utils

commit c4df8288b292117372541cfdd872097f45d134b5
parent 9d3cbdb7911f7dd9e156e34f95c09509ee53c66c
Author: amrfti <andrew@kloet.net>
Date:   Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:27:04 -0500

helpful errors

Diffstat:
M
vidir.c
 | 
13
+++++++++----

1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/vidir.c b/vidir.c
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       }
 
       if (rename(old, p) != 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "failed to rename %s -> %s: %s\n", old, p,
-                strerror(errno));
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s -> %s: ", old, newname);
+        perror("");
         error_flag = 1;
       } else {
         if (verbose)
@@ -204,8 +204,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   /* Delete files that were not in the edited file */
   for (int i = 0; i < n_items; i++) {
     if (!seen[i]) {
-      if (rm_path(items[i].path) == 0 && verbose)
-        printf("Removed: %s\n", items[i].path);
+      if (rm_path(items[i].path) != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", items[i].path);
+        perror("cannot remove");
+        error_flag = 1;
+      } else if (verbose) {
+        printf("removed '%s'\n", items[i].path);
+      }
     }
     free(items[i].path);
   }