Changeset 19327 for release-kits/shared/linux/wrapper.cpp

Timestamp:

2009-05-06T10:57:13+12:00 (15 years ago)

Author:

oranfry

Message:

improved error message after changed behavior

File:

• release-kits/shared/linux/wrapper.cpp (modified) (1 diff)

release-kits/shared/linux/wrapper.cpp

@@ -32 +32 @@
     succeeded = ( 0 == system( ("mkdir " + tempdir).c_str() ) );
     if ( !succeeded ) {
-        cout << "Failed to write to create the temp directory '" << tempdir << "'" << endl;
-        cout << "Check that it does not already exist and try again" << endl;
+        cout << "Failed to create the temp directory '" << tempdir << "'. " <<
+         "Check that it does not already exist. Also check that you have write " <<
+         "permissions to '" << scratch << "', or set the environment variable TMPDIR to " <<
+         "a directory where you do have write permissions." <<
+         endl;
+
         cout << "Exiting" << endl;
         return 1;