Re: Style of file error messages

["Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>]

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Just to get an opinion, which is better:
>
> could not open transaction log file "%s": %m
> could not open control file "%s": %m
> could not open data file "%s": %m
> could not open temporary file "%s": %m
> could not open whatever file "%s": %m
>
> or just:
>
> could not open file "%s": %m
>
> It seems to me that by the time you get to a file error message of this 
> level, the higher-level purpose of the file is pretty irrelevant.  
> (Specific exceptions might exist.)  Log analysis tools might also 
> prefer a uniform format.
>
> Anyway, some consistency either way would be nice.

Since we use a relative path to $PGDATA I think that:

could not open file "%s" : %m

is plenty.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


>


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