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Diffstat (limited to 'libbb/xreadlink.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | libbb/xreadlink.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/xreadlink.c b/libbb/xreadlink.c index 6bff4beae..8d232f16b 100644 --- a/libbb/xreadlink.c +++ b/libbb/xreadlink.c @@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ char* FAST_FUNC xmalloc_readlink_or_warn(const char *path) char *buf = xmalloc_readlink(path); if (!buf) { /* EINVAL => "file: Invalid argument" => puzzled user */ - bb_error_msg("%s: cannot read link (not a symlink?)", path); + const char *errmsg = "not a symlink"; + int err = errno; + if (err != EINVAL) + errmsg = strerror(err); + bb_error_msg("%s: cannot read link: %s", path, errmsg); } return buf; } |