/util-linux/freeramdisk.c
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ freeramdisk_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	if ((f = open(argv[1], O_RDWR)) == -1) {
-		fatalError( "freeramdisk: cannot open %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
+		fatalError( "cannot open %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
 	}
 	if (ioctl(f, BLKFLSBUF) < 0) {
-		fatalError( "freeramdisk: failed ioctl on %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
+		fatalError( "failed ioctl on %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
 	}
 	/* Don't bother closing.  Exit does
 	 * that, so we can save a few bytes */
diff --git a/util-linux/mount.c b/util-linux/mount.c
index 66599a618..900ab30a7 100644
--- a/util-linux/mount.c
+++ b/util-linux/mount.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ do_mount(char *specialfile, char *dir, char *filesystemtype,
 #endif
 
 	if (errno == EPERM) {
-		fatalError("mount: permission denied. Are you root?\n");
+		fatalError("permission denied. Are you root?\n");
 	}
 
 	return (FALSE);
diff --git a/util-linux/umount.c b/util-linux/umount.c
index fc9b466c6..59dcb6651 100644
--- a/util-linux/umount.c
+++ b/util-linux/umount.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static int do_umount(const char *name, int useMtab)
 	if (status != 0 && doForce == TRUE) {
 		status = umount2(blockDevice, MNT_FORCE);
 		if (status != 0) {
-			fatalError("umount: forced umount of %s failed!\n", blockDevice);
+			fatalError("forced umount of %s failed!\n", blockDevice);
 		}
 	}
 #endif
diff --git a/utility.c b/utility.c
index 0f78f287f..6d1e1d4bb 100644
--- a/utility.c
+++ b/utility.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ extern void errorMsg(const char *s, ...)
 
 	va_start(p, s);
 	fflush(stdout);
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", applet_name);
 	vfprintf(stderr, s, p);
 	va_end(p);
 	fflush(stderr);
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ extern void fatalError(const char *s, ...)
 
 	va_start(p, s);
 	fflush(stdout);
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", applet_name);
 	vfprintf(stderr, s, p);
 	va_end(p);
 	fflush(stderr);
@@ -1360,7 +1362,7 @@ extern pid_t* findPidByName( char* pidName)
 				&& (strlen(pidName) == strlen(info.command_line))) {
 			pidList=realloc( pidList, sizeof(pid_t) * (j+2));
 			if (pidList==NULL)
-				fatalError(memory_exhausted, "");
+				fatalError(memory_exhausted);
 			pidList[j++]=info.pid;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1433,7 +1435,7 @@ extern pid_t* findPidByName( char* pidName)
 				&& (strlen(pidName) == strlen(p))) {
 			pidList=realloc( pidList, sizeof(pid_t) * (i+2));
 			if (pidList==NULL)
-				fatalError(memory_exhausted, "");
+				fatalError(memory_exhausted);
 			pidList[i++]=strtol(next->d_name, NULL, 0);
 		}
 	}
@@ -1450,7 +1452,7 @@ extern void *xmalloc(size_t size)
 	void *cp = malloc(size);
 
 	if (cp == NULL)
-		fatalError(memory_exhausted, "");
+		fatalError(memory_exhausted);
 	return cp;
 }
 
@@ -1464,7 +1466,7 @@ extern char * xstrdup (const char *s) {
 	t = strdup (s);
 
 	if (t == NULL)
-		fatalError(memory_exhausted, "");
+		fatalError(memory_exhausted);
 
 	return t;
 }
diff --git a/uudecode.c b/uudecode.c
index ac33762b0..12a71a573 100644
--- a/uudecode.c
+++ b/uudecode.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static int decode (const char *inname,
       && (freopen (outname, "w", stdout) == NULL
 	  || chmod (outname, mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO))
          )) {
-    errorMsg("uudeoce %s: %s %s\n", outname, inname, strerror(errno)); /* */
+    errorMsg("%s: %s %s\n", outname, inname, strerror(errno)); /* */
     return FALSE;
   }
 
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ int uudecode_main (int argc,
         if (decode (argv[optind], outname) != 0)
           exit_status = FALSE;
       } else {
-        errorMsg("uudecode: %s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
+        errorMsg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
         exit_status = FALSE;
       }
       optind++;
diff --git a/uuencode.c b/uuencode.c
index e4fc1a0bc..e107a01e7 100644
--- a/uuencode.c
+++ b/uuencode.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ int uuencode_main (int argc,
    case 2:
     /* Optional first argument is input file.  */
     if (!freopen (argv[optind], "r", stdin) || fstat (fileno (stdin), &sb)) {
-      errorMsg("uuencode: %s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
+      errorMsg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
       exit FALSE;
     }
     mode = sb.st_mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);