This patch, put together by Manuel Novoa III, is a merge of work
done by Evin Robertson (bug#1105) and work from Manuel to make
usage messages occupy less space and simplify how usage messages
are displayed.
diff --git a/coreutils/mkfifo.c b/coreutils/mkfifo.c
index b31e6f1..56a04f7 100644
--- a/coreutils/mkfifo.c
+++ b/coreutils/mkfifo.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
/* Parse any options */
while (argc > 1) {
if (**argv != '-')
- usage(mkfifo_usage);
+ show_usage();
thisarg = *argv;
thisarg++;
switch (*thisarg) {
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@
parse_mode(*argv, &mode);
break;
default:
- usage(mkfifo_usage);
+ show_usage();
}
argc--;
argv++;
}
if (argc < 1 || *argv[0] == '-')
- usage(mkfifo_usage);
+ show_usage();
if (mkfifo(*argv, mode) < 0)
perror_msg_and_die("mkfifo");
return EXIT_SUCCESS;