Changed names of functions in utility.c and all affected files, to make
compliant with the style guide. Everybody rebuild your tags file!
diff --git a/applets/busybox.c b/applets/busybox.c
index 857367b..212d467 100644
--- a/applets/busybox.c
+++ b/applets/busybox.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	if (len != -1) {
 		path[len] = 0;
 	} else {
-		errorMsg("%s: %s\n", proc, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("%s: %s\n", proc, strerror(errno));
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	return strdup(path);
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 		rc = Link(busybox, command);
 
 		if (rc) {
-			errorMsg("%s: %s\n", command, strerror(errno));
+			error_msg("%s: %s\n", command, strerror(errno));
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/ar.c b/ar.c
index a9a0a0a..88cdd4f 100644
--- a/ar.c
+++ b/ar.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 
         headerStart = lseek(srcFd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
         lseek(srcFd, (off_t) 257, SEEK_CUR);
-        fullRead(srcFd, magic, 6);
+        full_read(srcFd, magic, 6);
         lseek(srcFd, headerStart, SEEK_SET);
         if (strncmp(magic, "ustar", 5)!=0)
                 return(FALSE);
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 	off_t initialOffset;
 
         initialOffset = lseek(srcFd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
-        if (fullRead(srcFd, (char *) &rawTarHeader, 512) != 512) {
+        if (full_read(srcFd, (char *) &rawTarHeader, 512) != 512) {
                 lseek(srcFd, initialOffset, SEEK_SET);
                 return(FALSE);
         }
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@
         char arMagic[8];
 
         headerStart = lseek(srcFd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
-        if (fullRead(srcFd, arMagic, 8) != 8) {
-                errorMsg("fatal error\n");
+        if (full_read(srcFd, arMagic, 8) != 8) {
+                error_msg("fatal error\n");
                 return (FALSE);
         }
         lseek(srcFd, headerStart, SEEK_SET);
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
         off_t   initialOffset;
 
         initialOffset = lseek(srcFd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
-        if (fullRead(srcFd, (char *) &rawArHeader, 60) != 60) {
+        if (full_read(srcFd, (char *) &rawArHeader, 60) != 60) {
                 lseek(srcFd, initialOffset, SEEK_SET);
                 return(FALSE);
         }
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
 
 			if (entry->size > MAX_NAME_LENGTH)
 				entry->size = MAX_NAME_LENGTH;
-			fullRead(srcFd, tempName, entry->size);
+			full_read(srcFd, tempName, entry->size);
 			tempName[entry->size-3]='\0';
 			
 			/* read the second header for this entry */
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 			if ((entry->name[0]='/') && (entry->name[1]='0'))
 				strcpy(entry->name, tempName);
 			else {
-				errorMsg("Invalid long filename\n");
+				error_msg("Invalid long filename\n");
 				return(FALSE);
 			}
 		}
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
 		usage(ar_usage);
 	
 	if ( (srcFd = open(argv[optind], O_RDONLY)) < 0)
-		fatalError("Cannot read %s\n", argv[optind]);
+		error_msg_and_die("Cannot read %s\n", argv[optind]);
 
  	optind++;	
 	entry = (headerL_t *) xmalloc(sizeof(headerL_t));
@@ -368,8 +368,8 @@
 	
         while(extractList->next != NULL) {	
 		if (funct & EXT_TO_FILE) {
- 			if (isDirectory(extractList->name, TRUE, NULL)==FALSE)
-				createPath(extractList->name, 0666);
+ 			if (is_directory(extractList->name, TRUE, NULL)==FALSE)
+				create_path(extractList->name, 0666);
 			dstFd = open(extractList->name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, extractList->mode);
 			lseek(srcFd, extractList->offset, SEEK_SET);
         		copy_file_chunk(srcFd, dstFd, (size_t) extractList->size);
@@ -380,9 +380,9 @@
 		}
 		if ( (funct & DISPLAY) || (funct & VERBOSE)) {
 			if (funct & VERBOSE)
-				printf("%s %d/%d %8d %s ", modeString(extractList->mode), 
+				printf("%s %d/%d %8d %s ", mode_string(extractList->mode), 
 					extractList->uid, extractList->gid,
-					extractList->size, timeString(extractList->mtime));
+					extractList->size, time_string(extractList->mtime));
 		        printf("%s\n", extractList->name);
 		}
 		extractList=extractList->next;
diff --git a/archival/ar.c b/archival/ar.c
index a9a0a0a..88cdd4f 100644
--- a/archival/ar.c
+++ b/archival/ar.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 
         headerStart = lseek(srcFd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
         lseek(srcFd, (off_t) 257, SEEK_CUR);
-        fullRead(srcFd, magic, 6);
+        full_read(srcFd, magic, 6);
         lseek(srcFd, headerStart, SEEK_SET);
         if (strncmp(magic, "ustar", 5)!=0)
                 return(FALSE);
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 	off_t initialOffset;
 
         initialOffset = lseek(srcFd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
-        if (fullRead(srcFd, (char *) &rawTarHeader, 512) != 512) {
+        if (full_read(srcFd, (char *) &rawTarHeader, 512) != 512) {
                 lseek(srcFd, initialOffset, SEEK_SET);
                 return(FALSE);
         }
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@
         char arMagic[8];
 
         headerStart = lseek(srcFd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
-        if (fullRead(srcFd, arMagic, 8) != 8) {
-                errorMsg("fatal error\n");
+        if (full_read(srcFd, arMagic, 8) != 8) {
+                error_msg("fatal error\n");
                 return (FALSE);
         }
         lseek(srcFd, headerStart, SEEK_SET);
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
         off_t   initialOffset;
 
         initialOffset = lseek(srcFd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
-        if (fullRead(srcFd, (char *) &rawArHeader, 60) != 60) {
+        if (full_read(srcFd, (char *) &rawArHeader, 60) != 60) {
                 lseek(srcFd, initialOffset, SEEK_SET);
                 return(FALSE);
         }
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
 
 			if (entry->size > MAX_NAME_LENGTH)
 				entry->size = MAX_NAME_LENGTH;
-			fullRead(srcFd, tempName, entry->size);
+			full_read(srcFd, tempName, entry->size);
 			tempName[entry->size-3]='\0';
 			
 			/* read the second header for this entry */
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 			if ((entry->name[0]='/') && (entry->name[1]='0'))
 				strcpy(entry->name, tempName);
 			else {
-				errorMsg("Invalid long filename\n");
+				error_msg("Invalid long filename\n");
 				return(FALSE);
 			}
 		}
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
 		usage(ar_usage);
 	
 	if ( (srcFd = open(argv[optind], O_RDONLY)) < 0)
-		fatalError("Cannot read %s\n", argv[optind]);
+		error_msg_and_die("Cannot read %s\n", argv[optind]);
 
  	optind++;	
 	entry = (headerL_t *) xmalloc(sizeof(headerL_t));
@@ -368,8 +368,8 @@
 	
         while(extractList->next != NULL) {	
 		if (funct & EXT_TO_FILE) {
- 			if (isDirectory(extractList->name, TRUE, NULL)==FALSE)
-				createPath(extractList->name, 0666);
+ 			if (is_directory(extractList->name, TRUE, NULL)==FALSE)
+				create_path(extractList->name, 0666);
 			dstFd = open(extractList->name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, extractList->mode);
 			lseek(srcFd, extractList->offset, SEEK_SET);
         		copy_file_chunk(srcFd, dstFd, (size_t) extractList->size);
@@ -380,9 +380,9 @@
 		}
 		if ( (funct & DISPLAY) || (funct & VERBOSE)) {
 			if (funct & VERBOSE)
-				printf("%s %d/%d %8d %s ", modeString(extractList->mode), 
+				printf("%s %d/%d %8d %s ", mode_string(extractList->mode), 
 					extractList->uid, extractList->gid,
-					extractList->size, timeString(extractList->mtime));
+					extractList->size, time_string(extractList->mtime));
 		        printf("%s\n", extractList->name);
 		}
 		extractList=extractList->next;
diff --git a/archival/gunzip.c b/archival/gunzip.c
index eeff977..a5846c3 100644
--- a/archival/gunzip.c
+++ b/archival/gunzip.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 
 /* Diagnostic functions */
 #ifdef DEBUG
-#  define Assert(cond,msg) {if(!(cond)) errorMsg(msg);}
+#  define Assert(cond,msg) {if(!(cond)) error_msg(msg);}
 #  define Trace(x) fprintf x
 #  define Tracev(x) {if (verbose) fprintf x ;}
 #  define Tracevv(x) {if (verbose>1) fprintf x ;}
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
 
 		method = (int) get_byte();
 		if (method != DEFLATED) {
-			errorMsg("unknown method %d -- get newer version of gzip\n", method);
+			error_msg("unknown method %d -- get newer version of gzip\n", method);
 			exit_code = ERROR;
 			return -1;
 		}
@@ -1114,13 +1114,13 @@
 		int res = inflate();
 
 		if (res == 3) {
-			errorMsg(memory_exhausted);
+			error_msg(memory_exhausted);
 		} else if (res != 0) {
-			errorMsg("invalid compressed data--format violated\n");
+			error_msg("invalid compressed data--format violated\n");
 		}
 
 	} else {
-		errorMsg("internal error, invalid method\n");
+		error_msg("internal error, invalid method\n");
 	}
 
 	/* Get the crc and original length */
@@ -1149,10 +1149,10 @@
 
 	/* Validate decompression */
 	if (orig_crc != updcrc(outbuf, 0)) {
-		errorMsg("invalid compressed data--crc error\n");
+		error_msg("invalid compressed data--crc error\n");
 	}
 	if (orig_len != (ulg) bytes_out) {
-		errorMsg("invalid compressed data--length error\n");
+		error_msg("invalid compressed data--length error\n");
 	}
 
 	/* Check if there are more entries in a pkzip file */
@@ -1225,9 +1225,9 @@
 	}
 
 	if (isatty(fileno(stdin)) && fromstdin==1 && force==0)
-		fatalError( "data not read from terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");
+		error_msg_and_die( "data not read from terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");
 	if (isatty(fileno(stdout)) && tostdout==1 && force==0)
-		fatalError( "data not written to terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");
+		error_msg_and_die( "data not written to terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");
 
 
 	foreground = signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN) != SIG_IGN;
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@
 		if (argc <= 0)
 			usage(gunzip_usage);
 		if (strlen(*argv) > MAX_PATH_LEN) {
-			errorMsg(name_too_long);
+			error_msg(name_too_long);
 			exit(WARNING);
 		}
 		strcpy(ifname, *argv);
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@
 
 		/* And get to work */
 		if (strlen(ifname) > MAX_PATH_LEN - 4) {
-			errorMsg(name_too_long);
+			error_msg(name_too_long);
 			exit(WARNING);
 		}
 		strcpy(ofname, ifname);
diff --git a/archival/gzip.c b/archival/gzip.c
index d8c22a9..49c429b 100644
--- a/archival/gzip.c
+++ b/archival/gzip.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 #  define DECLARE(type, array, size)  type * array
 #  define ALLOC(type, array, size) { \
       array = (type*)calloc((size_t)(((size)+1L)/2), 2*sizeof(type)); \
-      if (array == NULL) errorMsg(memory_exhausted); \
+      if (array == NULL) error_msg(memory_exhausted); \
    }
 #  define FREE(array) {if (array != NULL) free(array), array=NULL;}
 #else
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 
 /* Diagnostic functions */
 #ifdef DEBUG
-#  define Assert(cond,msg) {if(!(cond)) errorMsg(msg);}
+#  define Assert(cond,msg) {if(!(cond)) error_msg(msg);}
 #  define Trace(x) fprintf x
 #  define Tracev(x) {if (verbose) fprintf x ;}
 #  define Tracevv(x) {if (verbose>1) fprintf x ;}
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@
 			   (char *) window + start, length) != EQUAL) {
 		fprintf(stderr,
 				" start %d, match %d, length %d\n", start, match, length);
-		errorMsg("invalid match\n");
+		error_msg("invalid match\n");
 	}
 	if (verbose > 1) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "\\[%d,%d]", start - match, length);
@@ -1819,9 +1819,9 @@
 	}
 
 	if (isatty(fileno(stdin)) && fromstdin==1 && force==0)
-		fatalError( "data not read from terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");
+		error_msg_and_die( "data not read from terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");
 	if (isatty(fileno(stdout)) && tostdout==1 && force==0)
-		fatalError( "data not written to terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");
+		error_msg_and_die( "data not written to terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");
 
 	foreground = signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN) != SIG_IGN;
 	if (foreground) {
@@ -2900,7 +2900,7 @@
 #endif
 		/* Since LIT_BUFSIZE <= 2*WSIZE, the input data must be there: */
 		if (buf == (char *) 0)
-			errorMsg("block vanished\n");
+			error_msg("block vanished\n");
 
 		copy_block(buf, (unsigned) stored_len, 0);	/* without header */
 		compressed_len = stored_len << 3;
@@ -3083,7 +3083,7 @@
 		bin_freq += dyn_ltree[n++].Freq;
 	*file_type = bin_freq > (ascii_freq >> 2) ? BINARY : ASCII;
 	if (*file_type == BINARY && translate_eol) {
-		errorMsg("-l used on binary file\n");
+		error_msg("-l used on binary file\n");
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3239,13 +3239,13 @@
 	nargv = (char **) calloc(*argcp + 1, sizeof(char *));
 
 	if (nargv == NULL)
-		errorMsg(memory_exhausted);
+		error_msg(memory_exhausted);
 	oargv = *argvp;
 	*argvp = nargv;
 
 	/* Copy the program name first */
 	if (oargc-- < 0)
-		errorMsg("argc<=0\n");
+		error_msg("argc<=0\n");
 	*(nargv++) = *(oargv++);
 
 	/* Then copy the environment args */
diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 906fd7e..cc7ba3b 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@
 					break;					
 				case 'f':
 					if (*tarName != '-')
-						fatalError( "Only one 'f' option allowed\n");
+						error_msg_and_die( "Only one 'f' option allowed\n");
 					tarName = *(++argv);
 					if (tarName == NULL)
-						fatalError( "Option requires an argument: No file specified\n");
+						error_msg_and_die( "Option requires an argument: No file specified\n");
 					stopIt=TRUE;
 					break;
 #if defined BB_FEATURE_TAR_EXCLUDE
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 						excludeList=xrealloc( excludeList, sizeof(char**) * (excludeListSize+2));
 						excludeList[excludeListSize] = *(++argv);
 						if (excludeList[excludeListSize] == NULL)
-							fatalError( "Option requires an argument: No file specified\n");
+							error_msg_and_die( "Option requires an argument: No file specified\n");
 						/* Remove leading "/"s */
 						if (*excludeList[excludeListSize] =='/')
 							excludeList[excludeListSize] = (excludeList[excludeListSize])+1;
@@ -216,13 +216,13 @@
 					}
                                 case 'X':
                                        if (*excludeFileName != '-')
-                                               fatalError("Only one 'X' option allowed\n");
+                                               error_msg_and_die("Only one 'X' option allowed\n");
                                        excludeFileName = *(++argv);
                                        if  (excludeFileName == NULL)
-                                               fatalError("Option requires an argument: No file specified\n");
+                                               error_msg_and_die("Option requires an argument: No file specified\n");
                                        fileList = fopen (excludeFileName, "rt");
                                        if (! fileList)
-                                               fatalError("Exclude file: file not found\n");
+                                               error_msg_and_die("Exclude file: file not found\n");
                                        while (!feof(fileList)) {
                                                fscanf(fileList, "%s", file);
                                                excludeList=xrealloc( excludeList, sizeof(char**) * (excludeListSize+2));
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (createFlag == TRUE) {
 #ifndef BB_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE
-		fatalError( "This version of tar was not compiled with tar creation support.\n");
+		error_msg_and_die( "This version of tar was not compiled with tar creation support.\n");
 #else
 		status = writeTarFile(tarName, verboseFlag, argv, excludeList);
 #endif
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
   flagError:
-	fatalError( "Exactly one of 'c', 'x' or 't' must be specified\n");
+	error_msg_and_die( "Exactly one of 'c', 'x' or 't' must be specified\n");
 }
 					
 static void
@@ -301,10 +301,10 @@
 	if (extractFlag==TRUE && tostdoutFlag==FALSE) {
 		/* Create the path to the file, just in case it isn't there...
 		 * This should not screw up path permissions or anything. */
-		createPath(header->name, 0777);
+		create_path(header->name, 0777);
 		if ((outFd=open(header->name, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_WRONLY, 
 						header->mode & ~S_IFMT)) < 0) {
-			errorMsg(io_error, header->name, strerror(errno)); 
+			error_msg(io_error, header->name, strerror(errno)); 
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
 	}
@@ -322,9 +322,9 @@
 				readSize = size;
 			writeSize = size;
 		}
-		if ( (readSize = fullRead(header->tarFd, buffer, readSize)) <= 0 ) {
+		if ( (readSize = full_read(header->tarFd, buffer, readSize)) <= 0 ) {
 			/* Tarball seems to have a problem */
-			errorMsg("Unexpected EOF in archive\n"); 
+			error_msg("Unexpected EOF in archive\n"); 
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
 		if ( readSize < writeSize )
@@ -333,9 +333,9 @@
 		/* Write out the file, if we are supposed to be doing that */
 		if (extractFlag==TRUE) {
 
-			if ((actualWriteSz=fullWrite(outFd, buffer, writeSize)) != writeSize ) {
+			if ((actualWriteSz=full_write(outFd, buffer, writeSize)) != writeSize ) {
 				/* Output file seems to have a problem */
-				errorMsg(io_error, header->name, strerror(errno)); 
+				error_msg(io_error, header->name, strerror(errno)); 
 				return( FALSE);
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -361,13 +361,13 @@
 	if (extractFlag==FALSE || tostdoutFlag==TRUE)
 		return( TRUE);
 
-	if (createPath(header->name, header->mode) != TRUE) {
-		errorMsg("%s: Cannot mkdir: %s\n", 
+	if (create_path(header->name, header->mode) != TRUE) {
+		error_msg("%s: Cannot mkdir: %s\n", 
 				header->name, strerror(errno)); 
 		return( FALSE);
 	}
 	/* make the final component, just in case it was
-	 * omitted by createPath() (which will skip the
+	 * omitted by create_path() (which will skip the
 	 * directory if it doesn't have a terminating '/') */
 	if (mkdir(header->name, header->mode) == 0) {
 		fixUpPermissions(header);
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
 		return( TRUE);
 
 	if (link(header->linkname, header->name) < 0) {
-		errorMsg("%s: Cannot create hard link to '%s': %s\n", 
+		error_msg("%s: Cannot create hard link to '%s': %s\n", 
 				header->name, header->linkname, strerror(errno)); 
 		return( FALSE);
 	}
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
 
 #ifdef	S_ISLNK
 	if (symlink(header->linkname, header->name) < 0) {
-		errorMsg("%s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
+		error_msg("%s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
 				header->name, header->linkname, strerror(errno)); 
 		return( FALSE);
 	}
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
 	/* Do not change permissions or date on symlink,
 	 * since it changes the pointed to file instead.  duh. */
 #else
-	errorMsg("%s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
+	error_msg("%s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
 			header->name, header->linkname, 
 			"symlinks not supported"); 
 #endif
@@ -430,13 +430,13 @@
 
 	if (S_ISCHR(header->mode) || S_ISBLK(header->mode) || S_ISSOCK(header->mode)) {
 		if (mknod(header->name, header->mode, makedev(header->devmajor, header->devminor)) < 0) {
-			errorMsg("%s: Cannot mknod: %s\n",
+			error_msg("%s: Cannot mknod: %s\n",
 				header->name, strerror(errno)); 
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
 	} else if (S_ISFIFO(header->mode)) {
 		if (mkfifo(header->name, header->mode) < 0) {
-			errorMsg("%s: Cannot mkfifo: %s\n",
+			error_msg("%s: Cannot mkfifo: %s\n",
 				header->name, strerror(errno)); 
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
@@ -455,9 +455,9 @@
 	long val = 0;
 
 	for(;(size > 0) && (*cp == ' '); cp++, size--);
-	if ((size == 0) || !isOctal(*cp))
+	if ((size == 0) || !is_octal(*cp))
 		return -1;
-	for(; (size > 0) && isOctal(*cp); size--) {
+	for(; (size > 0) && is_octal(*cp); size--) {
 		val = val * 8 + *cp++ - '0';
 	}
 	for (;(size > 0) && (*cp == ' '); cp++, size--);
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
 			++*(header->name);
 
 		if (alreadyWarned == FALSE) {
-			errorMsg("Removing leading '/' from member names\n");
+			error_msg("Removing leading '/' from member names\n");
 			alreadyWarned = TRUE;
 		}
 	}
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
 	else
 		tarFd = open(tarName, O_RDONLY);
 	if (tarFd < 0) {
-		errorMsg( "Error opening '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg( "Error opening '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
 		return ( FALSE);
 	}
 
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
 	umask(0);
 
 	/* Read the tar file, and iterate over it one file at a time */
-	while ( (status = fullRead(tarFd, (char*)&rawHeader, TAR_BLOCK_SIZE)) == TAR_BLOCK_SIZE ) {
+	while ( (status = full_read(tarFd, (char*)&rawHeader, TAR_BLOCK_SIZE)) == TAR_BLOCK_SIZE ) {
 
 		/* Try to read the header */
 		if ( readTarHeader(&rawHeader, &header) == FALSE ) {
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@
 				goto endgame;
 			} else {
 				errorFlag=TRUE;
-				errorMsg("Bad tar header, skipping\n");
+				error_msg("Bad tar header, skipping\n");
 				continue;
 			}
 		}
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@
 		}
 		if ( skipNextHeaderFlag == TRUE ) { 
 			skipNextHeaderFlag=FALSE;
-			errorMsg(name_longer_than_foo, NAME_SIZE); 
+			error_msg(name_longer_than_foo, NAME_SIZE); 
 			if (tarExtractRegularFile(&header, FALSE, FALSE) == FALSE)
 				errorFlag = TRUE;
 			continue;
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
 				char buf[35];
 				struct tm *tm = localtime (&(header.mtime));
 
-				len=printf("%s ", modeString(header.mode));
+				len=printf("%s ", mode_string(header.mode));
 				memset(buf, 0, 8*sizeof(char));
 				my_getpwuid(buf, header.uid);
 				if (! *buf)
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@
 				break;
 #endif
 			default:
-				errorMsg("Unknown file type '%c' in tar file\n", header.type);
+				error_msg("Unknown file type '%c' in tar file\n", header.type);
 				close( tarFd);
 				return( FALSE);
 		}
@@ -739,11 +739,11 @@
 	close(tarFd);
 	if (status > 0) {
 		/* Bummer - we read a partial header */
-		errorMsg( "Error reading '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg( "Error reading '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
 		return ( FALSE);
 	}
 	else if (errorFlag==TRUE) {
-		errorMsg( "Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
+		error_msg( "Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
 		return( FALSE);
 	} else 
 		return( status);
@@ -753,13 +753,13 @@
 	close( tarFd);
 	if (extractList != NULL) {
 		for (; *extractList != NULL; extractList++) {
-			errorMsg("%s: Not found in archive\n", *extractList);
+			error_msg("%s: Not found in archive\n", *extractList);
 			errorFlag = TRUE;
 		}
 	}
 	if ( *(header.name) == '\0' ) {
 		if (errorFlag==TRUE)
-			errorMsg( "Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
+			error_msg( "Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
 		else
 			return( TRUE);
 	} 
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@
 	if (*fileName=='/') {
 		static int alreadyWarned=FALSE;
 		if (alreadyWarned==FALSE) {
-			errorMsg("Removing leading '/' from member names\n");
+			error_msg("Removing leading '/' from member names\n");
 			alreadyWarned=TRUE;
 		}
 		strncpy(header.name, fileName+1, sizeof(header.name)); 
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@
 		header.typeflag  = SYMTYPE;
 		link_size = readlink(fileName, buffer, sizeof(buffer) - 1);
 		if ( link_size < 0) {
-			errorMsg("Error reading symlink '%s': %s\n", header.name, strerror(errno));
+			error_msg("Error reading symlink '%s': %s\n", header.name, strerror(errno));
 			return ( FALSE);
 		}
 		buffer[link_size] = '\0';
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@
 		header.typeflag  = REGTYPE;
 		putOctal(header.size, sizeof(header.size), statbuf->st_size);
 	} else {
-		errorMsg("%s: Unknown file type\n", fileName);
+		error_msg("%s: Unknown file type\n", fileName);
 		return ( FALSE);
 	}
 
@@ -994,8 +994,8 @@
 	putOctal(header.chksum, 7, chksum);
 	
 	/* Now write the header out to disk */
-	if ((size=fullWrite(tbInfo->tarFd, (char*)&header, sizeof(struct TarHeader))) < 0) {
-		errorMsg(io_error, fileName, strerror(errno)); 
+	if ((size=full_write(tbInfo->tarFd, (char*)&header, sizeof(struct TarHeader))) < 0) {
+		error_msg(io_error, fileName, strerror(errno)); 
 		return ( FALSE);
 	}
 	/* Pad the header up to the tar block size */
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@
 
 	/* It is against the rules to archive a socket */
 	if (S_ISSOCK(statbuf->st_mode)) {
-		errorMsg("%s: socket ignored\n", fileName);
+		error_msg("%s: socket ignored\n", fileName);
 		return( TRUE);
 	}
 
@@ -1045,12 +1045,12 @@
 	 * the new tarball */
 	if (tbInfo->statBuf.st_dev == statbuf->st_dev &&
 			tbInfo->statBuf.st_ino == statbuf->st_ino) {
-		errorMsg("%s: file is the archive; skipping\n", fileName);
+		error_msg("%s: file is the archive; skipping\n", fileName);
 		return( TRUE);
 	}
 
 	if (strlen(fileName) >= NAME_SIZE) {
-		errorMsg(name_longer_than_foo, NAME_SIZE);
+		error_msg(name_longer_than_foo, NAME_SIZE);
 		return ( TRUE);
 	}
 
@@ -1067,21 +1067,21 @@
 
 		/* open the file we want to archive, and make sure all is well */
 		if ((inputFileFd = open(fileName, O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
-			errorMsg("%s: Cannot open: %s\n", fileName, strerror(errno));
+			error_msg("%s: Cannot open: %s\n", fileName, strerror(errno));
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
 		
 		/* write the file to the archive */
-		while ( (size = fullRead(inputFileFd, buffer, sizeof(buffer))) > 0 ) {
-			if (fullWrite(tbInfo->tarFd, buffer, size) != size ) {
+		while ( (size = full_read(inputFileFd, buffer, sizeof(buffer))) > 0 ) {
+			if (full_write(tbInfo->tarFd, buffer, size) != size ) {
 				/* Output file seems to have a problem */
-				errorMsg(io_error, fileName, strerror(errno)); 
+				error_msg(io_error, fileName, strerror(errno)); 
 				return( FALSE);
 			}
 			readSize+=size;
 		}
 		if (size == -1) {
-			errorMsg(io_error, fileName, strerror(errno)); 
+			error_msg(io_error, fileName, strerror(errno)); 
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
 		/* Pad the file up to the tar block size */
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@
 
 	/* Make sure there is at least one file to tar up.  */
 	if (*argv == NULL)
-		fatalError("Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive\n");
 
 	/* Open the tar file for writing.  */
 	if (!strcmp(tarName, "-"))
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@
 	else
 		tbInfo.tarFd = open (tarName, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
 	if (tbInfo.tarFd < 0) {
-		errorMsg( "Error opening '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg( "Error opening '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
 		freeHardLinkInfo(&tbInfo.hlInfoHead);
 		return ( FALSE);
 	}
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@
 	/* Store the stat info for the tarball's file, so
 	 * can avoid including the tarball into itself....  */
 	if (fstat(tbInfo.tarFd, &tbInfo.statBuf) < 0)
-		fatalError(io_error, tarName, strerror(errno)); 
+		error_msg_and_die(io_error, tarName, strerror(errno)); 
 
 	/* Set the umask for this process so it doesn't 
 	 * screw up permission setting for us later. */
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@
 
 	/* Read the directory/files and iterate over them one at a time */
 	while (*argv != NULL) {
-		if (recursiveAction(*argv++, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE,
+		if (recursive_action(*argv++, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE,
 					writeFileToTarball, writeFileToTarball, 
 					(void*) &tbInfo) == FALSE) {
 			errorFlag = TRUE;
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@
 	/* Hang up the tools, close up shop, head home */
 	close(tarFd);
 	if (errorFlag == TRUE) {
-		errorMsg("Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
+		error_msg("Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
 		freeHardLinkInfo(&tbInfo.hlInfoHead);
 		return(FALSE);
 	}
diff --git a/busybox.c b/busybox.c
index 857367b..212d467 100644
--- a/busybox.c
+++ b/busybox.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	if (len != -1) {
 		path[len] = 0;
 	} else {
-		errorMsg("%s: %s\n", proc, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("%s: %s\n", proc, strerror(errno));
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	return strdup(path);
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 		rc = Link(busybox, command);
 
 		if (rc) {
-			errorMsg("%s: %s\n", command, strerror(errno));
+			error_msg("%s: %s\n", command, strerror(errno));
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/busybox.h b/busybox.h
index 63f3959..41421ae 100644
--- a/busybox.h
+++ b/busybox.h
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
 #define BUF_SIZE        8192
 #define EXPAND_ALLOC    1024
 
-static inline int isDecimal(ch) { return ((ch >= '0') && (ch <= '9')); }
-static inline int isOctal(ch)   { return ((ch >= '0') && (ch <= '7')); }
+static inline int is_decimal(ch) { return ((ch >= '0') && (ch <= '9')); }
+static inline int is_octal(ch)   { return ((ch >= '0') && (ch <= '7')); }
 
 /* Macros for min/max.  */
 #ifndef MIN
@@ -119,14 +119,14 @@
 extern int applet_name_compare(const void *x, const void *y);
 
 extern void usage(const char *usage) __attribute__ ((noreturn));
-extern void errorMsg(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
-extern void fatalError(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((noreturn, format (printf, 1, 2)));
-extern void perrorMsg(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
-extern void fatalPerror(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((noreturn, format (printf, 1, 2)));
+extern void error_msg(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
+extern void error_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((noreturn, format (printf, 1, 2)));
+extern void perror_msg(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
+extern void perror_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((noreturn, format (printf, 1, 2)));
 
-const char *modeString(int mode);
-const char *timeString(time_t timeVal);
-int isDirectory(const char *name, const int followLinks, struct stat *statBuf);
+const char *mode_string(int mode);
+const char *time_string(time_t timeVal);
+int is_directory(const char *name, const int followLinks, struct stat *statBuf);
 int isDevice(const char *name);
 
 typedef struct ino_dev_hash_bucket_struct {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 void add_to_ino_dev_hashtable(const struct stat *statbuf, const char *name);
 void reset_ino_dev_hashtable(void);
 
-int copyFile(const char *srcName, const char *destName,
+int copy_file(const char *srcName, const char *destName,
 		 int setModes, int followLinks, int forceFlag);
 int copy_file_chunk(int srcFd, int dstFd, size_t remaining);
 char *buildName(const char *dirName, const char *fileName);
@@ -147,20 +147,20 @@
 char *getChunk(int size);
 char *chunkstrdup(const char *str);
 void freeChunks(void);
-int fullWrite(int fd, const char *buf, int len);
-int fullRead(int fd, char *buf, int len);
-int recursiveAction(const char *fileName, int recurse, int followLinks, int depthFirst,
+int full_write(int fd, const char *buf, int len);
+int full_read(int fd, char *buf, int len);
+int recursive_action(const char *fileName, int recurse, int followLinks, int depthFirst,
 	  int (*fileAction) (const char *fileName, struct stat* statbuf, void* userData),
 	  int (*dirAction) (const char *fileName, struct stat* statbuf, void* userData),
 	  void* userData);
 
-extern int createPath (const char *name, int mode);
+extern int create_path (const char *name, int mode);
 extern int parse_mode( const char* s, mode_t* theMode);
 
 extern int get_kernel_revision(void);
 
 extern int get_console_fd(char* tty_name);
-extern struct mntent *findMountPoint(const char *name, const char *table);
+extern struct mntent *find_mount_point(const char *name, const char *table);
 extern void write_mtab(char* blockDevice, char* directory, 
 	char* filesystemType, long flags, char* string_flags);
 extern void erase_mtab(const char * name);
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@
 extern char *mtab_next(void **iter);
 extern char *mtab_getinfo(const char *match, const char which);
 extern int check_wildcard_match(const char* text, const char* pattern);
-extern long getNum (const char *cp);
-extern pid_t* findPidByName( char* pidName);
+extern long atoi_w_units (const char *cp);
+extern pid_t* find_pid_by_name( char* pidName);
 extern int find_real_root_device_name(char* name);
 extern char *get_line_from_file(FILE *file);
 extern void print_file(FILE *file);
diff --git a/chmod_chown_chgrp.c b/chmod_chown_chgrp.c
index e8ccb81..530c456 100644
--- a/chmod_chown_chgrp.c
+++ b/chmod_chown_chgrp.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 	case CHMOD_APP:
 		/* Parse the specified modes */
 		if (parse_mode(theMode, &(statbuf->st_mode)) == FALSE) {
-			fatalError( "unknown mode: %s\n", theMode);
+			error_msg_and_die( "unknown mode: %s\n", theMode);
 		}
 		if (chmod(fileName, statbuf->st_mode) == 0)
 			return (TRUE);
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (argc == 0 || *argv == NULL) {
-		errorMsg(too_few_args);
+		error_msg(too_few_args);
 	}
 
 	if (whichApp == CHMOD_APP) {
@@ -149,24 +149,24 @@
 			if (*argv == p)
 				uid = my_getpwnam(*argv);
 			if (uid == -1) {
-				fatalError( "unknown user name: %s\n", *argv);
+				error_msg_and_die( "unknown user name: %s\n", *argv);
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* Ok, ready to do the deed now */
 	if (argc < 1) {
-		fatalError(too_few_args);
+		error_msg_and_die(too_few_args);
 	}
 	while (argc-- > 1) {
-		if (recursiveAction (*(++argv), recursiveFlag, FALSE, FALSE, 
+		if (recursive_action (*(++argv), recursiveFlag, FALSE, FALSE, 
 					fileAction, fileAction, NULL) == FALSE)
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
   bad_group:
-	fatalError( "unknown group name: %s\n", groupName);
+	error_msg_and_die( "unknown group name: %s\n", groupName);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/chroot.c b/chroot.c
index f279af1..34daf7f 100644
--- a/chroot.c
+++ b/chroot.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 	argv++;
 
 	if (chroot(*argv) || (chdir("/"))) {
-		fatalError("cannot change root directory to %s: %s\n", *argv, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("cannot change root directory to %s: %s\n", *argv, strerror(errno));
 	}
 
 	argc--;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 #endif
 	}
-	fatalError("cannot execute %s: %s\n", prog, strerror(errno));
+	error_msg_and_die("cannot execute %s: %s\n", prog, strerror(errno));
 
 }
 
diff --git a/cmdedit.c b/cmdedit.c
index 94b8fc7..c32330b 100644
--- a/cmdedit.c
+++ b/cmdedit.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 		cmdedit_termw = w;
 		cmdedit_scroll = w / 3;
 	} else {
-		errorMsg("\n*** Error: minimum screen width is 21\n");
+		error_msg("\n*** Error: minimum screen width is 21\n");
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/console-tools/deallocvt.c b/console-tools/deallocvt.c
index 4600c0d..ebdce7b 100644
--- a/console-tools/deallocvt.c
+++ b/console-tools/deallocvt.c
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@
 		for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 			num = atoi(argv[i]);
 			if (num == 0)
-				errorMsg("0: illegal VT number\n");
+				error_msg("0: illegal VT number\n");
 			else if (num == 1)
-				errorMsg("VT 1 cannot be deallocated\n");
+				error_msg("VT 1 cannot be deallocated\n");
 			else if (ioctl(fd, VT_DISALLOCATE, num)) {
 				perror("VT_DISALLOCATE");
-				fatalError("could not deallocate console %d\n", num);
+				error_msg_and_die("could not deallocate console %d\n", num);
 			}
 		}
 printf("erik: C\n");
diff --git a/console-tools/dumpkmap.c b/console-tools/dumpkmap.c
index 77689fc..3ff5ef6 100644
--- a/console-tools/dumpkmap.c
+++ b/console-tools/dumpkmap.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 	fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_RDWR);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		errorMsg("Error opening /dev/tty0: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("Error opening /dev/tty0: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 				ke.kb_table = i;
 				if (ioctl(fd, KDGKBENT, &ke) < 0) {
 				
-					errorMsg("ioctl returned: %s, %s, %s, %xqq\n",strerror(errno),(char *)&ke.kb_index,(char *)&ke.kb_table,(int)&ke.kb_value);
+					error_msg("ioctl returned: %s, %s, %s, %xqq\n",strerror(errno),(char *)&ke.kb_index,(char *)&ke.kb_table,(int)&ke.kb_value);
 					}
 				else {
 					write(1,(void*)&ke.kb_value,2);	
diff --git a/console-tools/loadacm.c b/console-tools/loadacm.c
index 1562108..a696640 100644
--- a/console-tools/loadacm.c
+++ b/console-tools/loadacm.c
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
 
 	fd = open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		errorMsg("Error opening /dev/tty1: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("Error opening /dev/tty1: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
 	if (screen_map_load(fd, stdin)) {
-		errorMsg("Error loading acm: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("Error loading acm: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 		if (parse_failed) {
 			if (-1 == fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET)) {
 				if (errno == ESPIPE)
-					errorMsg("16bit screen-map MUST be a regular file.\n"),
+					error_msg("16bit screen-map MUST be a regular file.\n"),
 						exit(1);
 				else
 					perror("fseek failed reading binary 16bit screen-map"),
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 				perror("Cannot read [new] map from file"), exit(1);
 #if 0
 			else
-				errorMsg("Input screen-map is binary.\n");
+				error_msg("Input screen-map is binary.\n");
 #endif
 		}
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 	/* rewind... */
 	if (-1 == fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET)) {
 		if (errno == ESPIPE)
-			errorMsg("Assuming 8bit screen-map - MUST be a regular file.\n"),
+			error_msg("Assuming 8bit screen-map - MUST be a regular file.\n"),
 				exit(1);
 		else
 			perror("fseek failed assuming 8bit screen-map"), exit(1);
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 			if (-1 == fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET)) {
 				if (errno == ESPIPE)
 					/* should not - it succedeed above */
-					errorMsg("fseek() returned ESPIPE !\n"),
+					error_msg("fseek() returned ESPIPE !\n"),
 						exit(1);
 				else
 					perror("fseek for binary 8bit screen-map"), exit(1);
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 				perror("Cannot read [old] map from file"), exit(1);
 #if 0
 			else
-				errorMsg("Input screen-map is binary.\n");
+				error_msg("Input screen-map is binary.\n");
 #endif
 		}
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 		else
 			return 0;
 	}
-	errorMsg("Error parsing symbolic map\n");
+	error_msg("Error parsing symbolic map\n");
 	return(1);
 }
 
diff --git a/console-tools/loadfont.c b/console-tools/loadfont.c
index f69f52f..13a196f 100644
--- a/console-tools/loadfont.c
+++ b/console-tools/loadfont.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 	fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_RDWR);
 	if (fd < 0)
-		fatalPerror("Error opening /dev/tty0");
+		perror_msg_and_die("Error opening /dev/tty0");
 	loadnewfont(fd);
 
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
 
 	if (unit < 1 || unit > 32)
-		fatalError("Bad character size %d\n", unit);
+		error_msg_and_die("Bad character size %d\n", unit);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < fontsize; i++)
 		memcpy(buf + (32 * i), inbuf + (unit * i), unit);
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@
 
 		if (ioctl(fd, PIO_FONTX, &cfd) == 0)
 			return;				/* success */
-		perrorMsg("PIO_FONTX ioctl error (trying PIO_FONT)");
+		perror_msg("PIO_FONTX ioctl error (trying PIO_FONT)");
 	}
 #endif
 	if (ioctl(fd, PIO_FONT, buf))
-		fatalPerror("PIO_FONT ioctl error");
+		perror_msg_and_die("PIO_FONT ioctl error");
 }
 
 static void
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@
 	if (ioctl(fd, PIO_UNIMAPCLR, &advice)) {
 #ifdef ENOIOCTLCMD
 		if (errno == ENOIOCTLCMD) {
-			errorMsg("It seems this kernel is older than 1.1.92\n");
-			fatalError("No Unicode mapping table loaded.\n");
+			error_msg("It seems this kernel is older than 1.1.92\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("No Unicode mapping table loaded.\n");
 		} else
 #endif
-			fatalPerror("PIO_UNIMAPCLR");
+			perror_msg_and_die("PIO_UNIMAPCLR");
 	}
 	ud.entry_ct = ct;
 	ud.entries = up;
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 			/* change advice parameters */
 		}
 #endif
-		fatalPerror("PIO_UNIMAP");
+		perror_msg_and_die("PIO_UNIMAP");
 	}
 }
 
@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@
 	 */
 	inputlth = fread(inbuf, 1, sizeof(inbuf), stdin);
 	if (ferror(stdin))
-		fatalPerror("Error reading input font");
+		perror_msg_and_die("Error reading input font");
 	/* use malloc/realloc in case of giant files;
 	   maybe these do not occur: 16kB for the font,
 	   and 16kB for the map leaves 32 unicode values
 	   for each font position */
 	if (!feof(stdin))
-		fatalPerror("Font too large");
+		perror_msg_and_die("Font too large");
 
 	/* test for psf first */
 	{
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@
 			goto no_psf;
 
 		if (psfhdr.mode > PSF_MAXMODE)
-			fatalError("Unsupported psf file mode\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("Unsupported psf file mode\n");
 		fontsize = ((psfhdr.mode & PSF_MODE512) ? 512 : 256);
 #if !defined( PIO_FONTX ) || defined( __sparc__ )
 		if (fontsize != 256)
-			fatalError("Only fontsize 256 supported\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("Only fontsize 256 supported\n");
 #endif
 		hastable = (psfhdr.mode & PSF_MODEHASTAB);
 		unit = psfhdr.charsize;
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
 
 		head = head0 + fontsize * unit;
 		if (head > inputlth || (!hastable && head != inputlth))
-			fatalError("Input file: bad length\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("Input file: bad length\n");
 		do_loadfont(fd, inbuf + head0, unit, fontsize);
 		if (hastable)
 			do_loadtable(fd, inbuf + head, inputlth - head, fontsize);
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 	} else {
 		/* bare font */
 		if (inputlth & 0377)
-			fatalError("Bad input file size\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("Bad input file size\n");
 		offset = 0;
 		unit = inputlth / 256;
 	}
diff --git a/console-tools/loadkmap.c b/console-tools/loadkmap.c
index 7dfa670..fc24398 100644
--- a/console-tools/loadkmap.c
+++ b/console-tools/loadkmap.c
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@
 
 	fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_RDWR);
 	if (fd < 0)
-		fatalPerror("Error opening /dev/tty0");
+		perror_msg_and_die("Error opening /dev/tty0");
 
 	read(0, buff, 7);
 	if (0 != strncmp(buff, BINARY_KEYMAP_MAGIC, 7))
-		fatalError("This is not a valid binary keymap.\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("This is not a valid binary keymap.\n");
 
 	if (MAX_NR_KEYMAPS != read(0, flags, MAX_NR_KEYMAPS))
-		fatalPerror("Error reading keymap flags");
+		perror_msg_and_die("Error reading keymap flags");
 
 	ibuff = (u_short *) xmalloc(ibuffsz);
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 			pos = 0;
 			while (pos < ibuffsz) {
 				if ((readsz = read(0, (char *) ibuff + pos, ibuffsz - pos)) < 0)
-					fatalPerror("Error reading keymap");
+					perror_msg_and_die("Error reading keymap");
 				pos += readsz;
 			}
 			for (j = 0; j < NR_KEYS; j++) {
diff --git a/console-tools/setkeycodes.c b/console-tools/setkeycodes.c
index 6a31e04..7db398d 100644
--- a/console-tools/setkeycodes.c
+++ b/console-tools/setkeycodes.c
@@ -52,18 +52,18 @@
 	a.keycode = atoi(argv[2]);
 	a.scancode = sc = strtol(argv[1], &ep, 16);
 	if (*ep) {
-      fatalError("error reading SCANCODE: '%s'\n", argv[1]);
+      error_msg_and_die("error reading SCANCODE: '%s'\n", argv[1]);
 	}
 	if (a.scancode > 127) {
 	    a.scancode -= 0xe000;
 	    a.scancode += 128;
 	}
 	if (a.scancode > 255 || a.keycode > 127) {
-      fatalError("SCANCODE or KEYCODE outside bounds\n");
+      error_msg_and_die("SCANCODE or KEYCODE outside bounds\n");
 	}
 	if (ioctl(fd,KDSETKEYCODE,&a)) {
 	    perror("KDSETKEYCODE");
-		fatalError("failed to set SCANCODE %x to KEYCODE %d\n", sc, a.keycode);
+		error_msg_and_die("failed to set SCANCODE %x to KEYCODE %d\n", sc, a.keycode);
 	}
 	argc -= 2;
 	argv += 2;
diff --git a/coreutils/chroot.c b/coreutils/chroot.c
index f279af1..34daf7f 100644
--- a/coreutils/chroot.c
+++ b/coreutils/chroot.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 	argv++;
 
 	if (chroot(*argv) || (chdir("/"))) {
-		fatalError("cannot change root directory to %s: %s\n", *argv, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("cannot change root directory to %s: %s\n", *argv, strerror(errno));
 	}
 
 	argc--;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 #endif
 	}
-	fatalError("cannot execute %s: %s\n", prog, strerror(errno));
+	error_msg_and_die("cannot execute %s: %s\n", prog, strerror(errno));
 
 }
 
diff --git a/coreutils/cut.c b/coreutils/cut.c
index b281fa2..6e0fe83 100644
--- a/coreutils/cut.c
+++ b/coreutils/cut.c
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@
 	/* the list must contain only digits and no more than one minus sign */
 	for (ptr = (char *)list; *ptr; ptr++) {
 		if (!isdigit(*ptr) && *ptr != '-') {
-			fatalError("invalid byte or field list\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("invalid byte or field list\n");
 		}
 		if (*ptr == '-') {
 			nminus++;
 			if (nminus > 1) {
-				fatalError("invalid byte or field list\n");
+				error_msg_and_die("invalid byte or field list\n");
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 	if (nminus == 0) {
 		startpos = strtol(list, &ptr, 10);
 		if (startpos == 0) {
-			fatalError("missing list of fields\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("missing list of fields\n");
 		}
 		endpos = startpos;
 	}
@@ -188,14 +188,14 @@
 			case 'f':
 				/* make sure they didn't ask for two types of lists */
 				if (part != 0) {
-					fatalError("only one type of list may be specified");
+					error_msg_and_die("only one type of list may be specified");
 				}
 				part = (char)opt;
 				decompose_list(optarg);
 				break;
 			case 'd':
 				if (strlen(optarg) > 1) {
-					fatalError("the delimiter must be a single character\n");
+					error_msg_and_die("the delimiter must be a single character\n");
 				}
 				delim = optarg[0];
 				break;
@@ -209,16 +209,16 @@
 	}
 
 	if (part == 0) {
-		fatalError("you must specify a list of bytes, characters, or fields\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("you must specify a list of bytes, characters, or fields\n");
 	}
 
 	if (supress_non_delimited_lines && part != 'f') {
-		fatalError("suppressing non-delimited lines makes sense
+		error_msg_and_die("suppressing non-delimited lines makes sense
 	only when operating on fields\n");
 	}
 
 	if (delim != '\t' && part != 'f') {
-		fatalError("a delimiter may be specified only when operating on fields\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("a delimiter may be specified only when operating on fields\n");
 	}
 
 	/* argv[(optind)..(argc-1)] should be names of file to process. If no
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 		for (i = optind; i < argc; i++) {
 			file = fopen(argv[i], "r");
 			if (file == NULL) {
-				errorMsg("%s: %s\n", argv[i], strerror(errno));
+				error_msg("%s: %s\n", argv[i], strerror(errno));
 			} else {
 				cut_file(file);
 				fclose(file);
diff --git a/coreutils/date.c b/coreutils/date.c
index 2e69bde..73fc705 100644
--- a/coreutils/date.c
+++ b/coreutils/date.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 				&(tm_time->tm_min), &(tm_time->tm_year));
 
 	if (nr < 4 || nr > 5) {
-		fatalError(invalid_date, t_string); 
+		error_msg_and_die(invalid_date, t_string); 
 	}
 
 	/* correct for century  - minor Y2K problem here? */
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 		t.tm_mon -= 1;	/* Adjust dates from 1-12 to 0-11 */
 
 	} else {
-		fatalError(invalid_date, t_string); 
+		error_msg_and_die(invalid_date, t_string); 
 	}
 	*tm_time = t;
 	return (tm_time);
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 			case 'u':
 				utc = 1;
 				if (putenv("TZ=UTC0") != 0)
-					fatalError(memory_exhausted);
+					error_msg_and_die(memory_exhausted);
 				break;
 			case 'd':
 				use_arg = 1;
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 	} 
 #if 0
 	else {
-		errorMsg("date_str='%s'  date_fmt='%s'\n", date_str, date_fmt);
+		error_msg("date_str='%s'  date_fmt='%s'\n", date_str, date_fmt);
 		usage(date_usage);
 	}
 #endif
@@ -205,16 +205,16 @@
 		/* Correct any day of week and day of year etc fields */
 		tm = mktime(&tm_time);
 		if (tm < 0)
-			fatalError(invalid_date, date_str); 
+			error_msg_and_die(invalid_date, date_str); 
 		if ( utc ) {
 			if (putenv("TZ=UTC0") != 0)
-				fatalError(memory_exhausted);
+				error_msg_and_die(memory_exhausted);
 		}
 
 		/* if setting time, set it */
 		if (set_time) {
 			if (stime(&tm) < 0) {
-				perrorMsg("cannot set date");
+				perror_msg("cannot set date");
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/coreutils/dd.c b/coreutils/dd.c
index 044f167..626b548 100644
--- a/coreutils/dd.c
+++ b/coreutils/dd.c
@@ -71,28 +71,28 @@
 		else if (outFile == NULL && (strncmp(*argv, "of", 2) == 0))
 			outFile = ((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
 		else if (strncmp("count", *argv, 5) == 0) {
-			count = getNum((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
+			count = atoi_w_units((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
 			if (count < 0) {
-				errorMsg("Bad count value %s\n", *argv);
+				error_msg("Bad count value %s\n", *argv);
 				goto usage;
 			}
 		} else if (strncmp(*argv, "bs", 2) == 0) {
-			blockSize = getNum((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
+			blockSize = atoi_w_units((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
 			if (blockSize <= 0) {
-				errorMsg("Bad block size value %s\n", *argv);
+				error_msg("Bad block size value %s\n", *argv);
 				goto usage;
 			}
 		} else if (strncmp(*argv, "skip", 4) == 0) {
-			skipBlocks = getNum((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
+			skipBlocks = atoi_w_units((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
 			if (skipBlocks <= 0) {
-				errorMsg("Bad skip value %s\n", *argv);
+				error_msg("Bad skip value %s\n", *argv);
 				goto usage;
 			}
 
 		} else if (strncmp(*argv, "seek", 4) == 0) {
-			seekBlocks = getNum((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
+			seekBlocks = atoi_w_units((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
 			if (seekBlocks <= 0) {
-				errorMsg("Bad seek value %s\n", *argv);
+				error_msg("Bad seek value %s\n", *argv);
 				goto usage;
 			}
 		} else if (strncmp(*argv, "conv", 4) == 0) {
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 		 * here anyways... */
 
 		/* free(buf); */
-		fatalPerror("%s", inFile);
+		perror_msg_and_die("%s", inFile);
 	}
 
 	if (outFile == NULL)
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 
 		/* close(inFd);
 		   free(buf); */
-		fatalPerror("%s", outFile);
+		perror_msg_and_die("%s", outFile);
 	}
 
 	lseek(inFd, (off_t) (skipBlocks * blockSize), SEEK_SET);
@@ -146,13 +146,13 @@
 		ibs=BUFSIZ;
 			
 	while (totalSize > outTotal) {
-		inCc = fullRead(inFd, buf, ibs);
+		inCc = full_read(inFd, buf, ibs);
 		inTotal += inCc;
 		if ( (sync==TRUE) && (inCc>0) )
 			while (inCc<ibs)
 				buf[inCc++]='\0';
 
-		if ((outCc = fullWrite(outFd, buf, inCc)) < 1){
+		if ((outCc = full_write(outFd, buf, inCc)) < 1){
 			if (outCc < 0 ){
 				perror("Error during write");
 			}
diff --git a/coreutils/df.c b/coreutils/df.c
index 969a5b9..dc48490 100644
--- a/coreutils/df.c
+++ b/coreutils/df.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 	long blocks_percent_used;
 
 	if (statfs(mountPoint, &s) != 0) {
-		perrorMsg("%s", mountPoint);
+		perror_msg("%s", mountPoint);
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
 			usage(df_usage);
 		}
 		while (argc > 1) {
-			if ((mountEntry = findMountPoint(argv[1], mtab_file)) == 0) {
-				errorMsg("%s: can't find mount point.\n", argv[1]);
+			if ((mountEntry = find_mount_point(argv[1], mtab_file)) == 0) {
+				error_msg("%s: can't find mount point.\n", argv[1]);
 				status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 			} else if (!df(mountEntry->mnt_fsname, mountEntry->mnt_dir))
 				status = EXIT_FAILURE;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 
 		mountTable = setmntent(mtab_file, "r");
 		if (mountTable == 0) {
-			perrorMsg("%s", mtab_file);
+			perror_msg("%s", mtab_file);
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 
diff --git a/coreutils/du.c b/coreutils/du.c
index 313a910..fa76465 100644
--- a/coreutils/du.c
+++ b/coreutils/du.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 			}
 
 			if (len + strlen(name) + 1 > BUFSIZ) {
-				errorMsg(name_too_long);
+				error_msg(name_too_long);
 				du_depth--;
 				return 0;
 			}
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 		for (i=optind; i < argc; i++) {
 			if ((sum = du(argv[i])) == 0)
 				status = EXIT_FAILURE;
-			if (sum && isDirectory(argv[i], FALSE, NULL)) {
+			if (sum && is_directory(argv[i], FALSE, NULL)) {
 				print_normal(sum, argv[i]);
 			}
 			reset_ino_dev_hashtable();
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 	return status;
 }
 
-/* $Id: du.c,v 1.28 2000/12/06 15:56:31 kraai Exp $ */
+/* $Id: du.c,v 1.29 2000/12/07 19:56:48 markw Exp $ */
 /*
 Local Variables:
 c-file-style: "linux"
diff --git a/coreutils/expr.c b/coreutils/expr.c
index 670352e..eed2637 100644
--- a/coreutils/expr.c
+++ b/coreutils/expr.c
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@
 	VALUE *v;
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
-		fatalError("too few arguments\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("too few arguments\n");
 	}
 
 	args = argv + 1;
 
 	v = eval ();
 	if (*args)
-		fatalError ("syntax error\n");
+		error_msg_and_die ("syntax error\n");
 
 	if (v->type == integer)
 		printf ("%d\n", v->u.i);
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 int name (l, r) VALUE *l; VALUE *r;		\
 {						\
   if (!toarith (l) || !toarith (r))		\
-    fatalError ("non-numeric argument\n");	\
+    error_msg_and_die ("non-numeric argument\n");	\
   return l->u.i op r->u.i;			\
 }
 
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@
 int name (l, r) VALUE *l; VALUE *r;		\
 {						\
   if (!toarith (l) || !toarith (r))		\
-    fatalError ( "non-numeric argument\n");	\
+    error_msg_and_die ( "non-numeric argument\n");	\
   if (r->u.i == 0)				\
-    fatalError ( "division by zero\n");		\
+    error_msg_and_die ( "division by zero\n");		\
   return l->u.i op r->u.i;			\
 }
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 	re_syntax_options = RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC;
 	errmsg = re_compile_pattern (pv->u.s, len, &re_buffer);
 	if (errmsg) {
-		fatalError("%s\n", errmsg);
+		error_msg_and_die("%s\n", errmsg);
 	}
 
 	len = re_match (&re_buffer, sv->u.s, strlen (sv->u.s), 0, &re_regs);
@@ -301,19 +301,19 @@
 	VALUE *v;
 
 	if (!*args)
-		fatalError ( "syntax error\n");
+		error_msg_and_die ( "syntax error\n");
 
 	if (nextarg ("(")) {
 		args++;
 		v = eval ();
 		if (!nextarg (")"))
-			fatalError ( "syntax error\n");
+			error_msg_and_die ( "syntax error\n");
 			args++;
 			return v;
 		}
 
 	if (nextarg (")"))
-		fatalError ( "syntax error\n");
+		error_msg_and_die ( "syntax error\n");
 
 	return str_value (*args++);
 }
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 	if (nextarg ("quote")) {
 		args++;
 		if (!*args)
-			fatalError ( "syntax error\n");
+			error_msg_and_die ( "syntax error\n");
 		return str_value (*args++);
 	}
 	else if (nextarg ("length")) {
diff --git a/coreutils/head.c b/coreutils/head.c
index 92b43ba..f3aef1b 100644
--- a/coreutils/head.c
+++ b/coreutils/head.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 			}
 			head(len, fp);
 			if (errno) {
-				errorMsg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
+				error_msg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
 				status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 				errno = 0;
 			}
diff --git a/coreutils/id.c b/coreutils/id.c
index fdfc33c..86667f5 100644
--- a/coreutils/id.c
+++ b/coreutils/id.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 	pwnam=my_getpwnam(user);
 	grnam=my_getgrnam(group);
 	if (gid == -1 || pwnam==-1 || grnam==-1) {
-		fatalError("%s: No such user\n", user);
+		error_msg_and_die("%s: No such user\n", user);
 	}
 	if (no_group)
 		printf("%ld\n", pwnam);
diff --git a/coreutils/ln.c b/coreutils/ln.c
index e81dbaf..ead5322 100644
--- a/coreutils/ln.c
+++ b/coreutils/ln.c
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
 		strcpy(srcName, link_SrcName);
 
 	if (flag&LN_NODEREFERENCE)
-		srcIsDir = isDirectory(srcName, TRUE, NULL);
+		srcIsDir = is_directory(srcName, TRUE, NULL);
 	else
-		srcIsDir = isDirectory(srcName, FALSE, NULL);	
+		srcIsDir = is_directory(srcName, FALSE, NULL);	
 	
 	if ((srcIsDir==TRUE)&&((flag&LN_NODEREFERENCE)==0)) {
 		strcat(srcName, "/");
diff --git a/coreutils/logname.c b/coreutils/logname.c
index 89c409f..1fc518b 100644
--- a/coreutils/logname.c
+++ b/coreutils/logname.c
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@
 		puts(user);
 		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	}
-	fatalError("no login name\n");
+	error_msg_and_die("no login name\n");
 }
diff --git a/coreutils/ls.c b/coreutils/ls.c
index 225132b..94c73b3 100644
--- a/coreutils/ls.c
+++ b/coreutils/ls.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_LS_FOLLOWLINKS
 	if (follow_links == TRUE) {
 		if (stat(cur->fullname, &cur->dstat)) {
-			errorMsg("%s: %s\n", cur->fullname, strerror(errno));
+			error_msg("%s: %s\n", cur->fullname, strerror(errno));
 			status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 			free(cur->fullname);
 			free(cur);
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 	} else
 #endif
 	if (lstat(cur->fullname, &cur->dstat)) {
-		errorMsg("%s: %s\n", cur->fullname, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("%s: %s\n", cur->fullname, strerror(errno));
 		status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 		free(cur->fullname);
 		free(cur);
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@
 	nfiles= 0;
 	dir = opendir(path);
 	if (dir == NULL) {
-		errorMsg("%s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("%s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
 		status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 		return(NULL);	/* could not open the dir */
 	}
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
 				column += 5;
 				break;
 			case LIST_MODEBITS:
-				fprintf(stdout, "%10s", (char *)modeString(dn->dstat.st_mode));
+				fprintf(stdout, "%10s", (char *)mode_string(dn->dstat.st_mode));
 				column += 10;
 				break;
 			case LIST_NLINKS:
diff --git a/coreutils/md5sum.c b/coreutils/md5sum.c
index 84e037a..57fac74 100644
--- a/coreutils/md5sum.c
+++ b/coreutils/md5sum.c
@@ -651,13 +651,13 @@
   } else {
     fp = fopen(filename, OPENOPTS(binary));
     if (fp == NULL) {
-      errorMsg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+      error_msg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
       return FALSE;
     }
   }
 
   if (md5_stream(fp, md5_result)) {
-    errorMsg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+    error_msg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
 
     if (fp != stdin)
       fclose(fp);
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@
   }
 
   if (fp != stdin && fclose(fp) == EOF) {
-    errorMsg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+    error_msg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
     return FALSE;
   }
 
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
   } else {
     checkfile_stream = fopen(checkfile_name, "r");
     if (checkfile_stream == NULL) {
-      errorMsg("%s: %s\n", checkfile_name, strerror(errno));
+      error_msg("%s: %s\n", checkfile_name, strerror(errno));
       return FALSE;
     }
   }
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@
     if (split_3(line, line_length, &md5num, &binary, &filename)
         || !hex_digits(md5num)) {
       if (warn) {
-        errorMsg("%s: %lu: improperly formatted MD5 checksum line\n",
+        error_msg("%s: %lu: improperly formatted MD5 checksum line\n",
                  checkfile_name, (unsigned long) line_number);
       }
     } else {
@@ -770,18 +770,18 @@
     free(line);
 
   if (ferror(checkfile_stream)) {
-    errorMsg("%s: read error\n", checkfile_name); /* */
+    error_msg("%s: read error\n", checkfile_name); /* */
     return FALSE;
   }
 
   if (checkfile_stream != stdin && fclose(checkfile_stream) == EOF) {
-    errorMsg("md5sum: %s: %s\n", checkfile_name, strerror(errno));
+    error_msg("md5sum: %s: %s\n", checkfile_name, strerror(errno));
     return FALSE;
   }
 
   if (n_properly_formated_lines == 0) {
     /* Warn if no tests are found.  */
-    errorMsg("%s: no properly formatted MD5 checksum lines found\n",
+    error_msg("%s: no properly formatted MD5 checksum lines found\n",
              checkfile_name);
     return FALSE;
   } else {
@@ -790,13 +790,13 @@
                                  - n_open_or_read_failures);
 
       if (n_open_or_read_failures > 0) {
-        errorMsg("WARNING: %d of %d listed files could not be read\n",
+        error_msg("WARNING: %d of %d listed files could not be read\n",
                  n_open_or_read_failures, n_properly_formated_lines);
         return FALSE;
       }
 
       if (n_mismatched_checksums > 0) {
-        errorMsg("WARNING: %d of %d computed checksums did NOT match\n",
+        error_msg("WARNING: %d of %d computed checksums did NOT match\n",
                  n_mismatched_checksums, n_computed_checkums);
         return FALSE;
       }
@@ -861,22 +861,22 @@
   }
 
   if (file_type_specified && do_check) {
-    errorMsg("the -b and -t options are meaningless when verifying checksums\n");
+    error_msg("the -b and -t options are meaningless when verifying checksums\n");
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
   if (n_strings > 0 && do_check) {
-    errorMsg("the -g and -c options are mutually exclusive\n");
+    error_msg("the -g and -c options are mutually exclusive\n");
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
   if (status_only && !do_check) {
-    errorMsg("the -s option is meaningful only when verifying checksums\n");
+    error_msg("the -s option is meaningful only when verifying checksums\n");
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
   if (warn && !do_check) {
-    errorMsg("the -w option is meaningful only when verifying checksums\n");
+    error_msg("the -w option is meaningful only when verifying checksums\n");
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@
     size_t i;
 
     if (optind < argc) {
-      errorMsg("no files may be specified when using -g\n");
+      error_msg("no files may be specified when using -g\n");
 	  return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
     for (i = 0; i < n_strings; ++i) {
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@
     }
   } else if (do_check) {
     if (optind + 1 < argc) {
-      errorMsg("only one argument may be specified when using -c\n");
+      error_msg("only one argument may be specified when using -c\n");
     }
 
     err = md5_check ((optind == argc) ? "-" : argv[optind]);
@@ -951,12 +951,12 @@
   }
 
   if (fclose (stdout) == EOF) {
-    errorMsg("write error\n");
+    error_msg("write error\n");
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
   if (have_read_stdin && fclose (stdin) == EOF) {
-    errorMsg("standard input\n");
+    error_msg("standard input\n");
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
diff --git a/coreutils/mkdir.c b/coreutils/mkdir.c
index c950847..92357a6 100644
--- a/coreutils/mkdir.c
+++ b/coreutils/mkdir.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 				/* Find the specified modes */
 				mode = 0;
 				if (parse_mode(*(++argv), &mode) == FALSE) {
-					errorMsg("Unknown mode: %s\n", *argv);
+					error_msg("Unknown mode: %s\n", *argv);
 					return EXIT_FAILURE;
 				}
 				/* Set the umask for this process so it doesn't 
@@ -79,18 +79,18 @@
 		char buf[BUFSIZ + 1];
 
 		if (strlen(*argv) > BUFSIZ - 1) {
-			errorMsg(name_too_long);
+			error_msg(name_too_long);
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 		strcpy(buf, *argv);
 		status = stat(buf, &statBuf);
 		if (parentFlag == FALSE && status != -1 && errno != ENOENT) {
-			errorMsg("%s: File exists\n", buf);
+			error_msg("%s: File exists\n", buf);
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 		if (parentFlag == TRUE) {
 			strcat(buf, "/");
-			createPath(buf, mode);
+			create_path(buf, mode);
 		} else {
 			if (mkdir(buf, mode) != 0 && parentFlag == FALSE) {
 				perror(buf);
diff --git a/coreutils/mknod.c b/coreutils/mknod.c
index 21b2689..022ab85 100644
--- a/coreutils/mknod.c
+++ b/coreutils/mknod.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 	mode |= perm;
 
 	if (mknod(argv[0], mode, dev) != 0)
-		fatalError("%s: %s\n", argv[0], strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("%s: %s\n", argv[0], strerror(errno));
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
diff --git a/coreutils/pwd.c b/coreutils/pwd.c
index 54129b1..7173194 100644
--- a/coreutils/pwd.c
+++ b/coreutils/pwd.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 	char buf[BUFSIZ + 1];
 
 	if (getcwd(buf, sizeof(buf)) == NULL)
-		fatalError("%s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("%s\n", strerror(errno));
 
 	printf("%s\n", buf);
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/coreutils/rm.c b/coreutils/rm.c
index 5663351..a9501ec 100644
--- a/coreutils/rm.c
+++ b/coreutils/rm.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 static int fileAction(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf, void* junk)
 {
 	if (unlink(fileName) < 0) {
-		perrorMsg("%s", fileName);
+		perror_msg("%s", fileName);
 		return (FALSE);
 	}
 	return (TRUE);
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@
 {
 	if (recursiveFlag == FALSE) {
 		errno = EISDIR;
-		perrorMsg("%s", fileName);
+		perror_msg("%s", fileName);
 		return (FALSE);
 	} 
 	if (rmdir(fileName) < 0) {
-		perrorMsg("%s", fileName);
+		perror_msg("%s", fileName);
 		return (FALSE);
 	}
 	return (TRUE);
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 			&& errno == ENOENT) {
 			/* do not reports errors for non-existent files if -f, just skip them */
 		} else {
-			if (recursiveAction(srcName, recursiveFlag, FALSE,
+			if (recursive_action(srcName, recursiveFlag, FALSE,
 								TRUE, fileAction, dirAction, NULL) == FALSE) {
 				status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 			}
diff --git a/coreutils/rmdir.c b/coreutils/rmdir.c
index dfe53b2..f9f82bb 100644
--- a/coreutils/rmdir.c
+++ b/coreutils/rmdir.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 	while (--argc > 0) {
 		if (rmdir(*(++argv)) == -1) {
-			perrorMsg("%s", *argv);
+			perror_msg("%s", *argv);
 			status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/coreutils/sort.c b/coreutils/sort.c
index d6c3e9a..b0bf6e4 100644
--- a/coreutils/sort.c
+++ b/coreutils/sort.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
 				break;
 #endif
 			default:
-				errorMsg("invalid option -- %c\n", opt);
+				error_msg("invalid option -- %c\n", opt);
 				usage(sort_usage);
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -286,4 +286,4 @@
 	return(0);
 }
 
-/* $Id: sort.c,v 1.23 2000/09/28 17:49:59 beppu Exp $ */
+/* $Id: sort.c,v 1.24 2000/12/07 19:56:48 markw Exp $ */
diff --git a/coreutils/tail.c b/coreutils/tail.c
index a9da954..308bb30 100644
--- a/coreutils/tail.c
+++ b/coreutils/tail.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
 				usage(tail_usage);
 			break;
 		default:
-			errorMsg("\nUnknown arg: %c.\n\n",optopt);
+			error_msg("\nUnknown arg: %c.\n\n",optopt);
 			usage(tail_usage);
 		}
 	}
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 		else
 			fd[test] = open(files[test], O_RDONLY);
 		if (fd[test] == -1)
-			fatalError("Unable to open file %s.\n", files[test]);
+			error_msg_and_die("Unable to open file %s.\n", files[test]);
 		tail_stream(fd[test]);
 
 		bs=BUFSIZ;
diff --git a/coreutils/tee.c b/coreutils/tee.c
index 6218013..347684a 100644
--- a/coreutils/tee.c
+++ b/coreutils/tee.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 	while (optind < argc) {
 		if ((files[nfiles++] = fopen(argv[optind++], mode)) == NULL) {
 			nfiles--;
-			errorMsg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind-1], strerror(errno));
+			error_msg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind-1], strerror(errno));
 			status = 1;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/coreutils/test.c b/coreutils/test.c
index acd6947..d1a0b60 100644
--- a/coreutils/test.c
+++ b/coreutils/test.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 
 	if (strcmp(applet_name, "[") == 0) {
 		if (strcmp(argv[--argc], "]"))
-			fatalError("missing ]\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("missing ]\n");
 		argv[argc] = NULL;
 	}
 	/* Implement special cases from POSIX.2, section 4.62.4 */
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@
 	char	*msg;
 {
 	if (op && *op)
-		fatalError("%s: %s\n", op, msg);
+		error_msg_and_die("%s: %s\n", op, msg);
 	else
-		fatalError("%s\n", msg);
+		error_msg_and_die("%s\n", msg);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -470,13 +470,13 @@
 	r = strtol(s, &p, 10);
 
 	if (errno != 0)
-	  fatalError("%s: out of range\n", s);
+	  error_msg_and_die("%s: out of range\n", s);
 
 	while (isspace(*p))
 	  p++;
 	
 	if (*p)
-	  fatalError("%s: bad number\n", s);
+	  error_msg_and_die("%s: bad number\n", s);
 
 	return (int) r;
 }
diff --git a/coreutils/touch.c b/coreutils/touch.c
index 5537fb6..59800b2 100644
--- a/coreutils/touch.c
+++ b/coreutils/touch.c
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@
 			if (create == FALSE && errno == ENOENT)
 				return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 			else {
-				fatalError("%s", strerror(errno));
+				error_msg_and_die("%s", strerror(errno));
 			}
 		}
 		close(fd);
 		if (utime(*argv, NULL)) {
-			fatalError("%s", strerror(errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("%s", strerror(errno));
 		}
 		argc--;
 		argv++;
diff --git a/coreutils/tr.c b/coreutils/tr.c
index 3e34e68..fd547b8 100644
--- a/coreutils/tr.c
+++ b/coreutils/tr.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 			input_length = complement(input, input_length);
 		if (argv[index] != NULL) {
 			if (*argv[index] == '\0')
-				fatalError("STRING2 cannot be empty\n");
+				error_msg_and_die("STRING2 cannot be empty\n");
 			output_length = expand(argv[index], output);
 			map(input, input_length, output, output_length);
 		}
diff --git a/coreutils/uudecode.c b/coreutils/uudecode.c
index 825fdb5..ff4a9d9 100644
--- a/coreutils/uudecode.c
+++ b/coreutils/uudecode.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     char *p;
 
     if (fgets (buf, sizeof(buf), stdin) == NULL) {
-      errorMsg("%s: Short file\n", inname);
+      error_msg("%s: Short file\n", inname);
       return FALSE;
     }
     p = buf;
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 
   if (fgets (buf, sizeof(buf), stdin) == NULL
       || strcmp (buf, "end\n")) {
-    errorMsg("%s: No `end' line\n", inname);
+    error_msg("%s: No `end' line\n", inname);
     return FALSE;
   }
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     unsigned char *p;
 
     if (fgets (buf, sizeof(buf), stdin) == NULL) {
-      errorMsg("%s: Short file\n", inname);
+      error_msg("%s: Short file\n", inname);
       return FALSE;
     }
     p = buf;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
     if (memcmp (buf, "====", 4) == 0)
       break;
     if (last_data != 0) {
-      errorMsg("%s: data following `=' padding character\n", inname);
+      error_msg("%s: data following `=' padding character\n", inname);
       return FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -158,14 +158,14 @@
 
       while ((b64_tab[*p] & '\100') != 0)
         if (*p == '\n' || *p++ == '=') {
-          errorMsg("%s: illegal line\n", inname);
+          error_msg("%s: illegal line\n", inname);
           return FALSE;
         }
       c2 = b64_tab[*p++];
 
       while (b64_tab[*p] == '\177')
         if (*p++ == '\n') {
-          errorMsg("%s: illegal line\n", inname);
+          error_msg("%s: illegal line\n", inname);
           return FALSE;
         }
       if (*p == '=') {
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 
       while (b64_tab[*p] == '\177')
         if (*p++ == '\n') {
-          errorMsg("%s: illegal line\n", inname);
+          error_msg("%s: illegal line\n", inname);
           return FALSE;
         }
       putchar (c1 << 2 | c2 >> 4);
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 
   while (1) {
     if (fgets (buf, sizeof (buf), stdin) == NULL) {
-      errorMsg("%s: No `begin' line\n", inname);
+      error_msg("%s: No `begin' line\n", inname);
       return FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -234,13 +234,13 @@
       while (*p != '/')
         ++p;
       if (*p == '\0') {
-        errorMsg("%s: Illegal ~user\n", inname);
+        error_msg("%s: Illegal ~user\n", inname);
         return FALSE;
       }
       *p++ = '\0';
       pw = getpwnam (buf + 1);
       if (pw == NULL) {
-        errorMsg("%s: No user `%s'\n", inname, buf + 1);
+        error_msg("%s: No user `%s'\n", inname, buf + 1);
         return FALSE;
       }
       n = strlen (pw->pw_dir);
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
       && (freopen (outname, "w", stdout) == NULL
 	  || chmod (outname, mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO))
          )) {
-    errorMsg("%s: %s %s\n", outname, inname, strerror(errno)); /* */
+    error_msg("%s: %s %s\n", outname, inname, strerror(errno)); /* */
     return FALSE;
   }
 
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
         if (decode (argv[optind], outname) != 0)
           exit_status = FALSE;
       } else {
-        errorMsg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
+        error_msg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
         exit_status = EXIT_FAILURE;
       }
       optind++;
diff --git a/coreutils/uuencode.c b/coreutils/uuencode.c
index 8d15adb..41e6590 100644
--- a/coreutils/uuencode.c
+++ b/coreutils/uuencode.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
   }
 
   if (ferror (stdin))
-    errorMsg("Read error\n");
+    error_msg("Read error\n");
 
   if (trans_ptr == uu_std) {
     putchar (ENC ('\0'));
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
    case 2:
     /* Optional first argument is input file.  */
     if (!freopen (argv[optind], "r", stdin) || fstat (fileno (stdin), &sb)) {
-      errorMsg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
+      error_msg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
       return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
     mode = sb.st_mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
   encode();
   printf(trans_ptr == uu_std ? "end\n" : "====\n");
   if (ferror (stdout)) {
-    errorMsg("Write error\n");
+    error_msg("Write error\n");
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/coreutils/whoami.c b/coreutils/whoami.c
index 44fbc95..6a5dd2c 100644
--- a/coreutils/whoami.c
+++ b/coreutils/whoami.c
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@
 		puts(user);
 		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	}
-	fatalError("cannot find username for UID %u\n", (unsigned) uid);
+	error_msg_and_die("cannot find username for UID %u\n", (unsigned) uid);
 }
diff --git a/cp_mv.c b/cp_mv.c
index 580c920..b334206 100644
--- a/cp_mv.c
+++ b/cp_mv.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 static
 void name_too_long__exit (void)
 {
-	fatalError(name_too_long);
+	error_msg_and_die(name_too_long);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -109,14 +109,14 @@
 
 	if (srcDirFlag == TRUE) {
 		if (recursiveFlag == FALSE) {
-			errorMsg(omitting_directory, baseSrcName);
+			error_msg(omitting_directory, baseSrcName);
 			return TRUE;
 		}
 		srcBasename = (strstr(fileName, baseSrcName)
 					   + strlen(baseSrcName));
 
 		if (destLen + strlen(srcBasename) > BUFSIZ) {
-			errorMsg(name_too_long);
+			error_msg(name_too_long);
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 		strcat(destName, srcBasename);
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 	if (mv_Action_first_time && (dz_i == is_mv)) {
 		mv_Action_first_time = errno = 0;
 		if (rename(fileName, destName) < 0 && errno != EXDEV) {
-			errorMsg("rename(%s, %s): %s\n", fileName, destName, 
+			error_msg("rename(%s, %s): %s\n", fileName, destName, 
 					strerror(errno));
 			goto do_copyFile;	/* Try anyway... */
 		}
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 	if (preserveFlag == TRUE && statbuf->st_nlink > 1) {
 		if (is_in_ino_dev_hashtable(statbuf, &name)) {
 			if (link(name, destName) < 0) {
-				errorMsg("link(%s, %s): %s\n", name, destName, strerror(errno));
+				error_msg("link(%s, %s): %s\n", name, destName, strerror(errno));
 				return FALSE;
 			}
 			return TRUE;
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 			add_to_ino_dev_hashtable(statbuf, destName);
 		}
 	}
-	return copyFile(fileName, destName, preserveFlag, followLinks, forceFlag);
+	return copy_file(fileName, destName, preserveFlag, followLinks, forceFlag);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(statbuf->st_mode)) {
 		if (rmdir(fileName) < 0) {
-			errorMsg("rmdir(%s): %s\n", fileName, strerror(errno));
+			error_msg("rmdir(%s): %s\n", fileName, strerror(errno));
 			status = FALSE;
 		}
 	} else if (unlink(fileName) < 0) {
-		errorMsg("unlink(%s): %s\n", fileName, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("unlink(%s): %s\n", fileName, strerror(errno));
 		status = FALSE;
 	}
 	return status;
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 	
 
 	if (strlen(argv[argc - 1]) > BUFSIZ) {
-		errorMsg(name_too_long);
+		error_msg(name_too_long);
 		goto exit_false;
 	}
 	strcpy(baseDestName, argv[argc - 1]);
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@
 	if (baseDestLen == 0)
 		goto exit_false;
 
-	destDirFlag = isDirectory(baseDestName, TRUE, &destStatBuf);
+	destDirFlag = is_directory(baseDestName, TRUE, &destStatBuf);
 	if (argc - optind > 2 && destDirFlag == FALSE) {
-		errorMsg(not_a_directory, baseDestName);
+		error_msg(not_a_directory, baseDestName);
 		goto exit_false;
 	}
 
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 
 		if (srcLen == 0) continue; /* "" */
 
-		srcDirFlag = isDirectory(baseSrcName, followLinks, &srcStatBuf);
+		srcDirFlag = is_directory(baseSrcName, followLinks, &srcStatBuf);
 
 		if ((flags_memo = (recursiveFlag == TRUE &&
 						   srcDirFlag == TRUE && destDirFlag == TRUE))) {
@@ -260,26 +260,26 @@
 			char		*pushd, *d, *p;
 
 			if ((pushd = getcwd(NULL, BUFSIZ + 1)) == NULL) {
-				errorMsg("getcwd(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
+				error_msg("getcwd(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (chdir(baseDestName) < 0) {
-				errorMsg("chdir(%s): %s\n", baseSrcName, strerror(errno));
+				error_msg("chdir(%s): %s\n", baseSrcName, strerror(errno));
 				continue;
 			}
 			if ((d = getcwd(NULL, BUFSIZ + 1)) == NULL) {
-				errorMsg("getcwd(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
+				error_msg("getcwd(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
 				continue;
 			}
 			while (!state && *d != '\0') {
 				if (stat(d, &sb) < 0) {	/* stat not lstat - always dereference targets */
-					errorMsg("stat(%s): %s\n", d, strerror(errno));
+					error_msg("stat(%s): %s\n", d, strerror(errno));
 					state = -1;
 					continue;
 				}
 				if ((sb.st_ino == srcStatBuf.st_ino) &&
 					(sb.st_dev == srcStatBuf.st_dev)) {
-					errorMsg("Cannot %s `%s' into a subdirectory of itself, "
+					error_msg("Cannot %s `%s' into a subdirectory of itself, "
 							"`%s/%s'\n", applet_name, baseSrcName,
 							baseDestName, baseSrcName);
 					state = -1;
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 				}
 			}
 			if (chdir(pushd) < 0) {
-				errorMsg("chdir(%s): %s\n", pushd, strerror(errno));
+				error_msg("chdir(%s): %s\n", pushd, strerror(errno));
 				free(pushd);
 				free(d);
 				continue;
@@ -305,11 +305,11 @@
 		status = setjmp(catch);
 		if (status == 0) {
 			mv_Action_first_time = 1;
-			if (recursiveAction(baseSrcName,
+			if (recursive_action(baseSrcName,
 								recursiveFlag, followLinks, FALSE,
 								cp_mv_Action, cp_mv_Action, NULL) == FALSE) goto exit_false;
 			if (dz_i == is_mv &&
-				recursiveAction(baseSrcName,
+				recursive_action(baseSrcName,
 								recursiveFlag, followLinks, TRUE,
 								rm_Action, rm_Action, NULL) == FALSE) goto exit_false;
 		}		
diff --git a/cut.c b/cut.c
index b281fa2..6e0fe83 100644
--- a/cut.c
+++ b/cut.c
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@
 	/* the list must contain only digits and no more than one minus sign */
 	for (ptr = (char *)list; *ptr; ptr++) {
 		if (!isdigit(*ptr) && *ptr != '-') {
-			fatalError("invalid byte or field list\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("invalid byte or field list\n");
 		}
 		if (*ptr == '-') {
 			nminus++;
 			if (nminus > 1) {
-				fatalError("invalid byte or field list\n");
+				error_msg_and_die("invalid byte or field list\n");
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 	if (nminus == 0) {
 		startpos = strtol(list, &ptr, 10);
 		if (startpos == 0) {
-			fatalError("missing list of fields\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("missing list of fields\n");
 		}
 		endpos = startpos;
 	}
@@ -188,14 +188,14 @@
 			case 'f':
 				/* make sure they didn't ask for two types of lists */
 				if (part != 0) {
-					fatalError("only one type of list may be specified");
+					error_msg_and_die("only one type of list may be specified");
 				}
 				part = (char)opt;
 				decompose_list(optarg);
 				break;
 			case 'd':
 				if (strlen(optarg) > 1) {
-					fatalError("the delimiter must be a single character\n");
+					error_msg_and_die("the delimiter must be a single character\n");
 				}
 				delim = optarg[0];
 				break;
@@ -209,16 +209,16 @@
 	}
 
 	if (part == 0) {
-		fatalError("you must specify a list of bytes, characters, or fields\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("you must specify a list of bytes, characters, or fields\n");
 	}
 
 	if (supress_non_delimited_lines && part != 'f') {
-		fatalError("suppressing non-delimited lines makes sense
+		error_msg_and_die("suppressing non-delimited lines makes sense
 	only when operating on fields\n");
 	}
 
 	if (delim != '\t' && part != 'f') {
-		fatalError("a delimiter may be specified only when operating on fields\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("a delimiter may be specified only when operating on fields\n");
 	}
 
 	/* argv[(optind)..(argc-1)] should be names of file to process. If no
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 		for (i = optind; i < argc; i++) {
 			file = fopen(argv[i], "r");
 			if (file == NULL) {
-				errorMsg("%s: %s\n", argv[i], strerror(errno));
+				error_msg("%s: %s\n", argv[i], strerror(errno));
 			} else {
 				cut_file(file);
 				fclose(file);
diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
index 2e69bde..73fc705 100644
--- a/date.c
+++ b/date.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 				&(tm_time->tm_min), &(tm_time->tm_year));
 
 	if (nr < 4 || nr > 5) {
-		fatalError(invalid_date, t_string); 
+		error_msg_and_die(invalid_date, t_string); 
 	}
 
 	/* correct for century  - minor Y2K problem here? */
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 		t.tm_mon -= 1;	/* Adjust dates from 1-12 to 0-11 */
 
 	} else {
-		fatalError(invalid_date, t_string); 
+		error_msg_and_die(invalid_date, t_string); 
 	}
 	*tm_time = t;
 	return (tm_time);
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 			case 'u':
 				utc = 1;
 				if (putenv("TZ=UTC0") != 0)
-					fatalError(memory_exhausted);
+					error_msg_and_die(memory_exhausted);
 				break;
 			case 'd':
 				use_arg = 1;
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 	} 
 #if 0
 	else {
-		errorMsg("date_str='%s'  date_fmt='%s'\n", date_str, date_fmt);
+		error_msg("date_str='%s'  date_fmt='%s'\n", date_str, date_fmt);
 		usage(date_usage);
 	}
 #endif
@@ -205,16 +205,16 @@
 		/* Correct any day of week and day of year etc fields */
 		tm = mktime(&tm_time);
 		if (tm < 0)
-			fatalError(invalid_date, date_str); 
+			error_msg_and_die(invalid_date, date_str); 
 		if ( utc ) {
 			if (putenv("TZ=UTC0") != 0)
-				fatalError(memory_exhausted);
+				error_msg_and_die(memory_exhausted);
 		}
 
 		/* if setting time, set it */
 		if (set_time) {
 			if (stime(&tm) < 0) {
-				perrorMsg("cannot set date");
+				perror_msg("cannot set date");
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/dc.c b/dc.c
index 0f5f1fc..d462100 100644
--- a/dc.c
+++ b/dc.c
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 static void push(double a)
 {
 	if (pointer >= (sizeof(stack) / sizeof(*stack)))
-		fatalError("stack overflow\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("stack overflow\n");
 	stack[pointer++] = a;
 }
 
 static double pop()
 {
 	if (pointer == 0)
-		fatalError("stack underflow\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("stack underflow\n");
 	return stack[--pointer];
 }
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 		}
 		o++;
 	}
-	fatalError("%s: syntax error.\n", argument);
+	error_msg_and_die("%s: syntax error.\n", argument);
 }
 
 /* return pointer to next token in buffer and set *buffer to one char
diff --git a/dd.c b/dd.c
index 044f167..626b548 100644
--- a/dd.c
+++ b/dd.c
@@ -71,28 +71,28 @@
 		else if (outFile == NULL && (strncmp(*argv, "of", 2) == 0))
 			outFile = ((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
 		else if (strncmp("count", *argv, 5) == 0) {
-			count = getNum((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
+			count = atoi_w_units((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
 			if (count < 0) {
-				errorMsg("Bad count value %s\n", *argv);
+				error_msg("Bad count value %s\n", *argv);
 				goto usage;
 			}
 		} else if (strncmp(*argv, "bs", 2) == 0) {
-			blockSize = getNum((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
+			blockSize = atoi_w_units((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
 			if (blockSize <= 0) {
-				errorMsg("Bad block size value %s\n", *argv);
+				error_msg("Bad block size value %s\n", *argv);
 				goto usage;
 			}
 		} else if (strncmp(*argv, "skip", 4) == 0) {
-			skipBlocks = getNum((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
+			skipBlocks = atoi_w_units((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
 			if (skipBlocks <= 0) {
-				errorMsg("Bad skip value %s\n", *argv);
+				error_msg("Bad skip value %s\n", *argv);
 				goto usage;
 			}
 
 		} else if (strncmp(*argv, "seek", 4) == 0) {
-			seekBlocks = getNum((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
+			seekBlocks = atoi_w_units((strchr(*argv, '=')) + 1);
 			if (seekBlocks <= 0) {
-				errorMsg("Bad seek value %s\n", *argv);
+				error_msg("Bad seek value %s\n", *argv);
 				goto usage;
 			}
 		} else if (strncmp(*argv, "conv", 4) == 0) {
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 		 * here anyways... */
 
 		/* free(buf); */
-		fatalPerror("%s", inFile);
+		perror_msg_and_die("%s", inFile);
 	}
 
 	if (outFile == NULL)
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 
 		/* close(inFd);
 		   free(buf); */
-		fatalPerror("%s", outFile);
+		perror_msg_and_die("%s", outFile);
 	}
 
 	lseek(inFd, (off_t) (skipBlocks * blockSize), SEEK_SET);
@@ -146,13 +146,13 @@
 		ibs=BUFSIZ;
 			
 	while (totalSize > outTotal) {
-		inCc = fullRead(inFd, buf, ibs);
+		inCc = full_read(inFd, buf, ibs);
 		inTotal += inCc;
 		if ( (sync==TRUE) && (inCc>0) )
 			while (inCc<ibs)
 				buf[inCc++]='\0';
 
-		if ((outCc = fullWrite(outFd, buf, inCc)) < 1){
+		if ((outCc = full_write(outFd, buf, inCc)) < 1){
 			if (outCc < 0 ){
 				perror("Error during write");
 			}
diff --git a/deallocvt.c b/deallocvt.c
index 4600c0d..ebdce7b 100644
--- a/deallocvt.c
+++ b/deallocvt.c
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@
 		for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 			num = atoi(argv[i]);
 			if (num == 0)
-				errorMsg("0: illegal VT number\n");
+				error_msg("0: illegal VT number\n");
 			else if (num == 1)
-				errorMsg("VT 1 cannot be deallocated\n");
+				error_msg("VT 1 cannot be deallocated\n");
 			else if (ioctl(fd, VT_DISALLOCATE, num)) {
 				perror("VT_DISALLOCATE");
-				fatalError("could not deallocate console %d\n", num);
+				error_msg_and_die("could not deallocate console %d\n", num);
 			}
 		}
 printf("erik: C\n");
diff --git a/df.c b/df.c
index 969a5b9..dc48490 100644
--- a/df.c
+++ b/df.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 	long blocks_percent_used;
 
 	if (statfs(mountPoint, &s) != 0) {
-		perrorMsg("%s", mountPoint);
+		perror_msg("%s", mountPoint);
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
 			usage(df_usage);
 		}
 		while (argc > 1) {
-			if ((mountEntry = findMountPoint(argv[1], mtab_file)) == 0) {
-				errorMsg("%s: can't find mount point.\n", argv[1]);
+			if ((mountEntry = find_mount_point(argv[1], mtab_file)) == 0) {
+				error_msg("%s: can't find mount point.\n", argv[1]);
 				status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 			} else if (!df(mountEntry->mnt_fsname, mountEntry->mnt_dir))
 				status = EXIT_FAILURE;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 
 		mountTable = setmntent(mtab_file, "r");
 		if (mountTable == 0) {
-			perrorMsg("%s", mtab_file);
+			perror_msg("%s", mtab_file);
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 
diff --git a/du.c b/du.c
index 313a910..fa76465 100644
--- a/du.c
+++ b/du.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 			}
 
 			if (len + strlen(name) + 1 > BUFSIZ) {
-				errorMsg(name_too_long);
+				error_msg(name_too_long);
 				du_depth--;
 				return 0;
 			}
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 		for (i=optind; i < argc; i++) {
 			if ((sum = du(argv[i])) == 0)
 				status = EXIT_FAILURE;
-			if (sum && isDirectory(argv[i], FALSE, NULL)) {
+			if (sum && is_directory(argv[i], FALSE, NULL)) {
 				print_normal(sum, argv[i]);
 			}
 			reset_ino_dev_hashtable();
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 	return status;
 }
 
-/* $Id: du.c,v 1.28 2000/12/06 15:56:31 kraai Exp $ */
+/* $Id: du.c,v 1.29 2000/12/07 19:56:48 markw Exp $ */
 /*
 Local Variables:
 c-file-style: "linux"
diff --git a/dumpkmap.c b/dumpkmap.c
index 77689fc..3ff5ef6 100644
--- a/dumpkmap.c
+++ b/dumpkmap.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 	fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_RDWR);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		errorMsg("Error opening /dev/tty0: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("Error opening /dev/tty0: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 				ke.kb_table = i;
 				if (ioctl(fd, KDGKBENT, &ke) < 0) {
 				
-					errorMsg("ioctl returned: %s, %s, %s, %xqq\n",strerror(errno),(char *)&ke.kb_index,(char *)&ke.kb_table,(int)&ke.kb_value);
+					error_msg("ioctl returned: %s, %s, %s, %xqq\n",strerror(errno),(char *)&ke.kb_index,(char *)&ke.kb_table,(int)&ke.kb_value);
 					}
 				else {
 					write(1,(void*)&ke.kb_value,2);	
diff --git a/dutmp.c b/dutmp.c
index 03d80d8..efd15df 100644
--- a/dutmp.c
+++ b/dutmp.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	} else  {
 		file = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
 		if (file < 0) {
-			fatalError(io_error, argv[1], strerror(errno));
+			error_msg_and_die(io_error, argv[1], strerror(errno));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index f26e6e3..812f621 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -215,14 +215,14 @@
 	else if (my_str[idx] == '/') {
 		idx = index_of_next_unescaped_slash(my_str, ++idx);
 		if (idx == -1)
-			fatalError("unterminated match expression\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("unterminated match expression\n");
 		my_str[idx] = '\0';
 		*regex = (regex_t *)xmalloc(sizeof(regex_t));
 		xregcomp(*regex, my_str+1, 0);
 		idx++; /* so it points to the next character after the last '/' */
 	}
 	else {
-		errorMsg("get_address: no address found in string\n"
+		error_msg("get_address: no address found in string\n"
 				"\t(you probably didn't check the string you passed me)\n");
 		idx = -1;
 	}
@@ -258,13 +258,13 @@
 
 	/* verify that the 's' is followed by a 'slash' */
 	if (substr[++idx] != '/')
-		fatalError("bad format in substitution expression\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("bad format in substitution expression\n");
 
 	/* save the match string */
 	oldidx = idx+1;
 	idx = index_of_next_unescaped_slash(substr, ++idx);
 	if (idx == -1)
-		fatalError("bad format in substitution expression\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("bad format in substitution expression\n");
 	match = strdup_substr(substr, oldidx, idx);
 
 	/* determine the number of back references in the match string */
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 	oldidx = idx+1;
 	idx = index_of_next_unescaped_slash(substr, ++idx);
 	if (idx == -1)
-		fatalError("bad format in substitution expression\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("bad format in substitution expression\n");
 	sed_cmd->replace = strdup_substr(substr, oldidx, idx);
 
 	/* process the flags */
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
 				if (strchr("; \t\v\n\r", substr[idx]))
 					goto out;
 				/* else */
-				fatalError("bad option in substitution expression\n");
+				error_msg_and_die("bad option in substitution expression\n");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
 	 */
 
 	if (editstr[1] != '\\' && (editstr[2] != '\n' || editstr[2] != '\r'))
-		fatalError("bad format in edit expression\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("bad format in edit expression\n");
 
 	/* store the edit line text */
 	/* make editline big enough to accomodate the extra '\n' we will tack on
@@ -409,9 +409,9 @@
 
 	/* last part (mandatory) will be a command */
 	if (cmdstr[idx] == '\0')
-		fatalError("missing command\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("missing command\n");
 	if (!strchr("pdsaic", cmdstr[idx])) /* <-- XXX add new commands here */
-		fatalError("invalid command\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("invalid command\n");
 	sed_cmd->cmd = cmdstr[idx];
 
 	/* special-case handling for (s)ubstitution */
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
 	/* special-case handling for (a)ppend, (i)nsert, and (c)hange */
 	else if (strchr("aic", cmdstr[idx])) {
 		if (sed_cmd->end_line || sed_cmd->end_match)
-			fatalError("only a beginning address can be specified for edit commands\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("only a beginning address can be specified for edit commands\n");
 		idx += parse_edit_cmd(sed_cmd, &cmdstr[idx]);
 	}
 	/* if it was a single-letter command (such as 'p' or 'd') we need to
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@
 		for (i = optind; i < argc; i++) {
 			file = fopen(argv[i], "r");
 			if (file == NULL) {
-				errorMsg("%s: %s\n", argv[i], strerror(errno));
+				error_msg("%s: %s\n", argv[i], strerror(errno));
 			} else {
 				process_file(file);
 				fclose(file);
diff --git a/expr.c b/expr.c
index 670352e..eed2637 100644
--- a/expr.c
+++ b/expr.c
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@
 	VALUE *v;
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
-		fatalError("too few arguments\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("too few arguments\n");
 	}
 
 	args = argv + 1;
 
 	v = eval ();
 	if (*args)
-		fatalError ("syntax error\n");
+		error_msg_and_die ("syntax error\n");
 
 	if (v->type == integer)
 		printf ("%d\n", v->u.i);
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 int name (l, r) VALUE *l; VALUE *r;		\
 {						\
   if (!toarith (l) || !toarith (r))		\
-    fatalError ("non-numeric argument\n");	\
+    error_msg_and_die ("non-numeric argument\n");	\
   return l->u.i op r->u.i;			\
 }
 
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@
 int name (l, r) VALUE *l; VALUE *r;		\
 {						\
   if (!toarith (l) || !toarith (r))		\
-    fatalError ( "non-numeric argument\n");	\
+    error_msg_and_die ( "non-numeric argument\n");	\
   if (r->u.i == 0)				\
-    fatalError ( "division by zero\n");		\
+    error_msg_and_die ( "division by zero\n");		\
   return l->u.i op r->u.i;			\
 }
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 	re_syntax_options = RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC;
 	errmsg = re_compile_pattern (pv->u.s, len, &re_buffer);
 	if (errmsg) {
-		fatalError("%s\n", errmsg);
+		error_msg_and_die("%s\n", errmsg);
 	}
 
 	len = re_match (&re_buffer, sv->u.s, strlen (sv->u.s), 0, &re_regs);
@@ -301,19 +301,19 @@
 	VALUE *v;
 
 	if (!*args)
-		fatalError ( "syntax error\n");
+		error_msg_and_die ( "syntax error\n");
 
 	if (nextarg ("(")) {
 		args++;
 		v = eval ();
 		if (!nextarg (")"))
-			fatalError ( "syntax error\n");
+			error_msg_and_die ( "syntax error\n");
 			args++;
 			return v;
 		}
 
 	if (nextarg (")"))
-		fatalError ( "syntax error\n");
+		error_msg_and_die ( "syntax error\n");
 
 	return str_value (*args++);
 }
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 	if (nextarg ("quote")) {
 		args++;
 		if (!*args)
-			fatalError ( "syntax error\n");
+			error_msg_and_die ( "syntax error\n");
 		return str_value (*args++);
 	}
 	else if (nextarg ("length")) {
diff --git a/fbset.c b/fbset.c
index 47130e3..86f7733 100644
--- a/fbset.c
+++ b/fbset.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 #else
-	errorMsg( "mode reading not compiled in\n");
+	error_msg( "mode reading not compiled in\n");
 #endif
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
 		PERROR("fbset(ioctl)");
 	if (g_options & OPT_READMODE) {
 		if (!readmode(&var, modefile, mode)) {
-			errorMsg("Unknown video mode `%s'\n", mode);
+			error_msg("Unknown video mode `%s'\n", mode);
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/find.c b/find.c
index a86b07e..c82b509 100644
--- a/find.c
+++ b/find.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 			break;
 	}
 
-	if (recursiveAction(directory, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE,
+	if (recursive_action(directory, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE,
 						fileAction, fileAction, NULL) == FALSE) {
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
diff --git a/findutils/find.c b/findutils/find.c
index a86b07e..c82b509 100644
--- a/findutils/find.c
+++ b/findutils/find.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 			break;
 	}
 
-	if (recursiveAction(directory, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE,
+	if (recursive_action(directory, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE,
 						fileAction, fileAction, NULL) == FALSE) {
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
diff --git a/findutils/grep.c b/findutils/grep.c
index c0193bc..9014443 100644
--- a/findutils/grep.c
+++ b/findutils/grep.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 			file = fopen(cur_file, "r");
 			if (file == NULL) {
 				if (!suppress_err_msgs)
-					errorMsg("%s: %s\n", cur_file, strerror(errno));
+					error_msg("%s: %s\n", cur_file, strerror(errno));
 			}
 			else {
 				grep_file(file);
diff --git a/freeramdisk.c b/freeramdisk.c
index 5671514..a568cc6 100644
--- a/freeramdisk.c
+++ b/freeramdisk.c
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
 	}
 
 	if ((f = open(argv[1], O_RDWR)) == -1) {
-		fatalError( "cannot open %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die( "cannot open %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
 	}
 	if (ioctl(f, BLKFLSBUF) < 0) {
-		fatalError( "failed ioctl on %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die( "failed ioctl on %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
 	}
 	/* Don't bother closing.  Exit does
 	 * that, so we can save a few bytes */
diff --git a/fsck_minix.c b/fsck_minix.c
index ef65e30..9ebabe9 100644
--- a/fsck_minix.c
+++ b/fsck_minix.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 
 static void die(const char *str)
 {
-	errorMsg("%s\n", str);
+	error_msg("%s\n", str);
 	leave(8);
 }
 
diff --git a/getopt.c b/getopt.c
index 8c94bb4..0ebf9df 100644
--- a/getopt.c
+++ b/getopt.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *     <misiek@misiek.eu.org>)
  * Ported to Busybox - Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@trillian.itslinux.org>
  *  Removed --version/-V and --help/-h in
- *  Removed prase_error(), using errorMsg() from Busybox instead
+ *  Removed prase_error(), using error_msg() from Busybox instead
  *  Replaced our_malloc with xmalloc and our_realloc with xrealloc
  *
  */
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
                                         arg_opt=required_argument;
                                 }
                                 if (strlen(tokptr) == 0)
-                                        errorMsg("empty long option after -l or --long argument\n");
+                                        error_msg("empty long option after -l or --long argument\n");
                         }
                         add_longopt(tokptr,arg_opt);
                 }
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
         else if (!strcmp(new_shell,"csh"))
                 shell=TCSH;
         else
-                errorMsg("unknown shell after -s or --shell argument\n");
+                error_msg("unknown shell after -s or --shell argument\n");
 }
 
 
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
                         printf(" --\n");
                         exit(0);
                 } else
-                        fatalError("missing optstring argument\n");
+                        error_msg_and_die("missing optstring argument\n");
         }
 
         if (argv[1][0] != '-' || compatible) {
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
 
         if (!optstr) {
                 if (optind >= argc)
-                        fatalError("missing optstring argument\n");
+                        error_msg_and_die("missing optstring argument\n");
                 else {
                         optstr=xmalloc(strlen(argv[optind])+1);
                         strcpy(optstr,argv[optind]);
diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index c0193bc..9014443 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 			file = fopen(cur_file, "r");
 			if (file == NULL) {
 				if (!suppress_err_msgs)
-					errorMsg("%s: %s\n", cur_file, strerror(errno));
+					error_msg("%s: %s\n", cur_file, strerror(errno));
 			}
 			else {
 				grep_file(file);
diff --git a/gunzip.c b/gunzip.c
index eeff977..a5846c3 100644
--- a/gunzip.c
+++ b/gunzip.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 
 /* Diagnostic functions */
 #ifdef DEBUG
-#  define Assert(cond,msg) {if(!(cond)) errorMsg(msg);}
+#  define Assert(cond,msg) {if(!(cond)) error_msg(msg);}
 #  define Trace(x) fprintf x
 #  define Tracev(x) {if (verbose) fprintf x ;}
 #  define Tracevv(x) {if (verbose>1) fprintf x ;}
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
 
 		method = (int) get_byte();
 		if (method != DEFLATED) {
-			errorMsg("unknown method %d -- get newer version of gzip\n", method);
+			error_msg("unknown method %d -- get newer version of gzip\n", method);
 			exit_code = ERROR;
 			return -1;
 		}
@@ -1114,13 +1114,13 @@
 		int res = inflate();
 
 		if (res == 3) {
-			errorMsg(memory_exhausted);
+			error_msg(memory_exhausted);
 		} else if (res != 0) {
-			errorMsg("invalid compressed data--format violated\n");
+			error_msg("invalid compressed data--format violated\n");
 		}
 
 	} else {
-		errorMsg("internal error, invalid method\n");
+		error_msg("internal error, invalid method\n");
 	}
 
 	/* Get the crc and original length */
@@ -1149,10 +1149,10 @@
 
 	/* Validate decompression */
 	if (orig_crc != updcrc(outbuf, 0)) {
-		errorMsg("invalid compressed data--crc error\n");
+		error_msg("invalid compressed data--crc error\n");
 	}
 	if (orig_len != (ulg) bytes_out) {
-		errorMsg("invalid compressed data--length error\n");
+		error_msg("invalid compressed data--length error\n");
 	}
 
 	/* Check if there are more entries in a pkzip file */
@@ -1225,9 +1225,9 @@
 	}
 
 	if (isatty(fileno(stdin)) && fromstdin==1 && force==0)
-		fatalError( "data not read from terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");
+		error_msg_and_die( "data not read from terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");
 	if (isatty(fileno(stdout)) && tostdout==1 && force==0)
-		fatalError( "data not written to terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");
+		error_msg_and_die( "data not written to terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");
 
 
 	foreground = signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN) != SIG_IGN;
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@
 		if (argc <= 0)
 			usage(gunzip_usage);
 		if (strlen(*argv) > MAX_PATH_LEN) {
-			errorMsg(name_too_long);
+			error_msg(name_too_long);
 			exit(WARNING);
 		}
 		strcpy(ifname, *argv);
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@
 
 		/* And get to work */
 		if (strlen(ifname) > MAX_PATH_LEN - 4) {
-			errorMsg(name_too_long);
+			error_msg(name_too_long);
 			exit(WARNING);
 		}
 		strcpy(ofname, ifname);
diff --git a/gzip.c b/gzip.c
index d8c22a9..49c429b 100644
--- a/gzip.c
+++ b/gzip.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 #  define DECLARE(type, array, size)  type * array
 #  define ALLOC(type, array, size) { \
       array = (type*)calloc((size_t)(((size)+1L)/2), 2*sizeof(type)); \
-      if (array == NULL) errorMsg(memory_exhausted); \
+      if (array == NULL) error_msg(memory_exhausted); \
    }
 #  define FREE(array) {if (array != NULL) free(array), array=NULL;}
 #else
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 
 /* Diagnostic functions */
 #ifdef DEBUG
-#  define Assert(cond,msg) {if(!(cond)) errorMsg(msg);}
+#  define Assert(cond,msg) {if(!(cond)) error_msg(msg);}
 #  define Trace(x) fprintf x
 #  define Tracev(x) {if (verbose) fprintf x ;}
 #  define Tracevv(x) {if (verbose>1) fprintf x ;}
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@
 			   (char *) window + start, length) != EQUAL) {
 		fprintf(stderr,
 				" start %d, match %d, length %d\n", start, match, length);
-		errorMsg("invalid match\n");
+		error_msg("invalid match\n");
 	}
 	if (verbose > 1) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "\\[%d,%d]", start - match, length);
@@ -1819,9 +1819,9 @@
 	}
 
 	if (isatty(fileno(stdin)) && fromstdin==1 && force==0)
-		fatalError( "data not read from terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");
+		error_msg_and_die( "data not read from terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");
 	if (isatty(fileno(stdout)) && tostdout==1 && force==0)
-		fatalError( "data not written to terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");
+		error_msg_and_die( "data not written to terminal. Use -f to force it.\n");
 
 	foreground = signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN) != SIG_IGN;
 	if (foreground) {
@@ -2900,7 +2900,7 @@
 #endif
 		/* Since LIT_BUFSIZE <= 2*WSIZE, the input data must be there: */
 		if (buf == (char *) 0)
-			errorMsg("block vanished\n");
+			error_msg("block vanished\n");
 
 		copy_block(buf, (unsigned) stored_len, 0);	/* without header */
 		compressed_len = stored_len << 3;
@@ -3083,7 +3083,7 @@
 		bin_freq += dyn_ltree[n++].Freq;
 	*file_type = bin_freq > (ascii_freq >> 2) ? BINARY : ASCII;
 	if (*file_type == BINARY && translate_eol) {
-		errorMsg("-l used on binary file\n");
+		error_msg("-l used on binary file\n");
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3239,13 +3239,13 @@
 	nargv = (char **) calloc(*argcp + 1, sizeof(char *));
 
 	if (nargv == NULL)
-		errorMsg(memory_exhausted);
+		error_msg(memory_exhausted);
 	oargv = *argvp;
 	*argvp = nargv;
 
 	/* Copy the program name first */
 	if (oargc-- < 0)
-		errorMsg("argc<=0\n");
+		error_msg("argc<=0\n");
 	*(nargv++) = *(oargv++);
 
 	/* Then copy the environment args */
diff --git a/halt.c b/halt.c
index c3e2523..e875d04 100644
--- a/halt.c
+++ b/halt.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 {
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_LINUXRC
 	/* don't assume init's pid == 1 */
-	return(kill(*(findPidByName("init")), SIGUSR1));
+	return(kill(*(find_pid_by_name("init")), SIGUSR1));
 #else
 	return(kill(1, SIGUSR1));
 #endif
diff --git a/head.c b/head.c
index 92b43ba..f3aef1b 100644
--- a/head.c
+++ b/head.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 			}
 			head(len, fp);
 			if (errno) {
-				errorMsg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
+				error_msg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
 				status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 				errno = 0;
 			}
diff --git a/hostname.c b/hostname.c
index 44d529c..13e52c4 100644
--- a/hostname.c
+++ b/hostname.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
 /*
- * $Id: hostname.c,v 1.15 2000/10/12 22:30:31 andersen Exp $
+ * $Id: hostname.c,v 1.16 2000/12/07 19:56:48 markw Exp $
  * Mini hostname implementation for busybox
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999 by Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 	if (!isfile) {
 		if (sethostname(s, strlen(s)) < 0) {
 			if (errno == EPERM)
-				errorMsg("you must be root to change the hostname\n");
+				error_msg("you must be root to change the hostname\n");
 			else
 				perror("sethostname");
 			exit(1);
diff --git a/id.c b/id.c
index fdfc33c..86667f5 100644
--- a/id.c
+++ b/id.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 	pwnam=my_getpwnam(user);
 	grnam=my_getgrnam(group);
 	if (gid == -1 || pwnam==-1 || grnam==-1) {
-		fatalError("%s: No such user\n", user);
+		error_msg_and_die("%s: No such user\n", user);
 	}
 	if (no_group)
 		printf("%ld\n", pwnam);
diff --git a/include/busybox.h b/include/busybox.h
index 63f3959..41421ae 100644
--- a/include/busybox.h
+++ b/include/busybox.h
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
 #define BUF_SIZE        8192
 #define EXPAND_ALLOC    1024
 
-static inline int isDecimal(ch) { return ((ch >= '0') && (ch <= '9')); }
-static inline int isOctal(ch)   { return ((ch >= '0') && (ch <= '7')); }
+static inline int is_decimal(ch) { return ((ch >= '0') && (ch <= '9')); }
+static inline int is_octal(ch)   { return ((ch >= '0') && (ch <= '7')); }
 
 /* Macros for min/max.  */
 #ifndef MIN
@@ -119,14 +119,14 @@
 extern int applet_name_compare(const void *x, const void *y);
 
 extern void usage(const char *usage) __attribute__ ((noreturn));
-extern void errorMsg(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
-extern void fatalError(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((noreturn, format (printf, 1, 2)));
-extern void perrorMsg(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
-extern void fatalPerror(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((noreturn, format (printf, 1, 2)));
+extern void error_msg(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
+extern void error_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((noreturn, format (printf, 1, 2)));
+extern void perror_msg(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
+extern void perror_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((noreturn, format (printf, 1, 2)));
 
-const char *modeString(int mode);
-const char *timeString(time_t timeVal);
-int isDirectory(const char *name, const int followLinks, struct stat *statBuf);
+const char *mode_string(int mode);
+const char *time_string(time_t timeVal);
+int is_directory(const char *name, const int followLinks, struct stat *statBuf);
 int isDevice(const char *name);
 
 typedef struct ino_dev_hash_bucket_struct {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 void add_to_ino_dev_hashtable(const struct stat *statbuf, const char *name);
 void reset_ino_dev_hashtable(void);
 
-int copyFile(const char *srcName, const char *destName,
+int copy_file(const char *srcName, const char *destName,
 		 int setModes, int followLinks, int forceFlag);
 int copy_file_chunk(int srcFd, int dstFd, size_t remaining);
 char *buildName(const char *dirName, const char *fileName);
@@ -147,20 +147,20 @@
 char *getChunk(int size);
 char *chunkstrdup(const char *str);
 void freeChunks(void);
-int fullWrite(int fd, const char *buf, int len);
-int fullRead(int fd, char *buf, int len);
-int recursiveAction(const char *fileName, int recurse, int followLinks, int depthFirst,
+int full_write(int fd, const char *buf, int len);
+int full_read(int fd, char *buf, int len);
+int recursive_action(const char *fileName, int recurse, int followLinks, int depthFirst,
 	  int (*fileAction) (const char *fileName, struct stat* statbuf, void* userData),
 	  int (*dirAction) (const char *fileName, struct stat* statbuf, void* userData),
 	  void* userData);
 
-extern int createPath (const char *name, int mode);
+extern int create_path (const char *name, int mode);
 extern int parse_mode( const char* s, mode_t* theMode);
 
 extern int get_kernel_revision(void);
 
 extern int get_console_fd(char* tty_name);
-extern struct mntent *findMountPoint(const char *name, const char *table);
+extern struct mntent *find_mount_point(const char *name, const char *table);
 extern void write_mtab(char* blockDevice, char* directory, 
 	char* filesystemType, long flags, char* string_flags);
 extern void erase_mtab(const char * name);
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@
 extern char *mtab_next(void **iter);
 extern char *mtab_getinfo(const char *match, const char which);
 extern int check_wildcard_match(const char* text, const char* pattern);
-extern long getNum (const char *cp);
-extern pid_t* findPidByName( char* pidName);
+extern long atoi_w_units (const char *cp);
+extern pid_t* find_pid_by_name( char* pidName);
 extern int find_real_root_device_name(char* name);
 extern char *get_line_from_file(FILE *file);
 extern void print_file(FILE *file);
diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index c444089..e5b1a39 100644
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 	unsigned int result, u, s=10;
 
 	if (sysinfo(&info) != 0) {
-		perrorMsg("Error checking free memory: ");
+		perror_msg("Error checking free memory: ");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/init/halt.c b/init/halt.c
index c3e2523..e875d04 100644
--- a/init/halt.c
+++ b/init/halt.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 {
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_LINUXRC
 	/* don't assume init's pid == 1 */
-	return(kill(*(findPidByName("init")), SIGUSR1));
+	return(kill(*(find_pid_by_name("init")), SIGUSR1));
 #else
 	return(kill(1, SIGUSR1));
 #endif
diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index c444089..e5b1a39 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 	unsigned int result, u, s=10;
 
 	if (sysinfo(&info) != 0) {
-		perrorMsg("Error checking free memory: ");
+		perror_msg("Error checking free memory: ");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/init/poweroff.c b/init/poweroff.c
index 3101a20..007099d 100644
--- a/init/poweroff.c
+++ b/init/poweroff.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 {
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_LINUXRC
 	/* don't assume init's pid == 1 */
-	return(kill(*(findPidByName("init")), SIGUSR2));
+	return(kill(*(find_pid_by_name("init")), SIGUSR2));
 #else
 	return(kill(1, SIGUSR2));
 #endif
diff --git a/init/reboot.c b/init/reboot.c
index 354286d..3e5f238 100644
--- a/init/reboot.c
+++ b/init/reboot.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 {
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_LINUXRC
 	/* don't assume init's pid == 1 */
-	return(kill(*(findPidByName("init")), SIGINT));
+	return(kill(*(find_pid_by_name("init")), SIGINT));
 #else
 	return(kill(1, SIGINT));
 #endif
diff --git a/insmod.c b/insmod.c
index 0963225..0b12c69 100644
--- a/insmod.c
+++ b/insmod.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 #ifndef MODUTILS_MODULE_H
 #define MODUTILS_MODULE_H 1
 
-#ident "$Id: insmod.c,v 1.30 2000/12/06 18:18:26 andersen Exp $"
+#ident "$Id: insmod.c,v 1.31 2000/12/07 19:56:48 markw Exp $"
 
 /* This file contains the structures used by the 2.0 and 2.1 kernels.
    We do not use the kernel headers directly because we do not wish
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
 #ifndef MODUTILS_OBJ_H
 #define MODUTILS_OBJ_H 1
 
-#ident "$Id: insmod.c,v 1.30 2000/12/06 18:18:26 andersen Exp $"
+#ident "$Id: insmod.c,v 1.31 2000/12/07 19:56:48 markw Exp $"
 
 /* The relocatable object is manipulated using elfin types.  */
 
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@
 				/* Don't report an error if the symbol is coming from
 				   the kernel or some external module.  */
 				if (secidx <= SHN_HIRESERVE)
-					errorMsg("%s multiply defined\n", name);
+					error_msg("%s multiply defined\n", name);
 				return sym;
 			}
 		}
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@
 
 		/* Also check that the parameter was not resolved from the kernel.  */
 		if (sym == NULL || sym->secidx > SHN_HIRESERVE) {
-			errorMsg("symbol for parameter %s not found\n", p);
+			error_msg("symbol for parameter %s not found\n", p);
 			return 0;
 		}
 
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@
 			str = alloca(strlen(q));
 			for (r = str, q++; *q != '"'; ++q, ++r) {
 				if (*q == '\0') {
-					errorMsg("improperly terminated string argument for %s\n", p);
+					error_msg("improperly terminated string argument for %s\n", p);
 					return 0;
 				} else if (*q == '\\')
 					switch (*++q) {
@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@
 
 	nks = get_kernel_syms(NULL);
 	if (nks < 0) {
-		errorMsg("get_kernel_syms: %s: %s\n", m_name, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("get_kernel_syms: %s: %s\n", m_name, strerror(errno));
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@
 							  m_size | (flag_autoclean ? OLD_MOD_AUTOCLEAN
 										: 0), &routines, symtab);
 	if (ret)
-		errorMsg("init_module: %s: %s\n", m_name, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("init_module: %s: %s\n", m_name, strerror(errno));
 
 	free(image);
 	free(symtab);
@@ -1786,7 +1786,7 @@
 		p = get_modinfo_value(f, key);
 		key += 5;
 		if (p == NULL) {
-			errorMsg("invalid parameter %s\n", key);
+			error_msg("invalid parameter %s\n", key);
 			return 0;
 		}
 
@@ -1794,7 +1794,7 @@
 
 		/* Also check that the parameter was not resolved from the kernel.  */
 		if (sym == NULL || sym->secidx > SHN_HIRESERVE) {
-			errorMsg("symbol for parameter %s not found\n", key);
+			error_msg("symbol for parameter %s not found\n", key);
 			return 0;
 		}
 
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@
 					str = alloca(strlen(q));
 					for (r = str, q++; *q != '"'; ++q, ++r) {
 						if (*q == '\0') {
-							errorMsg("improperly terminated string argument for %s\n",
+							error_msg("improperly terminated string argument for %s\n",
 									key);
 							return 0;
 						} else if (*q == '\\')
@@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@
 					/* Get the size of each member */
 					/* Probably we should do that outside the loop ? */
 					if (!isdigit(*(p + 1))) {
-						errorMsg("parameter type 'c' for %s must be followed by"
+						error_msg("parameter type 'c' for %s must be followed by"
 								" the maximum size\n", key);
 						return 0;
 					}
@@ -1924,7 +1924,7 @@
 
 					/* Check length */
 					if (strlen(str) >= charssize) {
-						errorMsg("string too long for %s (max %ld)\n", key,
+						error_msg("string too long for %s (max %ld)\n", key,
 								charssize - 1);
 						return 0;
 					}
@@ -1953,7 +1953,7 @@
 					break;
 
 				default:
-					errorMsg("unknown parameter type '%c' for %s\n", *p, key);
+					error_msg("unknown parameter type '%c' for %s\n", *p, key);
 					return 0;
 				}
 			}
@@ -1972,21 +1972,21 @@
 
 			case ',':
 				if (++n > max) {
-					errorMsg("too many values for %s (max %d)\n", key, max);
+					error_msg("too many values for %s (max %d)\n", key, max);
 					return 0;
 				}
 				++q;
 				break;
 
 			default:
-				errorMsg("invalid argument syntax for %s\n", key);
+				error_msg("invalid argument syntax for %s\n", key);
 				return 0;
 			}
 		}
 
 	  end_of_arg:
 		if (n < min) {
-			errorMsg("too few values for %s (min %d)\n", key, min);
+			error_msg("too few values for %s (min %d)\n", key, min);
 			return 0;
 		}
 
@@ -2055,7 +2055,7 @@
 			module_names = xrealloc(module_names, bufsize = ret);
 			goto retry_modules_load;
 		}
-		errorMsg("QM_MODULES: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("QM_MODULES: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -2074,7 +2074,7 @@
 				/* The module was removed out from underneath us.  */
 				continue;
 			}
-			errorMsg("query_module: QM_INFO: %s: %s\n", mn, strerror(errno));
+			error_msg("query_module: QM_INFO: %s: %s\n", mn, strerror(errno));
 			return 0;
 		}
 
@@ -2089,7 +2089,7 @@
 				/* The module was removed out from underneath us.  */
 				continue;
 			default:
-				errorMsg("query_module: QM_SYMBOLS: %s: %s\n", mn, strerror(errno));
+				error_msg("query_module: QM_SYMBOLS: %s: %s\n", mn, strerror(errno));
 				return 0;
 			}
 		}
@@ -2114,7 +2114,7 @@
 			syms = xrealloc(syms, bufsize = ret);
 			goto retry_kern_sym_load;
 		}
-		errorMsg("kernel: QM_SYMBOLS: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("kernel: QM_SYMBOLS: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return 0;
 	}
 	nksyms = nsyms = ret;
@@ -2295,7 +2295,7 @@
 
 	ret = new_sys_init_module(m_name, (struct new_module *) image);
 	if (ret)
-		errorMsg("init_module: %s: %s\n", m_name, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("init_module: %s: %s\n", m_name, strerror(errno));
 
 	free(image);
 
@@ -2372,7 +2372,7 @@
 					sym->secidx = SHN_ABS;
 					sym->value = 0;
 				} else {
-					errorMsg("unresolved symbol %s\n", sym->name);
+					error_msg("unresolved symbol %s\n", sym->name);
 					ret = 0;
 				}
 			}
@@ -2599,11 +2599,11 @@
 				errmsg = "Unhandled relocation";
 			  bad_reloc:
 				if (extsym) {
-					errorMsg("%s of type %ld for %s\n", errmsg,
+					error_msg("%s of type %ld for %s\n", errmsg,
 							(long) ELFW(R_TYPE) (rel->r_info),
 							strtab + extsym->st_name);
 				} else {
-					errorMsg("%s of type %ld\n", errmsg,
+					error_msg("%s of type %ld\n", errmsg,
 							(long) ELFW(R_TYPE) (rel->r_info));
 				}
 				ret = 0;
@@ -2680,7 +2680,7 @@
 
 	fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
 	if (fread(&f->header, sizeof(f->header), 1, fp) != 1) {
-		errorMsg("error reading ELF header: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("error reading ELF header: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -2688,25 +2688,25 @@
 		|| f->header.e_ident[EI_MAG1] != ELFMAG1
 		|| f->header.e_ident[EI_MAG2] != ELFMAG2
 		|| f->header.e_ident[EI_MAG3] != ELFMAG3) {
-		errorMsg("not an ELF file\n");
+		error_msg("not an ELF file\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	if (f->header.e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASSM
 		|| f->header.e_ident[EI_DATA] != ELFDATAM
 		|| f->header.e_ident[EI_VERSION] != EV_CURRENT
 		|| !MATCH_MACHINE(f->header.e_machine)) {
-		errorMsg("ELF file not for this architecture\n");
+		error_msg("ELF file not for this architecture\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	if (f->header.e_type != ET_REL) {
-		errorMsg("ELF file not a relocatable object\n");
+		error_msg("ELF file not a relocatable object\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* Read the section headers.  */
 
 	if (f->header.e_shentsize != sizeof(ElfW(Shdr))) {
-		errorMsg("section header size mismatch: %lu != %lu\n",
+		error_msg("section header size mismatch: %lu != %lu\n",
 				(unsigned long) f->header.e_shentsize,
 				(unsigned long) sizeof(ElfW(Shdr)));
 		return NULL;
@@ -2719,7 +2719,7 @@
 	section_headers = alloca(sizeof(ElfW(Shdr)) * shnum);
 	fseek(fp, f->header.e_shoff, SEEK_SET);
 	if (fread(section_headers, sizeof(ElfW(Shdr)), shnum, fp) != shnum) {
-		errorMsg("error reading ELF section headers: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("error reading ELF section headers: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -2749,7 +2749,7 @@
 				sec->contents = xmalloc(sec->header.sh_size);
 				fseek(fp, sec->header.sh_offset, SEEK_SET);
 				if (fread(sec->contents, sec->header.sh_size, 1, fp) != 1) {
-					errorMsg("error reading ELF section data: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+					error_msg("error reading ELF section data: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 					return NULL;
 				}
 			} else {
@@ -2759,11 +2759,11 @@
 
 #if SHT_RELM == SHT_REL
 		case SHT_RELA:
-			errorMsg("RELA relocations not supported on this architecture\n");
+			error_msg("RELA relocations not supported on this architecture\n");
 			return NULL;
 #else
 		case SHT_REL:
-			errorMsg("REL relocations not supported on this architecture\n");
+			error_msg("REL relocations not supported on this architecture\n");
 			return NULL;
 #endif
 
@@ -2776,7 +2776,7 @@
 				break;
 			}
 
-			errorMsg("can't handle sections of type %ld\n",
+			error_msg("can't handle sections of type %ld\n",
 					(long) sec->header.sh_type);
 			return NULL;
 		}
@@ -2805,7 +2805,7 @@
 				ElfW(Sym) * sym;
 
 				if (sec->header.sh_entsize != sizeof(ElfW(Sym))) {
-					errorMsg("symbol size mismatch: %lu != %lu\n",
+					error_msg("symbol size mismatch: %lu != %lu\n",
 							(unsigned long) sec->header.sh_entsize,
 							(unsigned long) sizeof(ElfW(Sym)));
 					return NULL;
@@ -2837,7 +2837,7 @@
 
 		case SHT_RELM:
 			if (sec->header.sh_entsize != sizeof(ElfW(RelM))) {
-				errorMsg("relocation entry size mismatch: %lu != %lu\n",
+				error_msg("relocation entry size mismatch: %lu != %lu\n",
 						(unsigned long) sec->header.sh_entsize,
 						(unsigned long) sizeof(ElfW(RelM)));
 				return NULL;
@@ -2937,17 +2937,17 @@
 	/* Get a filedesc for the module */
 	if ((fp = fopen(*argv, "r")) == NULL) {
 		/* Hmpf.  Could not open it. Search through _PATH_MODULES to find a module named m_name */
-		if (recursiveAction(_PATH_MODULES, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE,
+		if (recursive_action(_PATH_MODULES, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE,
 							findNamedModule, 0, m_fullName) == FALSE) 
 		{
 			if (m_filename[0] == '\0'
 				|| ((fp = fopen(m_filename, "r")) == NULL)) 
 			{
-				errorMsg("No module named '%s' found in '%s'\n", m_fullName, _PATH_MODULES);
+				error_msg("No module named '%s' found in '%s'\n", m_fullName, _PATH_MODULES);
 				return EXIT_FAILURE;
 			}
 		} else
-			fatalError("No module named '%s' found in '%s'\n", m_fullName, _PATH_MODULES);
+			error_msg_and_die("No module named '%s' found in '%s'\n", m_fullName, _PATH_MODULES);
 	} else
 		memcpy(m_filename, *argv, strlen(*argv));
 
@@ -2971,7 +2971,7 @@
 	} else {
 		m_version = old_get_module_version(f, m_strversion);
 		if (m_version == -1) {
-			errorMsg("couldn't find the kernel version the module was "
+			error_msg("couldn't find the kernel version the module was "
 					"compiled for\n");
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -2979,12 +2979,12 @@
 
 	if (strncmp(k_strversion, m_strversion, STRVERSIONLEN) != 0) {
 		if (flag_force_load) {
-			errorMsg("Warning: kernel-module version mismatch\n"
+			error_msg("Warning: kernel-module version mismatch\n"
 					"\t%s was compiled for kernel version %s\n"
 					"\twhile this kernel is version %s\n",
 					m_filename, m_strversion, k_strversion);
 		} else {
-			errorMsg("kernel-module version mismatch\n"
+			error_msg("kernel-module version mismatch\n"
 					"\t%s was compiled for kernel version %s\n"
 					"\twhile this kernel is version %s.\n",
 					m_filename, m_strversion, k_strversion);
@@ -3002,7 +3002,7 @@
 			goto out;
 		k_crcs = new_is_kernel_checksummed();
 #else
-		errorMsg("Not configured to support new kernels\n");
+		error_msg("Not configured to support new kernels\n");
 		goto out;
 #endif
 	} else {
@@ -3011,7 +3011,7 @@
 			goto out;
 		k_crcs = old_is_kernel_checksummed();
 #else
-		errorMsg("Not configured to support old kernels\n");
+		error_msg("Not configured to support old kernels\n");
 		goto out;
 #endif
 	}
@@ -3068,14 +3068,14 @@
 	case 0:
 		break;
 	case EEXIST:
-		errorMsg("A module named %s already exists\n", m_name);
+		error_msg("A module named %s already exists\n", m_name);
 		goto out;
 	case ENOMEM:
-		errorMsg("Can't allocate kernel memory for module; needed %lu bytes\n",
+		error_msg("Can't allocate kernel memory for module; needed %lu bytes\n",
 				m_size);
 		goto out;
 	default:
-		errorMsg("create_module: %s: %s\n", m_name, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("create_module: %s: %s\n", m_name, strerror(errno));
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/kill.c b/kill.c
index dd5ca49..caaa52a 100644
--- a/kill.c
+++ b/kill.c
@@ -204,10 +204,10 @@
 			int pid;
 
 			if (!isdigit(**argv))
-				fatalError( "Bad PID: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+				error_msg_and_die( "Bad PID: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 			pid = strtol(*argv, NULL, 0);
 			if (kill(pid, sig) != 0) 
-				fatalError( "Could not kill pid '%d': %s\n", pid, strerror(errno));
+				error_msg_and_die( "Could not kill pid '%d': %s\n", pid, strerror(errno));
 			argv++;
 		}
 	} 
@@ -219,20 +219,20 @@
 		while (--argc >= 0) {
 			pid_t* pidList;
 
-			pidList = findPidByName( *argv);
+			pidList = find_pid_by_name( *argv);
 			if (!pidList) {
 				all_found = FALSE;
-				errorMsg( "%s: no process killed\n", *argv);
+				error_msg( "%s: no process killed\n", *argv);
 			}
 
 			for(; pidList && *pidList!=0; pidList++) {
 				if (*pidList==myPid)
 					continue;
 				if (kill(*pidList, sig) != 0) 
-					fatalError( "Could not kill pid '%d': %s\n", *pidList, strerror(errno));
+					error_msg_and_die( "Could not kill pid '%d': %s\n", *pidList, strerror(errno));
 			}
 			/* Note that we don't bother to free the memory
-			 * allocated in findPidByName().  It will be freed
+			 * allocated in find_pid_by_name().  It will be freed
 			 * upon exit, so we can save a byte or two */
 			argv++;
 		}
@@ -245,5 +245,5 @@
 
 
   end:
-	fatalError( "bad signal name: %s\n", *argv);
+	error_msg_and_die( "bad signal name: %s\n", *argv);
 }
diff --git a/lash.c b/lash.c
index bb8a456..4b1ae6d 100644
--- a/lash.c
+++ b/lash.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 	{
 		cmd->progs[0].argv++;
 		execvp(cmd->progs[0].argv[0], cmd->progs[0].argv);
-		fatalError("Exec to %s failed: %s\n", cmd->progs[0].argv[0],
+		error_msg_and_die("Exec to %s failed: %s\n", cmd->progs[0].argv[0],
 				strerror(errno));
 	}
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
@@ -273,12 +273,12 @@
 
 	if (!jobList->head) {
 		if (!cmd->progs[0].argv[1] || cmd->progs[0].argv[2]) {
-			errorMsg("%s: exactly one argument is expected\n",
+			error_msg("%s: exactly one argument is expected\n",
 					cmd->progs[0].argv[0]);
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 		if (sscanf(cmd->progs[0].argv[1], "%%%d", &jobNum) != 1) {
-			errorMsg("%s: bad argument '%s'\n",
+			error_msg("%s: bad argument '%s'\n",
 					cmd->progs[0].argv[0], cmd->progs[0].argv[1]);
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 			for (job = jobList->head; job; job = job->next) {
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (!job) {
-		errorMsg("%s: unknown job %d\n",
+		error_msg("%s: unknown job %d\n",
 				cmd->progs[0].argv[0], jobNum);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
 	char* charptr1=cmd->text+5; /* skip over the leading 'then ' */
 
 	if (! (cmd->jobContext & (IF_TRUE_CONTEXT|IF_FALSE_CONTEXT))) {
-		errorMsg("unexpected token `then'\n");
+		error_msg("unexpected token `then'\n");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 	/* If the if result was FALSE, skip the 'then' stuff */
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@
 	char* charptr1=cmd->text+5; /* skip over the leading 'else ' */
 
 	if (! (cmd->jobContext & (IF_TRUE_CONTEXT|IF_FALSE_CONTEXT))) {
-		errorMsg("unexpected token `else'\n");
+		error_msg("unexpected token `else'\n");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 	/* If the if result was TRUE, skip the 'else' stuff */
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
 static int builtin_fi(struct job *cmd, struct jobSet *junk)
 {
 	if (! (cmd->jobContext & (IF_TRUE_CONTEXT|IF_FALSE_CONTEXT))) {
-		errorMsg("unexpected token `fi'\n");
+		error_msg("unexpected token `fi'\n");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 	/* Clear out the if and then context bits */
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@
 		if (openfd < 0) {
 			/* this could get lost if stderr has been redirected, but
 			   bash and ash both lose it as well (though zsh doesn't!) */
-			errorMsg("error opening %s: %s\n", redir->filename,
+			error_msg("error opening %s: %s\n", redir->filename,
 					strerror(errno));
 			return 1;
 		}
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@
 	if (strpbrk(prog->argv[argc_l - 1],"*[]?")!= NULL){
 		rc = glob(prog->argv[argc_l - 1], flags, NULL, &prog->globResult);
 		if (rc == GLOB_NOSPACE) {
-			errorMsg("out of space during glob operation\n");
+			error_msg("out of space during glob operation\n");
 			return;
 		} else if (rc == GLOB_NOMATCH ||
 			   (!rc && (prog->globResult.gl_pathc - i) == 1 &&
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@
 			if (*src == '\\') {
 				src++;
 				if (!*src) {
-					errorMsg("character expected after \\\n");
+					error_msg("character expected after \\\n");
 					freeJob(job);
 					return 1;
 				}
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@
 					chptr++;
 
 				if (!*chptr) {
-					errorMsg("file name expected after %c\n", *src);
+					error_msg("file name expected after %c\n", *src);
 					freeJob(job);
 					job->numProgs=0;
 					return 1;
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@
 				if (*prog->argv[argc_l])
 					argc_l++;
 				if (!argc_l) {
-					errorMsg("empty command in pipe\n");
+					error_msg("empty command in pipe\n");
 					freeJob(job);
 					job->numProgs=0;
 					return 1;
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@
 					src++;
 
 				if (!*src) {
-					errorMsg("empty command in pipe\n");
+					error_msg("empty command in pipe\n");
 					freeJob(job);
 					job->numProgs=0;
 					return 1;
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@
 					 * command line, making extra room as needed  */
 					--src;
 					charptr1 = xmalloc(BUFSIZ);
-					while ( (size=fullRead(pipefd[0], charptr1, BUFSIZ-1)) >0) {
+					while ( (size=full_read(pipefd[0], charptr1, BUFSIZ-1)) >0) {
 						int newSize=src - *commandPtr + size + 1 + strlen(charptr2);
 						if (newSize > BUFSIZ) {
 							*commandPtr=xrealloc(*commandPtr, src - *commandPtr + 
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@
 			case '\\':
 				src++;
 				if (!*src) {
-					errorMsg("character expected after \\\n");
+					error_msg("character expected after \\\n");
 					freeJob(job);
 					return 1;
 				}
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@
 #endif
 
 			execvp(newJob->progs[i].argv[0], newJob->progs[i].argv);
-			fatalError("%s: %s\n", newJob->progs[i].argv[0],
+			error_msg_and_die("%s: %s\n", newJob->progs[i].argv[0],
 					strerror(errno));
 		}
 		if (outPipe[1]!=-1) {
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@
 			case 'c':
 				input = NULL;
 				if (local_pending_command != 0)
-					fatalError("multiple -c arguments\n");
+					error_msg_and_die("multiple -c arguments\n");
 				local_pending_command = xstrdup(argv[optind]);
 				optind++;
 				argv = argv+optind;
diff --git a/ln.c b/ln.c
index e81dbaf..ead5322 100644
--- a/ln.c
+++ b/ln.c
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
 		strcpy(srcName, link_SrcName);
 
 	if (flag&LN_NODEREFERENCE)
-		srcIsDir = isDirectory(srcName, TRUE, NULL);
+		srcIsDir = is_directory(srcName, TRUE, NULL);
 	else
-		srcIsDir = isDirectory(srcName, FALSE, NULL);	
+		srcIsDir = is_directory(srcName, FALSE, NULL);	
 	
 	if ((srcIsDir==TRUE)&&((flag&LN_NODEREFERENCE)==0)) {
 		strcat(srcName, "/");
diff --git a/loadacm.c b/loadacm.c
index 1562108..a696640 100644
--- a/loadacm.c
+++ b/loadacm.c
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
 
 	fd = open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		errorMsg("Error opening /dev/tty1: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("Error opening /dev/tty1: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
 	if (screen_map_load(fd, stdin)) {
-		errorMsg("Error loading acm: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("Error loading acm: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 		if (parse_failed) {
 			if (-1 == fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET)) {
 				if (errno == ESPIPE)
-					errorMsg("16bit screen-map MUST be a regular file.\n"),
+					error_msg("16bit screen-map MUST be a regular file.\n"),
 						exit(1);
 				else
 					perror("fseek failed reading binary 16bit screen-map"),
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 				perror("Cannot read [new] map from file"), exit(1);
 #if 0
 			else
-				errorMsg("Input screen-map is binary.\n");
+				error_msg("Input screen-map is binary.\n");
 #endif
 		}
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 	/* rewind... */
 	if (-1 == fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET)) {
 		if (errno == ESPIPE)
-			errorMsg("Assuming 8bit screen-map - MUST be a regular file.\n"),
+			error_msg("Assuming 8bit screen-map - MUST be a regular file.\n"),
 				exit(1);
 		else
 			perror("fseek failed assuming 8bit screen-map"), exit(1);
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 			if (-1 == fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET)) {
 				if (errno == ESPIPE)
 					/* should not - it succedeed above */
-					errorMsg("fseek() returned ESPIPE !\n"),
+					error_msg("fseek() returned ESPIPE !\n"),
 						exit(1);
 				else
 					perror("fseek for binary 8bit screen-map"), exit(1);
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 				perror("Cannot read [old] map from file"), exit(1);
 #if 0
 			else
-				errorMsg("Input screen-map is binary.\n");
+				error_msg("Input screen-map is binary.\n");
 #endif
 		}
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 		else
 			return 0;
 	}
-	errorMsg("Error parsing symbolic map\n");
+	error_msg("Error parsing symbolic map\n");
 	return(1);
 }
 
diff --git a/loadfont.c b/loadfont.c
index f69f52f..13a196f 100644
--- a/loadfont.c
+++ b/loadfont.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 	fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_RDWR);
 	if (fd < 0)
-		fatalPerror("Error opening /dev/tty0");
+		perror_msg_and_die("Error opening /dev/tty0");
 	loadnewfont(fd);
 
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
 
 	if (unit < 1 || unit > 32)
-		fatalError("Bad character size %d\n", unit);
+		error_msg_and_die("Bad character size %d\n", unit);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < fontsize; i++)
 		memcpy(buf + (32 * i), inbuf + (unit * i), unit);
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@
 
 		if (ioctl(fd, PIO_FONTX, &cfd) == 0)
 			return;				/* success */
-		perrorMsg("PIO_FONTX ioctl error (trying PIO_FONT)");
+		perror_msg("PIO_FONTX ioctl error (trying PIO_FONT)");
 	}
 #endif
 	if (ioctl(fd, PIO_FONT, buf))
-		fatalPerror("PIO_FONT ioctl error");
+		perror_msg_and_die("PIO_FONT ioctl error");
 }
 
 static void
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@
 	if (ioctl(fd, PIO_UNIMAPCLR, &advice)) {
 #ifdef ENOIOCTLCMD
 		if (errno == ENOIOCTLCMD) {
-			errorMsg("It seems this kernel is older than 1.1.92\n");
-			fatalError("No Unicode mapping table loaded.\n");
+			error_msg("It seems this kernel is older than 1.1.92\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("No Unicode mapping table loaded.\n");
 		} else
 #endif
-			fatalPerror("PIO_UNIMAPCLR");
+			perror_msg_and_die("PIO_UNIMAPCLR");
 	}
 	ud.entry_ct = ct;
 	ud.entries = up;
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 			/* change advice parameters */
 		}
 #endif
-		fatalPerror("PIO_UNIMAP");
+		perror_msg_and_die("PIO_UNIMAP");
 	}
 }
 
@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@
 	 */
 	inputlth = fread(inbuf, 1, sizeof(inbuf), stdin);
 	if (ferror(stdin))
-		fatalPerror("Error reading input font");
+		perror_msg_and_die("Error reading input font");
 	/* use malloc/realloc in case of giant files;
 	   maybe these do not occur: 16kB for the font,
 	   and 16kB for the map leaves 32 unicode values
 	   for each font position */
 	if (!feof(stdin))
-		fatalPerror("Font too large");
+		perror_msg_and_die("Font too large");
 
 	/* test for psf first */
 	{
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@
 			goto no_psf;
 
 		if (psfhdr.mode > PSF_MAXMODE)
-			fatalError("Unsupported psf file mode\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("Unsupported psf file mode\n");
 		fontsize = ((psfhdr.mode & PSF_MODE512) ? 512 : 256);
 #if !defined( PIO_FONTX ) || defined( __sparc__ )
 		if (fontsize != 256)
-			fatalError("Only fontsize 256 supported\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("Only fontsize 256 supported\n");
 #endif
 		hastable = (psfhdr.mode & PSF_MODEHASTAB);
 		unit = psfhdr.charsize;
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
 
 		head = head0 + fontsize * unit;
 		if (head > inputlth || (!hastable && head != inputlth))
-			fatalError("Input file: bad length\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("Input file: bad length\n");
 		do_loadfont(fd, inbuf + head0, unit, fontsize);
 		if (hastable)
 			do_loadtable(fd, inbuf + head, inputlth - head, fontsize);
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 	} else {
 		/* bare font */
 		if (inputlth & 0377)
-			fatalError("Bad input file size\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("Bad input file size\n");
 		offset = 0;
 		unit = inputlth / 256;
 	}
diff --git a/loadkmap.c b/loadkmap.c
index 7dfa670..fc24398 100644
--- a/loadkmap.c
+++ b/loadkmap.c
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@
 
 	fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_RDWR);
 	if (fd < 0)
-		fatalPerror("Error opening /dev/tty0");
+		perror_msg_and_die("Error opening /dev/tty0");
 
 	read(0, buff, 7);
 	if (0 != strncmp(buff, BINARY_KEYMAP_MAGIC, 7))
-		fatalError("This is not a valid binary keymap.\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("This is not a valid binary keymap.\n");
 
 	if (MAX_NR_KEYMAPS != read(0, flags, MAX_NR_KEYMAPS))
-		fatalPerror("Error reading keymap flags");
+		perror_msg_and_die("Error reading keymap flags");
 
 	ibuff = (u_short *) xmalloc(ibuffsz);
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 			pos = 0;
 			while (pos < ibuffsz) {
 				if ((readsz = read(0, (char *) ibuff + pos, ibuffsz - pos)) < 0)
-					fatalPerror("Error reading keymap");
+					perror_msg_and_die("Error reading keymap");
 				pos += readsz;
 			}
 			for (j = 0; j < NR_KEYS; j++) {
diff --git a/logger.c b/logger.c
index 8e341ef..1ed6dc6 100644
--- a/logger.c
+++ b/logger.c
@@ -85,14 +85,14 @@
 		*s = '\0';
 		fac = decode(save, facilitynames);
 		if (fac < 0)
-			fatalError("unknown facility name: %s\n", save);
+			error_msg_and_die("unknown facility name: %s\n", save);
 		*s++ = '.';
 	} else {
 		s = save;
 	}
 	lev = decode(s, prioritynames);
 	if (lev < 0)
-		fatalError("unknown priority name: %s\n", save);
+		error_msg_and_die("unknown priority name: %s\n", save);
 	return ((lev & LOG_PRIMASK) | (fac & LOG_FACMASK));
 }
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 		if (argc >= 1)
 			message = *argv;
 		else
-			fatalError("No message\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("No message\n");
 	}
 
 	openlog(name, option, (pri | LOG_FACMASK));
diff --git a/logname.c b/logname.c
index 89c409f..1fc518b 100644
--- a/logname.c
+++ b/logname.c
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@
 		puts(user);
 		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	}
-	fatalError("no login name\n");
+	error_msg_and_die("no login name\n");
 }
diff --git a/ls.c b/ls.c
index 225132b..94c73b3 100644
--- a/ls.c
+++ b/ls.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_LS_FOLLOWLINKS
 	if (follow_links == TRUE) {
 		if (stat(cur->fullname, &cur->dstat)) {
-			errorMsg("%s: %s\n", cur->fullname, strerror(errno));
+			error_msg("%s: %s\n", cur->fullname, strerror(errno));
 			status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 			free(cur->fullname);
 			free(cur);
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 	} else
 #endif
 	if (lstat(cur->fullname, &cur->dstat)) {
-		errorMsg("%s: %s\n", cur->fullname, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("%s: %s\n", cur->fullname, strerror(errno));
 		status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 		free(cur->fullname);
 		free(cur);
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@
 	nfiles= 0;
 	dir = opendir(path);
 	if (dir == NULL) {
-		errorMsg("%s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("%s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
 		status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 		return(NULL);	/* could not open the dir */
 	}
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
 				column += 5;
 				break;
 			case LIST_MODEBITS:
-				fprintf(stdout, "%10s", (char *)modeString(dn->dstat.st_mode));
+				fprintf(stdout, "%10s", (char *)mode_string(dn->dstat.st_mode));
 				column += 10;
 				break;
 			case LIST_NLINKS:
diff --git a/lsmod.c b/lsmod.c
index 6fe505b..f957d2d 100644
--- a/lsmod.c
+++ b/lsmod.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 	module_names = xmalloc(bufsize = 256);
 	deps = xmalloc(bufsize);
 	if (query_module(NULL, QM_MODULES, module_names, bufsize, &nmod)) {
-		fatalError("QM_MODULES: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("QM_MODULES: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 	}
 
 	printf("Module                  Size  Used by\n");
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 				continue;
 			}
 			/* else choke */
-			fatalError("module %s: QM_INFO: %s\n", mn, strerror(errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("module %s: QM_INFO: %s\n", mn, strerror(errno));
 		}
 		while (query_module(mn, QM_REFS, deps, bufsize, &count)) {
 			if (errno == ENOENT) {
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (errno != ENOSPC) {
-				fatalError("module %s: QM_REFS: %s", mn, strerror(errno));
+				error_msg_and_die("module %s: QM_REFS: %s", mn, strerror(errno));
 			}
 			deps = xrealloc(deps, bufsize = count);
 		}
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 		close(fd);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	fatalError("/proc/modules: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+	error_msg_and_die("/proc/modules: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/md5sum.c b/md5sum.c
index 84e037a..57fac74 100644
--- a/md5sum.c
+++ b/md5sum.c
@@ -651,13 +651,13 @@
   } else {
     fp = fopen(filename, OPENOPTS(binary));
     if (fp == NULL) {
-      errorMsg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+      error_msg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
       return FALSE;
     }
   }
 
   if (md5_stream(fp, md5_result)) {
-    errorMsg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+    error_msg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
 
     if (fp != stdin)
       fclose(fp);
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@
   }
 
   if (fp != stdin && fclose(fp) == EOF) {
-    errorMsg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+    error_msg("%s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
     return FALSE;
   }
 
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
   } else {
     checkfile_stream = fopen(checkfile_name, "r");
     if (checkfile_stream == NULL) {
-      errorMsg("%s: %s\n", checkfile_name, strerror(errno));
+      error_msg("%s: %s\n", checkfile_name, strerror(errno));
       return FALSE;
     }
   }
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@
     if (split_3(line, line_length, &md5num, &binary, &filename)
         || !hex_digits(md5num)) {
       if (warn) {
-        errorMsg("%s: %lu: improperly formatted MD5 checksum line\n",
+        error_msg("%s: %lu: improperly formatted MD5 checksum line\n",
                  checkfile_name, (unsigned long) line_number);
       }
     } else {
@@ -770,18 +770,18 @@
     free(line);
 
   if (ferror(checkfile_stream)) {
-    errorMsg("%s: read error\n", checkfile_name); /* */
+    error_msg("%s: read error\n", checkfile_name); /* */
     return FALSE;
   }
 
   if (checkfile_stream != stdin && fclose(checkfile_stream) == EOF) {
-    errorMsg("md5sum: %s: %s\n", checkfile_name, strerror(errno));
+    error_msg("md5sum: %s: %s\n", checkfile_name, strerror(errno));
     return FALSE;
   }
 
   if (n_properly_formated_lines == 0) {
     /* Warn if no tests are found.  */
-    errorMsg("%s: no properly formatted MD5 checksum lines found\n",
+    error_msg("%s: no properly formatted MD5 checksum lines found\n",
              checkfile_name);
     return FALSE;
   } else {
@@ -790,13 +790,13 @@
                                  - n_open_or_read_failures);
 
       if (n_open_or_read_failures > 0) {
-        errorMsg("WARNING: %d of %d listed files could not be read\n",
+        error_msg("WARNING: %d of %d listed files could not be read\n",
                  n_open_or_read_failures, n_properly_formated_lines);
         return FALSE;
       }
 
       if (n_mismatched_checksums > 0) {
-        errorMsg("WARNING: %d of %d computed checksums did NOT match\n",
+        error_msg("WARNING: %d of %d computed checksums did NOT match\n",
                  n_mismatched_checksums, n_computed_checkums);
         return FALSE;
       }
@@ -861,22 +861,22 @@
   }
 
   if (file_type_specified && do_check) {
-    errorMsg("the -b and -t options are meaningless when verifying checksums\n");
+    error_msg("the -b and -t options are meaningless when verifying checksums\n");
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
   if (n_strings > 0 && do_check) {
-    errorMsg("the -g and -c options are mutually exclusive\n");
+    error_msg("the -g and -c options are mutually exclusive\n");
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
   if (status_only && !do_check) {
-    errorMsg("the -s option is meaningful only when verifying checksums\n");
+    error_msg("the -s option is meaningful only when verifying checksums\n");
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
   if (warn && !do_check) {
-    errorMsg("the -w option is meaningful only when verifying checksums\n");
+    error_msg("the -w option is meaningful only when verifying checksums\n");
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@
     size_t i;
 
     if (optind < argc) {
-      errorMsg("no files may be specified when using -g\n");
+      error_msg("no files may be specified when using -g\n");
 	  return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
     for (i = 0; i < n_strings; ++i) {
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@
     }
   } else if (do_check) {
     if (optind + 1 < argc) {
-      errorMsg("only one argument may be specified when using -c\n");
+      error_msg("only one argument may be specified when using -c\n");
     }
 
     err = md5_check ((optind == argc) ? "-" : argv[optind]);
@@ -951,12 +951,12 @@
   }
 
   if (fclose (stdout) == EOF) {
-    errorMsg("write error\n");
+    error_msg("write error\n");
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
   if (have_read_stdin && fclose (stdin) == EOF) {
-    errorMsg("standard input\n");
+    error_msg("standard input\n");
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
diff --git a/miscutils/dc.c b/miscutils/dc.c
index 0f5f1fc..d462100 100644
--- a/miscutils/dc.c
+++ b/miscutils/dc.c
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 static void push(double a)
 {
 	if (pointer >= (sizeof(stack) / sizeof(*stack)))
-		fatalError("stack overflow\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("stack overflow\n");
 	stack[pointer++] = a;
 }
 
 static double pop()
 {
 	if (pointer == 0)
-		fatalError("stack underflow\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("stack underflow\n");
 	return stack[--pointer];
 }
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 		}
 		o++;
 	}
-	fatalError("%s: syntax error.\n", argument);
+	error_msg_and_die("%s: syntax error.\n", argument);
 }
 
 /* return pointer to next token in buffer and set *buffer to one char
diff --git a/miscutils/dutmp.c b/miscutils/dutmp.c
index 03d80d8..efd15df 100644
--- a/miscutils/dutmp.c
+++ b/miscutils/dutmp.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	} else  {
 		file = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
 		if (file < 0) {
-			fatalError(io_error, argv[1], strerror(errno));
+			error_msg_and_die(io_error, argv[1], strerror(errno));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/miscutils/mt.c b/miscutils/mt.c
index 583674b..2d35c7c 100644
--- a/miscutils/mt.c
+++ b/miscutils/mt.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (code->name == 0) {
-		errorMsg("unrecognized opcode %s.\n", argv[1]);
+		error_msg("unrecognized opcode %s.\n", argv[1]);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
diff --git a/miscutils/readlink.c b/miscutils/readlink.c
index 5a798c0..bb40b07 100644
--- a/miscutils/readlink.c
+++ b/miscutils/readlink.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 		buf = xrealloc(buf, bufsize);
 		size = readlink(argv[1], buf, bufsize);
 		if (size == -1)
-			fatalError("%s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("%s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
 	}
 
 	buf[size] = '\0';
diff --git a/mkdir.c b/mkdir.c
index c950847..92357a6 100644
--- a/mkdir.c
+++ b/mkdir.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 				/* Find the specified modes */
 				mode = 0;
 				if (parse_mode(*(++argv), &mode) == FALSE) {
-					errorMsg("Unknown mode: %s\n", *argv);
+					error_msg("Unknown mode: %s\n", *argv);
 					return EXIT_FAILURE;
 				}
 				/* Set the umask for this process so it doesn't 
@@ -79,18 +79,18 @@
 		char buf[BUFSIZ + 1];
 
 		if (strlen(*argv) > BUFSIZ - 1) {
-			errorMsg(name_too_long);
+			error_msg(name_too_long);
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 		strcpy(buf, *argv);
 		status = stat(buf, &statBuf);
 		if (parentFlag == FALSE && status != -1 && errno != ENOENT) {
-			errorMsg("%s: File exists\n", buf);
+			error_msg("%s: File exists\n", buf);
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 		if (parentFlag == TRUE) {
 			strcat(buf, "/");
-			createPath(buf, mode);
+			create_path(buf, mode);
 		} else {
 			if (mkdir(buf, mode) != 0 && parentFlag == FALSE) {
 				perror(buf);
diff --git a/mkfs_minix.c b/mkfs_minix.c
index 15cf531..95815fd 100644
--- a/mkfs_minix.c
+++ b/mkfs_minix.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
  */
 static volatile void die(char *str)
 {
-	errorMsg("%s\n", str);
+	error_msg("%s\n", str);
 	exit(8);
 }
 
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_MINIX2
 						version2 = 1;
 #else
-						errorMsg("%s: not compiled with minix v2 support\n",
+						error_msg("%s: not compiled with minix v2 support\n",
 								device_name);
 						exit(-1);
 #endif
diff --git a/mknod.c b/mknod.c
index 21b2689..022ab85 100644
--- a/mknod.c
+++ b/mknod.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 	mode |= perm;
 
 	if (mknod(argv[0], mode, dev) != 0)
-		fatalError("%s: %s\n", argv[0], strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("%s: %s\n", argv[0], strerror(errno));
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
diff --git a/mkswap.c b/mkswap.c
index 4757e15..3a39689 100644
--- a/mkswap.c
+++ b/mkswap.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
 #ifdef PAGE_SIZE
 	if (pagesize != PAGE_SIZE)
-		errorMsg("Assuming pages of size %d\n", pagesize);
+		error_msg("Assuming pages of size %d\n", pagesize);
 #endif
 	signature_page = (int *) xmalloc(pagesize);
 	memset(signature_page, 0, pagesize);
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 
 void die(const char *str)
 {
-	errorMsg("%s\n", str);
+	error_msg("%s\n", str);
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
@@ -316,14 +316,14 @@
 		}
 	}
 	if (!device_name) {
-		errorMsg("error: Nowhere to set up swap on?\n");
+		error_msg("error: Nowhere to set up swap on?\n");
 		usage(mkswap_usage);
 	}
 	sz = get_size(device_name);
 	if (!PAGES) {
 		PAGES = sz;
 	} else if (PAGES > sz && !force) {
-		errorMsg("error: size %ld is larger than device size %d\n",
+		error_msg("error: size %ld is larger than device size %d\n",
 				PAGES * (pagesize / 1024), sz * (pagesize / 1024));
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
@@ -339,11 +339,11 @@
 			version = 1;
 	}
 	if (version != 0 && version != 1) {
-		errorMsg("error: unknown version %d\n", version);
+		error_msg("error: unknown version %d\n", version);
 		usage(mkswap_usage);
 	}
 	if (PAGES < 10) {
-		errorMsg("error: swap area needs to be at least %ldkB\n",
+		error_msg("error: swap area needs to be at least %ldkB\n",
 				(long) (10 * pagesize / 1024));
 		usage(mkswap_usage);
 	}
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
 #endif
 	if (PAGES > maxpages) {
 		PAGES = maxpages;
-		errorMsg("warning: truncating swap area to %ldkB\n",
+		error_msg("warning: truncating swap area to %ldkB\n",
 				PAGES * pagesize / 1024);
 	}
 
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
 			for (sum = 0; q >= (unsigned short *) buffer;)
 				sum ^= *q--;
 			if (!sum) {
-				errorMsg("Device '%s' contains a valid Sun disklabel.\n"
+				error_msg("Device '%s' contains a valid Sun disklabel.\n"
 "This probably means creating v0 swap would destroy your partition table\n"
 "No swap created. If you really want to create swap v0 on that device, use\n"
 "the -f option to force it.\n", device_name);
diff --git a/modutils/insmod.c b/modutils/insmod.c
index 0963225..0b12c69 100644
--- a/modutils/insmod.c
+++ b/modutils/insmod.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 #ifndef MODUTILS_MODULE_H
 #define MODUTILS_MODULE_H 1
 
-#ident "$Id: insmod.c,v 1.30 2000/12/06 18:18:26 andersen Exp $"
+#ident "$Id: insmod.c,v 1.31 2000/12/07 19:56:48 markw Exp $"
 
 /* This file contains the structures used by the 2.0 and 2.1 kernels.
    We do not use the kernel headers directly because we do not wish
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
 #ifndef MODUTILS_OBJ_H
 #define MODUTILS_OBJ_H 1
 
-#ident "$Id: insmod.c,v 1.30 2000/12/06 18:18:26 andersen Exp $"
+#ident "$Id: insmod.c,v 1.31 2000/12/07 19:56:48 markw Exp $"
 
 /* The relocatable object is manipulated using elfin types.  */
 
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@
 				/* Don't report an error if the symbol is coming from
 				   the kernel or some external module.  */
 				if (secidx <= SHN_HIRESERVE)
-					errorMsg("%s multiply defined\n", name);
+					error_msg("%s multiply defined\n", name);
 				return sym;
 			}
 		}
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@
 
 		/* Also check that the parameter was not resolved from the kernel.  */
 		if (sym == NULL || sym->secidx > SHN_HIRESERVE) {
-			errorMsg("symbol for parameter %s not found\n", p);
+			error_msg("symbol for parameter %s not found\n", p);
 			return 0;
 		}
 
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@
 			str = alloca(strlen(q));
 			for (r = str, q++; *q != '"'; ++q, ++r) {
 				if (*q == '\0') {
-					errorMsg("improperly terminated string argument for %s\n", p);
+					error_msg("improperly terminated string argument for %s\n", p);
 					return 0;
 				} else if (*q == '\\')
 					switch (*++q) {
@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@
 
 	nks = get_kernel_syms(NULL);
 	if (nks < 0) {
-		errorMsg("get_kernel_syms: %s: %s\n", m_name, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("get_kernel_syms: %s: %s\n", m_name, strerror(errno));
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@
 							  m_size | (flag_autoclean ? OLD_MOD_AUTOCLEAN
 										: 0), &routines, symtab);
 	if (ret)
-		errorMsg("init_module: %s: %s\n", m_name, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("init_module: %s: %s\n", m_name, strerror(errno));
 
 	free(image);
 	free(symtab);
@@ -1786,7 +1786,7 @@
 		p = get_modinfo_value(f, key);
 		key += 5;
 		if (p == NULL) {
-			errorMsg("invalid parameter %s\n", key);
+			error_msg("invalid parameter %s\n", key);
 			return 0;
 		}
 
@@ -1794,7 +1794,7 @@
 
 		/* Also check that the parameter was not resolved from the kernel.  */
 		if (sym == NULL || sym->secidx > SHN_HIRESERVE) {
-			errorMsg("symbol for parameter %s not found\n", key);
+			error_msg("symbol for parameter %s not found\n", key);
 			return 0;
 		}
 
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@
 					str = alloca(strlen(q));
 					for (r = str, q++; *q != '"'; ++q, ++r) {
 						if (*q == '\0') {
-							errorMsg("improperly terminated string argument for %s\n",
+							error_msg("improperly terminated string argument for %s\n",
 									key);
 							return 0;
 						} else if (*q == '\\')
@@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@
 					/* Get the size of each member */
 					/* Probably we should do that outside the loop ? */
 					if (!isdigit(*(p + 1))) {
-						errorMsg("parameter type 'c' for %s must be followed by"
+						error_msg("parameter type 'c' for %s must be followed by"
 								" the maximum size\n", key);
 						return 0;
 					}
@@ -1924,7 +1924,7 @@
 
 					/* Check length */
 					if (strlen(str) >= charssize) {
-						errorMsg("string too long for %s (max %ld)\n", key,
+						error_msg("string too long for %s (max %ld)\n", key,
 								charssize - 1);
 						return 0;
 					}
@@ -1953,7 +1953,7 @@
 					break;
 
 				default:
-					errorMsg("unknown parameter type '%c' for %s\n", *p, key);
+					error_msg("unknown parameter type '%c' for %s\n", *p, key);
 					return 0;
 				}
 			}
@@ -1972,21 +1972,21 @@
 
 			case ',':
 				if (++n > max) {
-					errorMsg("too many values for %s (max %d)\n", key, max);
+					error_msg("too many values for %s (max %d)\n", key, max);
 					return 0;
 				}
 				++q;
 				break;
 
 			default:
-				errorMsg("invalid argument syntax for %s\n", key);
+				error_msg("invalid argument syntax for %s\n", key);
 				return 0;
 			}
 		}
 
 	  end_of_arg:
 		if (n < min) {
-			errorMsg("too few values for %s (min %d)\n", key, min);
+			error_msg("too few values for %s (min %d)\n", key, min);
 			return 0;
 		}
 
@@ -2055,7 +2055,7 @@
 			module_names = xrealloc(module_names, bufsize = ret);
 			goto retry_modules_load;
 		}
-		errorMsg("QM_MODULES: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("QM_MODULES: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -2074,7 +2074,7 @@
 				/* The module was removed out from underneath us.  */
 				continue;
 			}
-			errorMsg("query_module: QM_INFO: %s: %s\n", mn, strerror(errno));
+			error_msg("query_module: QM_INFO: %s: %s\n", mn, strerror(errno));
 			return 0;
 		}
 
@@ -2089,7 +2089,7 @@
 				/* The module was removed out from underneath us.  */
 				continue;
 			default:
-				errorMsg("query_module: QM_SYMBOLS: %s: %s\n", mn, strerror(errno));
+				error_msg("query_module: QM_SYMBOLS: %s: %s\n", mn, strerror(errno));
 				return 0;
 			}
 		}
@@ -2114,7 +2114,7 @@
 			syms = xrealloc(syms, bufsize = ret);
 			goto retry_kern_sym_load;
 		}
-		errorMsg("kernel: QM_SYMBOLS: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("kernel: QM_SYMBOLS: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return 0;
 	}
 	nksyms = nsyms = ret;
@@ -2295,7 +2295,7 @@
 
 	ret = new_sys_init_module(m_name, (struct new_module *) image);
 	if (ret)
-		errorMsg("init_module: %s: %s\n", m_name, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("init_module: %s: %s\n", m_name, strerror(errno));
 
 	free(image);
 
@@ -2372,7 +2372,7 @@
 					sym->secidx = SHN_ABS;
 					sym->value = 0;
 				} else {
-					errorMsg("unresolved symbol %s\n", sym->name);
+					error_msg("unresolved symbol %s\n", sym->name);
 					ret = 0;
 				}
 			}
@@ -2599,11 +2599,11 @@
 				errmsg = "Unhandled relocation";
 			  bad_reloc:
 				if (extsym) {
-					errorMsg("%s of type %ld for %s\n", errmsg,
+					error_msg("%s of type %ld for %s\n", errmsg,
 							(long) ELFW(R_TYPE) (rel->r_info),
 							strtab + extsym->st_name);
 				} else {
-					errorMsg("%s of type %ld\n", errmsg,
+					error_msg("%s of type %ld\n", errmsg,
 							(long) ELFW(R_TYPE) (rel->r_info));
 				}
 				ret = 0;
@@ -2680,7 +2680,7 @@
 
 	fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
 	if (fread(&f->header, sizeof(f->header), 1, fp) != 1) {
-		errorMsg("error reading ELF header: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("error reading ELF header: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -2688,25 +2688,25 @@
 		|| f->header.e_ident[EI_MAG1] != ELFMAG1
 		|| f->header.e_ident[EI_MAG2] != ELFMAG2
 		|| f->header.e_ident[EI_MAG3] != ELFMAG3) {
-		errorMsg("not an ELF file\n");
+		error_msg("not an ELF file\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	if (f->header.e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASSM
 		|| f->header.e_ident[EI_DATA] != ELFDATAM
 		|| f->header.e_ident[EI_VERSION] != EV_CURRENT
 		|| !MATCH_MACHINE(f->header.e_machine)) {
-		errorMsg("ELF file not for this architecture\n");
+		error_msg("ELF file not for this architecture\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	if (f->header.e_type != ET_REL) {
-		errorMsg("ELF file not a relocatable object\n");
+		error_msg("ELF file not a relocatable object\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* Read the section headers.  */
 
 	if (f->header.e_shentsize != sizeof(ElfW(Shdr))) {
-		errorMsg("section header size mismatch: %lu != %lu\n",
+		error_msg("section header size mismatch: %lu != %lu\n",
 				(unsigned long) f->header.e_shentsize,
 				(unsigned long) sizeof(ElfW(Shdr)));
 		return NULL;
@@ -2719,7 +2719,7 @@
 	section_headers = alloca(sizeof(ElfW(Shdr)) * shnum);
 	fseek(fp, f->header.e_shoff, SEEK_SET);
 	if (fread(section_headers, sizeof(ElfW(Shdr)), shnum, fp) != shnum) {
-		errorMsg("error reading ELF section headers: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("error reading ELF section headers: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -2749,7 +2749,7 @@
 				sec->contents = xmalloc(sec->header.sh_size);
 				fseek(fp, sec->header.sh_offset, SEEK_SET);
 				if (fread(sec->contents, sec->header.sh_size, 1, fp) != 1) {
-					errorMsg("error reading ELF section data: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+					error_msg("error reading ELF section data: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 					return NULL;
 				}
 			} else {
@@ -2759,11 +2759,11 @@
 
 #if SHT_RELM == SHT_REL
 		case SHT_RELA:
-			errorMsg("RELA relocations not supported on this architecture\n");
+			error_msg("RELA relocations not supported on this architecture\n");
 			return NULL;
 #else
 		case SHT_REL:
-			errorMsg("REL relocations not supported on this architecture\n");
+			error_msg("REL relocations not supported on this architecture\n");
 			return NULL;
 #endif
 
@@ -2776,7 +2776,7 @@
 				break;
 			}
 
-			errorMsg("can't handle sections of type %ld\n",
+			error_msg("can't handle sections of type %ld\n",
 					(long) sec->header.sh_type);
 			return NULL;
 		}
@@ -2805,7 +2805,7 @@
 				ElfW(Sym) * sym;
 
 				if (sec->header.sh_entsize != sizeof(ElfW(Sym))) {
-					errorMsg("symbol size mismatch: %lu != %lu\n",
+					error_msg("symbol size mismatch: %lu != %lu\n",
 							(unsigned long) sec->header.sh_entsize,
 							(unsigned long) sizeof(ElfW(Sym)));
 					return NULL;
@@ -2837,7 +2837,7 @@
 
 		case SHT_RELM:
 			if (sec->header.sh_entsize != sizeof(ElfW(RelM))) {
-				errorMsg("relocation entry size mismatch: %lu != %lu\n",
+				error_msg("relocation entry size mismatch: %lu != %lu\n",
 						(unsigned long) sec->header.sh_entsize,
 						(unsigned long) sizeof(ElfW(RelM)));
 				return NULL;
@@ -2937,17 +2937,17 @@
 	/* Get a filedesc for the module */
 	if ((fp = fopen(*argv, "r")) == NULL) {
 		/* Hmpf.  Could not open it. Search through _PATH_MODULES to find a module named m_name */
-		if (recursiveAction(_PATH_MODULES, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE,
+		if (recursive_action(_PATH_MODULES, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE,
 							findNamedModule, 0, m_fullName) == FALSE) 
 		{
 			if (m_filename[0] == '\0'
 				|| ((fp = fopen(m_filename, "r")) == NULL)) 
 			{
-				errorMsg("No module named '%s' found in '%s'\n", m_fullName, _PATH_MODULES);
+				error_msg("No module named '%s' found in '%s'\n", m_fullName, _PATH_MODULES);
 				return EXIT_FAILURE;
 			}
 		} else
-			fatalError("No module named '%s' found in '%s'\n", m_fullName, _PATH_MODULES);
+			error_msg_and_die("No module named '%s' found in '%s'\n", m_fullName, _PATH_MODULES);
 	} else
 		memcpy(m_filename, *argv, strlen(*argv));
 
@@ -2971,7 +2971,7 @@
 	} else {
 		m_version = old_get_module_version(f, m_strversion);
 		if (m_version == -1) {
-			errorMsg("couldn't find the kernel version the module was "
+			error_msg("couldn't find the kernel version the module was "
 					"compiled for\n");
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -2979,12 +2979,12 @@
 
 	if (strncmp(k_strversion, m_strversion, STRVERSIONLEN) != 0) {
 		if (flag_force_load) {
-			errorMsg("Warning: kernel-module version mismatch\n"
+			error_msg("Warning: kernel-module version mismatch\n"
 					"\t%s was compiled for kernel version %s\n"
 					"\twhile this kernel is version %s\n",
 					m_filename, m_strversion, k_strversion);
 		} else {
-			errorMsg("kernel-module version mismatch\n"
+			error_msg("kernel-module version mismatch\n"
 					"\t%s was compiled for kernel version %s\n"
 					"\twhile this kernel is version %s.\n",
 					m_filename, m_strversion, k_strversion);
@@ -3002,7 +3002,7 @@
 			goto out;
 		k_crcs = new_is_kernel_checksummed();
 #else
-		errorMsg("Not configured to support new kernels\n");
+		error_msg("Not configured to support new kernels\n");
 		goto out;
 #endif
 	} else {
@@ -3011,7 +3011,7 @@
 			goto out;
 		k_crcs = old_is_kernel_checksummed();
 #else
-		errorMsg("Not configured to support old kernels\n");
+		error_msg("Not configured to support old kernels\n");
 		goto out;
 #endif
 	}
@@ -3068,14 +3068,14 @@
 	case 0:
 		break;
 	case EEXIST:
-		errorMsg("A module named %s already exists\n", m_name);
+		error_msg("A module named %s already exists\n", m_name);
 		goto out;
 	case ENOMEM:
-		errorMsg("Can't allocate kernel memory for module; needed %lu bytes\n",
+		error_msg("Can't allocate kernel memory for module; needed %lu bytes\n",
 				m_size);
 		goto out;
 	default:
-		errorMsg("create_module: %s: %s\n", m_name, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("create_module: %s: %s\n", m_name, strerror(errno));
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/modutils/lsmod.c b/modutils/lsmod.c
index 6fe505b..f957d2d 100644
--- a/modutils/lsmod.c
+++ b/modutils/lsmod.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 	module_names = xmalloc(bufsize = 256);
 	deps = xmalloc(bufsize);
 	if (query_module(NULL, QM_MODULES, module_names, bufsize, &nmod)) {
-		fatalError("QM_MODULES: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("QM_MODULES: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 	}
 
 	printf("Module                  Size  Used by\n");
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 				continue;
 			}
 			/* else choke */
-			fatalError("module %s: QM_INFO: %s\n", mn, strerror(errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("module %s: QM_INFO: %s\n", mn, strerror(errno));
 		}
 		while (query_module(mn, QM_REFS, deps, bufsize, &count)) {
 			if (errno == ENOENT) {
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (errno != ENOSPC) {
-				fatalError("module %s: QM_REFS: %s", mn, strerror(errno));
+				error_msg_and_die("module %s: QM_REFS: %s", mn, strerror(errno));
 			}
 			deps = xrealloc(deps, bufsize = count);
 		}
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 		close(fd);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	fatalError("/proc/modules: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+	error_msg_and_die("/proc/modules: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/mount.c b/mount.c
index ff8aef3..fa99812 100644
--- a/mount.c
+++ b/mount.c
@@ -132,22 +132,22 @@
 
 			specialfile = find_unused_loop_device();
 			if (specialfile == NULL) {
-				errorMsg("Could not find a spare loop device\n");
+				error_msg("Could not find a spare loop device\n");
 				return (FALSE);
 			}
 			if (set_loop(specialfile, lofile, 0, &loro)) {
-				errorMsg("Could not setup loop device\n");
+				error_msg("Could not setup loop device\n");
 				return (FALSE);
 			}
 			if (!(flags & MS_RDONLY) && loro) {	/* loop is ro, but wanted rw */
-				errorMsg("WARNING: loop device is read-only\n");
+				error_msg("WARNING: loop device is read-only\n");
 				flags &= ~MS_RDONLY;
 			}
 		}
 #endif
 		status = mount(specialfile, dir, filesystemtype, flags, string_flags);
 		if (errno == EROFS) {
-			errorMsg("%s is write-protected, mounting read-only\n", specialfile);
+			error_msg("%s is write-protected, mounting read-only\n", specialfile);
 			status = mount(specialfile, dir, filesystemtype, flags |= MS_RDONLY, string_flags);
 		}
 	}
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 #endif
 
 	if (errno == EPERM) {
-		fatalError("permission denied. Are you root?\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("permission denied. Are you root?\n");
 	}
 
 	return (FALSE);
@@ -273,18 +273,18 @@
 		/* open device */ 
 		fd = open(device, O_RDONLY);
 		if (fd < 0)
-			fatalError("open failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("open failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
 
 		/* How many filesystems?  We need to know to allocate enough space */
 		numfilesystems = ioctl (fd, DEVMTAB_COUNT_FILESYSTEMS);
 		if (numfilesystems<0)
-			fatalError("\nDEVMTAB_COUNT_FILESYSTEMS: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("\nDEVMTAB_COUNT_FILESYSTEMS: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 		fslist = (struct k_fstype *) xcalloc ( numfilesystems, sizeof(struct k_fstype));
 
 		/* Grab the list of available filesystems */
 		status = ioctl (fd, DEVMTAB_GET_FILESYSTEMS, fslist);
 		if (status<0)
-			fatalError("\nDEVMTAB_GET_FILESYSTEMS: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("\nDEVMTAB_GET_FILESYSTEMS: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 		/* Walk the list trying to mount filesystems 
 		 * that do not claim to be nodev filesystems */
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
 
 	if (status == FALSE) {
 		if (whineOnErrors == TRUE) {
-			errorMsg("Mounting %s on %s failed: %s\n",
+			error_msg("Mounting %s on %s failed: %s\n",
 					blockDevice, directory, strerror(errno));
 		}
 		return (FALSE);
@@ -342,18 +342,18 @@
 		/* open device */ 
 		fd = open(device, O_RDONLY);
 		if (fd < 0)
-			fatalError("open failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("open failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
 
 		/* How many mounted filesystems?  We need to know to 
 		 * allocate enough space for later... */
 		numfilesystems = ioctl (fd, DEVMTAB_COUNT_MOUNTS);
 		if (numfilesystems<0)
-			fatalError( "\nDEVMTAB_COUNT_MOUNTS: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die( "\nDEVMTAB_COUNT_MOUNTS: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 		mntentlist = (struct k_mntent *) xcalloc ( numfilesystems, sizeof(struct k_mntent));
 		
 		/* Grab the list of mounted filesystems */
 		if (ioctl (fd, DEVMTAB_GET_MOUNTS, mntentlist)<0)
-			fatalError( "\nDEVMTAB_GET_MOUNTS: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die( "\nDEVMTAB_GET_MOUNTS: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 		for( i = 0 ; i < numfilesystems ; i++) {
 			fprintf( stdout, "%s %s %s %s %d %d\n", mntentlist[i].mnt_fsname,
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
 		fstabmount = TRUE;
 
 		if (f == NULL)
-			fatalError( "\nCannot read /etc/fstab: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die( "\nCannot read /etc/fstab: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 		while ((m = getmntent(f)) != NULL) {
 			if (all == FALSE && directory == NULL && (
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
 				rc = nfsmount (device, directory, &flags,
 					&extra_opts, &string_flags, 1);
 				if ( rc != 0) {
-					fatalError("nfsmount failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));	
+					error_msg_and_die("nfsmount failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));	
 					rc = EXIT_FAILURE;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/mt.c b/mt.c
index 583674b..2d35c7c 100644
--- a/mt.c
+++ b/mt.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (code->name == 0) {
-		errorMsg("unrecognized opcode %s.\n", argv[1]);
+		error_msg("unrecognized opcode %s.\n", argv[1]);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
diff --git a/mtab.c b/mtab.c
index 8984d88..1f20837 100644
--- a/mtab.c
+++ b/mtab.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_USE_PROCFS
 		if (filesystemType == 0) {
-			struct mntent *p = findMountPoint(blockDevice, "/proc/mounts");
+			struct mntent *p = find_mount_point(blockDevice, "/proc/mounts");
 
 			if (p && p->mnt_type)
 				filesystemType = p->mnt_type;
diff --git a/nc.c b/nc.c
index fcacb0c..805bbd4 100644
--- a/nc.c
+++ b/nc.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 	hostinfo = (struct hostent *) gethostbyname(*argv);
 
 	if (!hostinfo) {
-		fatalError("cannot resolve %s\n", *argv);
+		error_msg_and_die("cannot resolve %s\n", *argv);
 	}
 
 	address.sin_family = AF_INET;
diff --git a/networking/hostname.c b/networking/hostname.c
index 44d529c..13e52c4 100644
--- a/networking/hostname.c
+++ b/networking/hostname.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
 /*
- * $Id: hostname.c,v 1.15 2000/10/12 22:30:31 andersen Exp $
+ * $Id: hostname.c,v 1.16 2000/12/07 19:56:48 markw Exp $
  * Mini hostname implementation for busybox
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999 by Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 	if (!isfile) {
 		if (sethostname(s, strlen(s)) < 0) {
 			if (errno == EPERM)
-				errorMsg("you must be root to change the hostname\n");
+				error_msg("you must be root to change the hostname\n");
 			else
 				perror("sethostname");
 			exit(1);
diff --git a/networking/nc.c b/networking/nc.c
index fcacb0c..805bbd4 100644
--- a/networking/nc.c
+++ b/networking/nc.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 	hostinfo = (struct hostent *) gethostbyname(*argv);
 
 	if (!hostinfo) {
-		fatalError("cannot resolve %s\n", *argv);
+		error_msg_and_die("cannot resolve %s\n", *argv);
 	}
 
 	address.sin_family = AF_INET;
diff --git a/networking/ping.c b/networking/ping.c
index af109cf..ccc535b 100644
--- a/networking/ping.c
+++ b/networking/ping.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
 /*
- * $Id: ping.c,v 1.27 2000/12/01 02:55:13 kraai Exp $
+ * $Id: ping.c,v 1.28 2000/12/07 19:56:48 markw Exp $
  * Mini ping implementation for busybox
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999 by Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 
 	pingaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
 	if (!(h = gethostbyname(host))) {
-		errorMsg("unknown host %s\n", host);
+		error_msg("unknown host %s\n", host);
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	memcpy(&pingaddr.sin_addr, h->h_addr, sizeof(pingaddr.sin_addr));
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
 	if (c < 0 || c != sizeof(packet)) {
 		if (c < 0)
 			perror("ping: sendto");
-		errorMsg("write incomplete\n");
+		error_msg("write incomplete\n");
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
@@ -325,9 +325,9 @@
 			   (struct sockaddr *) &pingaddr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
 
 	if (i < 0)
-		fatalError("sendto: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("sendto: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 	else if ((size_t)i != sizeof(packet))
-		fatalError("ping wrote %d chars; %d expected\n", i,
+		error_msg_and_die("ping wrote %d chars; %d expected\n", i,
 			   (int)sizeof(packet));
 
 	signal(SIGALRM, sendping);
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
 		printf("\n");
 	} else 
 		if (icmppkt->icmp_type != ICMP_ECHO)
-			errorMsg("Warning: Got ICMP %d (%s)\n",
+			error_msg("Warning: Got ICMP %d (%s)\n",
 					icmppkt->icmp_type, icmp_type_name (icmppkt->icmp_type));
 }
 
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@
 	if ((pingsock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW,
 						   (proto ? proto->p_proto : 1))) < 0) {	/* 1 == ICMP */
 		if (errno == EPERM) {
-			errorMsg("permission denied. (are you root?)\n");
+			error_msg("permission denied. (are you root?)\n");
 		} else {
 			perror("ping: creating a raw socket");
 		}
@@ -454,12 +454,12 @@
 
 	pingaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
 	if (!(h = gethostbyname(host))) {
-		errorMsg("unknown host %s\n", host);
+		error_msg("unknown host %s\n", host);
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
 	if (h->h_addrtype != AF_INET) {
-		errorMsg("unknown address type; only AF_INET is currently supported.\n");
+		error_msg("unknown address type; only AF_INET is currently supported.\n");
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
diff --git a/networking/telnet.c b/networking/telnet.c
index bfa9644..7a7bcfb 100644
--- a/networking/telnet.c
+++ b/networking/telnet.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@
 
 	if ((unsigned)(port - 1 ) > 65534)
 	{
-		fatalError("%s: bad port number\n", p);
+		error_msg_and_die("%s: bad port number\n", p);
 	}
 	return port;
 }
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@
 	struct hostent * he;
 	if ((he = gethostbyname(host)) == NULL)
 	{
-		fatalError("%s: Unknown host\n", host);
+		error_msg_and_die("%s: Unknown host\n", host);
 	}
 	memcpy(&addr, he->h_addr, sizeof addr);
 
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@
 
 	if (connect(s, (struct sockaddr *)&s_addr, sizeof s_addr) < 0)
 	{
-		fatalError("Unable to connect to remote host: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("Unable to connect to remote host: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 	}
 	return s;
 }
diff --git a/networking/wget.c b/networking/wget.c
index b43bbad..0ec4dff 100644
--- a/networking/wget.c
+++ b/networking/wget.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
 
 	if (do_continue && !fname_out)
-		fatalError("cannot specify continue (-c) without a filename (-O)\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("cannot specify continue (-c) without a filename (-O)\n");
 	/*
 	 * Parse url into components.
 	 */
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 	if (fname_out != (char *)1) {
 		if ( (output=fopen(fname_out, (do_continue ? "a" : "w"))) 
 				== NULL)
-			fatalPerror("fopen(%s)", fname_out);
+			perror_msg_and_die("fopen(%s)", fname_out);
 	} else {
 		output = stdout;
 	}
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 	if (do_continue) {
 		struct stat sbuf;
 		if (fstat(fileno(output), &sbuf) < 0)
-			fatalError("fstat()");
+			error_msg_and_die("fstat()");
 		if (sbuf.st_size > 0)
 			beg_range = sbuf.st_size;
 		else
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 	 * Retrieve HTTP response line and check for "200" status code.
 	 */
 	if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), sfp) == NULL)
-		fatalError("no response from server\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("no response from server\n");
 	for (s = buf ; *s != '\0' && !isspace(*s) ; ++s)
 		;
 	for ( ; isspace(*s) ; ++s)
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@
 		case 200:
 			if (!do_continue)
 				break;
-			fatalError("server does not support ranges\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("server does not support ranges\n");
 		case 206:
 			if (do_continue)
 				break;
 			/*FALLTHRU*/
 		default:
-			fatalError("server returned error: %s", buf);
+			error_msg_and_die("server returned error: %s", buf);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (strcmp(buf, "transfer-encoding") == 0) {
-			fatalError("server wants to do %s transfer encoding\n", s);
+			error_msg_and_die("server wants to do %s transfer encoding\n", s);
 			continue;
 		}
 	}
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 			filesize -= n;
 	}
 	if (n == 0 && ferror(sfp))
-		fatalPerror("network read error");
+		perror_msg_and_die("network read error");
 
 	exit(0);
 }
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 	*uri_port = 80;
 
 	if (strncmp(url, "http://", 7) != 0)
-		fatalError("not an http url: %s\n", url);
+		error_msg_and_die("not an http url: %s\n", url);
 
 	/* pull the host portion to the front of the buffer */
 	for (s = url, h = url+7 ; *h != '/' && *h != 0; ++h) {
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 	memzero(&sin, sizeof(sin));
 	sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
 	if ((hp = (struct hostent *) gethostbyname(host)) == NULL)
-		fatalError("cannot resolve %s\n", host);
+		error_msg_and_die("cannot resolve %s\n", host);
 	memcpy(&sin.sin_addr, hp->h_addr_list[0], hp->h_length);
 	sin.sin_port = htons(port);
 
@@ -248,11 +248,11 @@
 	 * Get the server onto a stdio stream.
 	 */
 	if ((fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
-		fatalPerror("socket()");
+		perror_msg_and_die("socket()");
 	if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &sin, sizeof(sin)) < 0)
-		fatalPerror("connect(%s)", host);
+		perror_msg_and_die("connect(%s)", host);
 	if ((fp = fdopen(fd, "r+")) == NULL)
-		fatalPerror("fdopen()");
+		perror_msg_and_die("fdopen()");
 
 	return fp;
 }
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
 
 	/* verify we are at the end of the header name */
 	if (*s != ':')
-		fatalError("bad header line: %s\n", buf);
+		error_msg_and_die("bad header line: %s\n", buf);
 
 	/* locate the start of the header value */
 	for (*s++ = '\0' ; *s == ' ' || *s == '\t' ; ++s)
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@
  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
- *	$Id: wget.c,v 1.9 2000/12/07 03:55:35 tausq Exp $
+ *	$Id: wget.c,v 1.10 2000/12/07 19:56:48 markw Exp $
  */
 
 
diff --git a/nfsmount.c b/nfsmount.c
index f8735e5..a8c0b0e 100644
--- a/nfsmount.c
+++ b/nfsmount.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
 	msock = fsock = -1;
 	mclient = NULL;
 	if (strlen(spec) >= sizeof(hostdir)) {
-		errorMsg("excessively long host:dir argument\n");
+		error_msg("excessively long host:dir argument\n");
 		goto fail;
 	}
 	strcpy(hostdir, spec);
@@ -312,10 +312,10 @@
 		   until they can be fully supported. (mack@sgi.com) */
 		if ((s = strchr(hostdir, ','))) {
 			*s = '\0';
-			errorMsg("warning: multiple hostnames not supported\n");
+			error_msg("warning: multiple hostnames not supported\n");
 		}
 	} else {
-		errorMsg("directory to mount not in host:dir format\n");
+		error_msg("directory to mount not in host:dir format\n");
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
@@ -325,11 +325,11 @@
 #endif
 	{
 		if ((hp = gethostbyname(hostname)) == NULL) {
-			errorMsg("can't get address for %s\n", hostname);
+			error_msg("can't get address for %s\n", hostname);
 			goto fail;
 		} else {
 			if (hp->h_length > sizeof(struct in_addr)) {
-				errorMsg("got bad hp->h_length\n");
+				error_msg("got bad hp->h_length\n");
 				hp->h_length = sizeof(struct in_addr);
 			}
 			memcpy(&server_addr.sin_addr,
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
 	if (!old_opts)
 		old_opts = "";
 	if (strlen(old_opts) + strlen(s) + 10 >= sizeof(new_opts)) {
-		errorMsg("excessively long option argument\n");
+		error_msg("excessively long option argument\n");
 		goto fail;
 	}
 	sprintf(new_opts, "%s%saddr=%s",
@@ -506,11 +506,11 @@
 		data.flags |= (nolock ? NFS_MOUNT_NONLM : 0);
 #endif
 	if (nfsvers > MAX_NFSPROT) {
-		errorMsg("NFSv%d not supported!\n", nfsvers);
+		error_msg("NFSv%d not supported!\n", nfsvers);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (mountvers > MAX_NFSPROT) {
-		errorMsg("NFSv%d not supported!\n", nfsvers);
+		error_msg("NFSv%d not supported!\n", nfsvers);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (nfsvers && !mountvers)
@@ -570,11 +570,11 @@
 	    mount_server_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(hostname);
 	  } else {
 		  if ((hp = gethostbyname(mounthost)) == NULL) {
-			  errorMsg("can't get address for %s\n", hostname);
+			  error_msg("can't get address for %s\n", hostname);
 			  goto fail;
 		  } else {
 			  if (hp->h_length > sizeof(struct in_addr)) {
-				  errorMsg("got bad hp->h_length?\n");
+				  error_msg("got bad hp->h_length?\n");
 				  hp->h_length = sizeof(struct in_addr);
 			  }
 			  mount_server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@
 
 	if (nfsvers == 2) {
 		if (status.nfsv2.fhs_status != 0) {
-			errorMsg("%s:%s failed, reason given by server: %s\n",
+			error_msg("%s:%s failed, reason given by server: %s\n",
 				hostname, dirname,
 				nfs_strerror(status.nfsv2.fhs_status));
 			goto fail;
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@
 #if NFS_MOUNT_VERSION >= 4
 		fhandle3 *fhandle;
 		if (status.nfsv3.fhs_status != 0) {
-			errorMsg("%s:%s failed, reason given by server: %s\n",
+			error_msg("%s:%s failed, reason given by server: %s\n",
 				hostname, dirname,
 				nfs_strerror(status.nfsv3.fhs_status));
 			goto fail;
diff --git a/ping.c b/ping.c
index af109cf..ccc535b 100644
--- a/ping.c
+++ b/ping.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
 /*
- * $Id: ping.c,v 1.27 2000/12/01 02:55:13 kraai Exp $
+ * $Id: ping.c,v 1.28 2000/12/07 19:56:48 markw Exp $
  * Mini ping implementation for busybox
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999 by Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 
 	pingaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
 	if (!(h = gethostbyname(host))) {
-		errorMsg("unknown host %s\n", host);
+		error_msg("unknown host %s\n", host);
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	memcpy(&pingaddr.sin_addr, h->h_addr, sizeof(pingaddr.sin_addr));
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
 	if (c < 0 || c != sizeof(packet)) {
 		if (c < 0)
 			perror("ping: sendto");
-		errorMsg("write incomplete\n");
+		error_msg("write incomplete\n");
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
@@ -325,9 +325,9 @@
 			   (struct sockaddr *) &pingaddr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
 
 	if (i < 0)
-		fatalError("sendto: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("sendto: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 	else if ((size_t)i != sizeof(packet))
-		fatalError("ping wrote %d chars; %d expected\n", i,
+		error_msg_and_die("ping wrote %d chars; %d expected\n", i,
 			   (int)sizeof(packet));
 
 	signal(SIGALRM, sendping);
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
 		printf("\n");
 	} else 
 		if (icmppkt->icmp_type != ICMP_ECHO)
-			errorMsg("Warning: Got ICMP %d (%s)\n",
+			error_msg("Warning: Got ICMP %d (%s)\n",
 					icmppkt->icmp_type, icmp_type_name (icmppkt->icmp_type));
 }
 
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@
 	if ((pingsock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW,
 						   (proto ? proto->p_proto : 1))) < 0) {	/* 1 == ICMP */
 		if (errno == EPERM) {
-			errorMsg("permission denied. (are you root?)\n");
+			error_msg("permission denied. (are you root?)\n");
 		} else {
 			perror("ping: creating a raw socket");
 		}
@@ -454,12 +454,12 @@
 
 	pingaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
 	if (!(h = gethostbyname(host))) {
-		errorMsg("unknown host %s\n", host);
+		error_msg("unknown host %s\n", host);
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
 	if (h->h_addrtype != AF_INET) {
-		errorMsg("unknown address type; only AF_INET is currently supported.\n");
+		error_msg("unknown address type; only AF_INET is currently supported.\n");
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
diff --git a/poweroff.c b/poweroff.c
index 3101a20..007099d 100644
--- a/poweroff.c
+++ b/poweroff.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 {
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_LINUXRC
 	/* don't assume init's pid == 1 */
-	return(kill(*(findPidByName("init")), SIGUSR2));
+	return(kill(*(find_pid_by_name("init")), SIGUSR2));
 #else
 	return(kill(1, SIGUSR2));
 #endif
diff --git a/procps/kill.c b/procps/kill.c
index dd5ca49..caaa52a 100644
--- a/procps/kill.c
+++ b/procps/kill.c
@@ -204,10 +204,10 @@
 			int pid;
 
 			if (!isdigit(**argv))
-				fatalError( "Bad PID: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+				error_msg_and_die( "Bad PID: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 			pid = strtol(*argv, NULL, 0);
 			if (kill(pid, sig) != 0) 
-				fatalError( "Could not kill pid '%d': %s\n", pid, strerror(errno));
+				error_msg_and_die( "Could not kill pid '%d': %s\n", pid, strerror(errno));
 			argv++;
 		}
 	} 
@@ -219,20 +219,20 @@
 		while (--argc >= 0) {
 			pid_t* pidList;
 
-			pidList = findPidByName( *argv);
+			pidList = find_pid_by_name( *argv);
 			if (!pidList) {
 				all_found = FALSE;
-				errorMsg( "%s: no process killed\n", *argv);
+				error_msg( "%s: no process killed\n", *argv);
 			}
 
 			for(; pidList && *pidList!=0; pidList++) {
 				if (*pidList==myPid)
 					continue;
 				if (kill(*pidList, sig) != 0) 
-					fatalError( "Could not kill pid '%d': %s\n", *pidList, strerror(errno));
+					error_msg_and_die( "Could not kill pid '%d': %s\n", *pidList, strerror(errno));
 			}
 			/* Note that we don't bother to free the memory
-			 * allocated in findPidByName().  It will be freed
+			 * allocated in find_pid_by_name().  It will be freed
 			 * upon exit, so we can save a byte or two */
 			argv++;
 		}
@@ -245,5 +245,5 @@
 
 
   end:
-	fatalError( "bad signal name: %s\n", *argv);
+	error_msg_and_die( "bad signal name: %s\n", *argv);
 }
diff --git a/procps/ps.c b/procps/ps.c
index 4998e15..79910fe 100644
--- a/procps/ps.c
+++ b/procps/ps.c
@@ -97,20 +97,20 @@
 	if (tmp)
 		sscanf(tmp, "Pid:\t%d\n" "PPid:\t%d\n", &P->pid, &P->ppid);
 	else
-		errorMsg("Internal error!\n");
+		error_msg("Internal error!\n");
 
 	/* For busybox, ignoring effective, saved, etc */
 	tmp = strstr(S, "Uid:");
 	if (tmp)
 		sscanf(tmp, "Uid:\t%d", &P->ruid);
 	else
-		errorMsg("Internal error!\n");
+		error_msg("Internal error!\n");
 
 	tmp = strstr(S, "Gid:");
 	if (tmp)
 		sscanf(tmp, "Gid:\t%d", &P->rgid);
 	else
-		errorMsg("Internal error!\n");
+		error_msg("Internal error!\n");
 
 }
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 
 	dir = opendir("/proc");
 	if (!dir)
-		fatalError("Can't open /proc\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("Can't open /proc\n");
 
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_AUTOWIDTH
 		ioctl(fileno(stdout), TIOCGWINSZ, &win);
@@ -219,11 +219,11 @@
 	/* open device */ 
 	fd = open(device, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) 
-		fatalError( "open failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die( "open failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
 
 	/* Find out how many processes there are */
 	if (ioctl (fd, DEVPS_GET_NUM_PIDS, &num_pids)<0) 
-		fatalError( "\nDEVPS_GET_PID_LIST: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die( "\nDEVPS_GET_PID_LIST: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 	
 	/* Allocate some memory -- grab a few extras just in case 
 	 * some new processes start up while we wait. The kernel will
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
 
 	/* Now grab the pid list */
 	if (ioctl (fd, DEVPS_GET_PID_LIST, pid_array)<0) 
-		fatalError("\nDEVPS_GET_PID_LIST: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("\nDEVPS_GET_PID_LIST: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_AUTOWIDTH
 		ioctl(fileno(stdout), TIOCGWINSZ, &win);
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
 	    info.pid = pid_array[i];
 
 	    if (ioctl (fd, DEVPS_GET_PID_INFO, &info)<0)
-			fatalError("\nDEVPS_GET_PID_INFO: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("\nDEVPS_GET_PID_INFO: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 	    
 		/* Make some adjustments as needed */
 		my_getpwuid(uidName, info.euid);
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 
 	/* close device */
 	if (close (fd) != 0) 
-		fatalError("close failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("close failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
  
 	exit (0);
 }
diff --git a/procps/renice.c b/procps/renice.c
index c81f31c..8f06181 100644
--- a/procps/renice.c
+++ b/procps/renice.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 		if (setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, ps, prio) == 0) {
 			printf("%d: old priority %d, new priority %d\n", ps, oldp, prio );
 		} else {
-			perrorMsg("%d: setpriority", ps);
+			perror_msg("%d: setpriority", ps);
 			status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/ps.c b/ps.c
index 4998e15..79910fe 100644
--- a/ps.c
+++ b/ps.c
@@ -97,20 +97,20 @@
 	if (tmp)
 		sscanf(tmp, "Pid:\t%d\n" "PPid:\t%d\n", &P->pid, &P->ppid);
 	else
-		errorMsg("Internal error!\n");
+		error_msg("Internal error!\n");
 
 	/* For busybox, ignoring effective, saved, etc */
 	tmp = strstr(S, "Uid:");
 	if (tmp)
 		sscanf(tmp, "Uid:\t%d", &P->ruid);
 	else
-		errorMsg("Internal error!\n");
+		error_msg("Internal error!\n");
 
 	tmp = strstr(S, "Gid:");
 	if (tmp)
 		sscanf(tmp, "Gid:\t%d", &P->rgid);
 	else
-		errorMsg("Internal error!\n");
+		error_msg("Internal error!\n");
 
 }
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 
 	dir = opendir("/proc");
 	if (!dir)
-		fatalError("Can't open /proc\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("Can't open /proc\n");
 
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_AUTOWIDTH
 		ioctl(fileno(stdout), TIOCGWINSZ, &win);
@@ -219,11 +219,11 @@
 	/* open device */ 
 	fd = open(device, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) 
-		fatalError( "open failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die( "open failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
 
 	/* Find out how many processes there are */
 	if (ioctl (fd, DEVPS_GET_NUM_PIDS, &num_pids)<0) 
-		fatalError( "\nDEVPS_GET_PID_LIST: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die( "\nDEVPS_GET_PID_LIST: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 	
 	/* Allocate some memory -- grab a few extras just in case 
 	 * some new processes start up while we wait. The kernel will
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
 
 	/* Now grab the pid list */
 	if (ioctl (fd, DEVPS_GET_PID_LIST, pid_array)<0) 
-		fatalError("\nDEVPS_GET_PID_LIST: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("\nDEVPS_GET_PID_LIST: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_AUTOWIDTH
 		ioctl(fileno(stdout), TIOCGWINSZ, &win);
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
 	    info.pid = pid_array[i];
 
 	    if (ioctl (fd, DEVPS_GET_PID_INFO, &info)<0)
-			fatalError("\nDEVPS_GET_PID_INFO: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("\nDEVPS_GET_PID_INFO: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 	    
 		/* Make some adjustments as needed */
 		my_getpwuid(uidName, info.euid);
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 
 	/* close device */
 	if (close (fd) != 0) 
-		fatalError("close failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("close failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
  
 	exit (0);
 }
diff --git a/pwd.c b/pwd.c
index 54129b1..7173194 100644
--- a/pwd.c
+++ b/pwd.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 	char buf[BUFSIZ + 1];
 
 	if (getcwd(buf, sizeof(buf)) == NULL)
-		fatalError("%s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("%s\n", strerror(errno));
 
 	printf("%s\n", buf);
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/rdate.c b/rdate.c
index 7c8d541..87edecb 100644
--- a/rdate.c
+++ b/rdate.c
@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@
 	int fd;
 
 	if (!(h = gethostbyname(host))) {	/* get the IP addr */
-		errorMsg("%s: %s\n", host, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("%s: %s\n", host, strerror(errno));
 		return(-1);
 	}
 	if ((tserv = getservbyname("time", "tcp")) == NULL) { /* find port # */
-		errorMsg("%s: %s\n", "time", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("%s: %s\n", "time", strerror(errno));
 		return(-1);
 	}
 	if ((fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {  /* get net connection */
-		errorMsg("%s: %s\n", "socket", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("%s: %s\n", "socket", strerror(errno));
 		return(-1);
 	}
 
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@
 	sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
 
 	if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, sizeof(sin)) < 0) {	/* connect to time server */
-		errorMsg("%s: %s\n", host, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("%s: %s\n", host, strerror(errno));
 		close(fd);
 		return(-1);
 	}
 	if (read(fd, (void *)&nett, 4) != 4) {	/* read time from server */
 		close(fd);
-		errorMsg("%s did not send the complete time\n", host);
+		error_msg("%s did not send the complete time\n", host);
 	}
 	close(fd);
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 	}
 	if (setdate) {
 		if (stime(&time) < 0)
-			fatalError("Could not set time of day: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("Could not set time of day: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 	}
 	if (printdate) {
 		fprintf(stdout, "%s", ctime(&time));
diff --git a/readlink.c b/readlink.c
index 5a798c0..bb40b07 100644
--- a/readlink.c
+++ b/readlink.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 		buf = xrealloc(buf, bufsize);
 		size = readlink(argv[1], buf, bufsize);
 		if (size == -1)
-			fatalError("%s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("%s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
 	}
 
 	buf[size] = '\0';
diff --git a/reboot.c b/reboot.c
index 354286d..3e5f238 100644
--- a/reboot.c
+++ b/reboot.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 {
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_LINUXRC
 	/* don't assume init's pid == 1 */
-	return(kill(*(findPidByName("init")), SIGINT));
+	return(kill(*(find_pid_by_name("init")), SIGINT));
 #else
 	return(kill(1, SIGINT));
 #endif
diff --git a/renice.c b/renice.c
index c81f31c..8f06181 100644
--- a/renice.c
+++ b/renice.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 		if (setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, ps, prio) == 0) {
 			printf("%d: old priority %d, new priority %d\n", ps, oldp, prio );
 		} else {
-			perrorMsg("%d: setpriority", ps);
+			perror_msg("%d: setpriority", ps);
 			status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/rm.c b/rm.c
index 5663351..a9501ec 100644
--- a/rm.c
+++ b/rm.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 static int fileAction(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf, void* junk)
 {
 	if (unlink(fileName) < 0) {
-		perrorMsg("%s", fileName);
+		perror_msg("%s", fileName);
 		return (FALSE);
 	}
 	return (TRUE);
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@
 {
 	if (recursiveFlag == FALSE) {
 		errno = EISDIR;
-		perrorMsg("%s", fileName);
+		perror_msg("%s", fileName);
 		return (FALSE);
 	} 
 	if (rmdir(fileName) < 0) {
-		perrorMsg("%s", fileName);
+		perror_msg("%s", fileName);
 		return (FALSE);
 	}
 	return (TRUE);
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 			&& errno == ENOENT) {
 			/* do not reports errors for non-existent files if -f, just skip them */
 		} else {
-			if (recursiveAction(srcName, recursiveFlag, FALSE,
+			if (recursive_action(srcName, recursiveFlag, FALSE,
 								TRUE, fileAction, dirAction, NULL) == FALSE) {
 				status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 			}
diff --git a/rmdir.c b/rmdir.c
index dfe53b2..f9f82bb 100644
--- a/rmdir.c
+++ b/rmdir.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 	while (--argc > 0) {
 		if (rmdir(*(++argv)) == -1) {
-			perrorMsg("%s", *argv);
+			perror_msg("%s", *argv);
 			status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/sed.c b/sed.c
index f26e6e3..812f621 100644
--- a/sed.c
+++ b/sed.c
@@ -215,14 +215,14 @@
 	else if (my_str[idx] == '/') {
 		idx = index_of_next_unescaped_slash(my_str, ++idx);
 		if (idx == -1)
-			fatalError("unterminated match expression\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("unterminated match expression\n");
 		my_str[idx] = '\0';
 		*regex = (regex_t *)xmalloc(sizeof(regex_t));
 		xregcomp(*regex, my_str+1, 0);
 		idx++; /* so it points to the next character after the last '/' */
 	}
 	else {
-		errorMsg("get_address: no address found in string\n"
+		error_msg("get_address: no address found in string\n"
 				"\t(you probably didn't check the string you passed me)\n");
 		idx = -1;
 	}
@@ -258,13 +258,13 @@
 
 	/* verify that the 's' is followed by a 'slash' */
 	if (substr[++idx] != '/')
-		fatalError("bad format in substitution expression\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("bad format in substitution expression\n");
 
 	/* save the match string */
 	oldidx = idx+1;
 	idx = index_of_next_unescaped_slash(substr, ++idx);
 	if (idx == -1)
-		fatalError("bad format in substitution expression\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("bad format in substitution expression\n");
 	match = strdup_substr(substr, oldidx, idx);
 
 	/* determine the number of back references in the match string */
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 	oldidx = idx+1;
 	idx = index_of_next_unescaped_slash(substr, ++idx);
 	if (idx == -1)
-		fatalError("bad format in substitution expression\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("bad format in substitution expression\n");
 	sed_cmd->replace = strdup_substr(substr, oldidx, idx);
 
 	/* process the flags */
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
 				if (strchr("; \t\v\n\r", substr[idx]))
 					goto out;
 				/* else */
-				fatalError("bad option in substitution expression\n");
+				error_msg_and_die("bad option in substitution expression\n");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
 	 */
 
 	if (editstr[1] != '\\' && (editstr[2] != '\n' || editstr[2] != '\r'))
-		fatalError("bad format in edit expression\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("bad format in edit expression\n");
 
 	/* store the edit line text */
 	/* make editline big enough to accomodate the extra '\n' we will tack on
@@ -409,9 +409,9 @@
 
 	/* last part (mandatory) will be a command */
 	if (cmdstr[idx] == '\0')
-		fatalError("missing command\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("missing command\n");
 	if (!strchr("pdsaic", cmdstr[idx])) /* <-- XXX add new commands here */
-		fatalError("invalid command\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("invalid command\n");
 	sed_cmd->cmd = cmdstr[idx];
 
 	/* special-case handling for (s)ubstitution */
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
 	/* special-case handling for (a)ppend, (i)nsert, and (c)hange */
 	else if (strchr("aic", cmdstr[idx])) {
 		if (sed_cmd->end_line || sed_cmd->end_match)
-			fatalError("only a beginning address can be specified for edit commands\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("only a beginning address can be specified for edit commands\n");
 		idx += parse_edit_cmd(sed_cmd, &cmdstr[idx]);
 	}
 	/* if it was a single-letter command (such as 'p' or 'd') we need to
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@
 		for (i = optind; i < argc; i++) {
 			file = fopen(argv[i], "r");
 			if (file == NULL) {
-				errorMsg("%s: %s\n", argv[i], strerror(errno));
+				error_msg("%s: %s\n", argv[i], strerror(errno));
 			} else {
 				process_file(file);
 				fclose(file);
diff --git a/setkeycodes.c b/setkeycodes.c
index 6a31e04..7db398d 100644
--- a/setkeycodes.c
+++ b/setkeycodes.c
@@ -52,18 +52,18 @@
 	a.keycode = atoi(argv[2]);
 	a.scancode = sc = strtol(argv[1], &ep, 16);
 	if (*ep) {
-      fatalError("error reading SCANCODE: '%s'\n", argv[1]);
+      error_msg_and_die("error reading SCANCODE: '%s'\n", argv[1]);
 	}
 	if (a.scancode > 127) {
 	    a.scancode -= 0xe000;
 	    a.scancode += 128;
 	}
 	if (a.scancode > 255 || a.keycode > 127) {
-      fatalError("SCANCODE or KEYCODE outside bounds\n");
+      error_msg_and_die("SCANCODE or KEYCODE outside bounds\n");
 	}
 	if (ioctl(fd,KDSETKEYCODE,&a)) {
 	    perror("KDSETKEYCODE");
-		fatalError("failed to set SCANCODE %x to KEYCODE %d\n", sc, a.keycode);
+		error_msg_and_die("failed to set SCANCODE %x to KEYCODE %d\n", sc, a.keycode);
 	}
 	argc -= 2;
 	argv += 2;
diff --git a/sh.c b/sh.c
index bb8a456..4b1ae6d 100644
--- a/sh.c
+++ b/sh.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 	{
 		cmd->progs[0].argv++;
 		execvp(cmd->progs[0].argv[0], cmd->progs[0].argv);
-		fatalError("Exec to %s failed: %s\n", cmd->progs[0].argv[0],
+		error_msg_and_die("Exec to %s failed: %s\n", cmd->progs[0].argv[0],
 				strerror(errno));
 	}
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
@@ -273,12 +273,12 @@
 
 	if (!jobList->head) {
 		if (!cmd->progs[0].argv[1] || cmd->progs[0].argv[2]) {
-			errorMsg("%s: exactly one argument is expected\n",
+			error_msg("%s: exactly one argument is expected\n",
 					cmd->progs[0].argv[0]);
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 		if (sscanf(cmd->progs[0].argv[1], "%%%d", &jobNum) != 1) {
-			errorMsg("%s: bad argument '%s'\n",
+			error_msg("%s: bad argument '%s'\n",
 					cmd->progs[0].argv[0], cmd->progs[0].argv[1]);
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 			for (job = jobList->head; job; job = job->next) {
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (!job) {
-		errorMsg("%s: unknown job %d\n",
+		error_msg("%s: unknown job %d\n",
 				cmd->progs[0].argv[0], jobNum);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
 	char* charptr1=cmd->text+5; /* skip over the leading 'then ' */
 
 	if (! (cmd->jobContext & (IF_TRUE_CONTEXT|IF_FALSE_CONTEXT))) {
-		errorMsg("unexpected token `then'\n");
+		error_msg("unexpected token `then'\n");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 	/* If the if result was FALSE, skip the 'then' stuff */
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@
 	char* charptr1=cmd->text+5; /* skip over the leading 'else ' */
 
 	if (! (cmd->jobContext & (IF_TRUE_CONTEXT|IF_FALSE_CONTEXT))) {
-		errorMsg("unexpected token `else'\n");
+		error_msg("unexpected token `else'\n");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 	/* If the if result was TRUE, skip the 'else' stuff */
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
 static int builtin_fi(struct job *cmd, struct jobSet *junk)
 {
 	if (! (cmd->jobContext & (IF_TRUE_CONTEXT|IF_FALSE_CONTEXT))) {
-		errorMsg("unexpected token `fi'\n");
+		error_msg("unexpected token `fi'\n");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 	/* Clear out the if and then context bits */
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@
 		if (openfd < 0) {
 			/* this could get lost if stderr has been redirected, but
 			   bash and ash both lose it as well (though zsh doesn't!) */
-			errorMsg("error opening %s: %s\n", redir->filename,
+			error_msg("error opening %s: %s\n", redir->filename,
 					strerror(errno));
 			return 1;
 		}
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@
 	if (strpbrk(prog->argv[argc_l - 1],"*[]?")!= NULL){
 		rc = glob(prog->argv[argc_l - 1], flags, NULL, &prog->globResult);
 		if (rc == GLOB_NOSPACE) {
-			errorMsg("out of space during glob operation\n");
+			error_msg("out of space during glob operation\n");
 			return;
 		} else if (rc == GLOB_NOMATCH ||
 			   (!rc && (prog->globResult.gl_pathc - i) == 1 &&
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@
 			if (*src == '\\') {
 				src++;
 				if (!*src) {
-					errorMsg("character expected after \\\n");
+					error_msg("character expected after \\\n");
 					freeJob(job);
 					return 1;
 				}
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@
 					chptr++;
 
 				if (!*chptr) {
-					errorMsg("file name expected after %c\n", *src);
+					error_msg("file name expected after %c\n", *src);
 					freeJob(job);
 					job->numProgs=0;
 					return 1;
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@
 				if (*prog->argv[argc_l])
 					argc_l++;
 				if (!argc_l) {
-					errorMsg("empty command in pipe\n");
+					error_msg("empty command in pipe\n");
 					freeJob(job);
 					job->numProgs=0;
 					return 1;
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@
 					src++;
 
 				if (!*src) {
-					errorMsg("empty command in pipe\n");
+					error_msg("empty command in pipe\n");
 					freeJob(job);
 					job->numProgs=0;
 					return 1;
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@
 					 * command line, making extra room as needed  */
 					--src;
 					charptr1 = xmalloc(BUFSIZ);
-					while ( (size=fullRead(pipefd[0], charptr1, BUFSIZ-1)) >0) {
+					while ( (size=full_read(pipefd[0], charptr1, BUFSIZ-1)) >0) {
 						int newSize=src - *commandPtr + size + 1 + strlen(charptr2);
 						if (newSize > BUFSIZ) {
 							*commandPtr=xrealloc(*commandPtr, src - *commandPtr + 
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@
 			case '\\':
 				src++;
 				if (!*src) {
-					errorMsg("character expected after \\\n");
+					error_msg("character expected after \\\n");
 					freeJob(job);
 					return 1;
 				}
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@
 #endif
 
 			execvp(newJob->progs[i].argv[0], newJob->progs[i].argv);
-			fatalError("%s: %s\n", newJob->progs[i].argv[0],
+			error_msg_and_die("%s: %s\n", newJob->progs[i].argv[0],
 					strerror(errno));
 		}
 		if (outPipe[1]!=-1) {
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@
 			case 'c':
 				input = NULL;
 				if (local_pending_command != 0)
-					fatalError("multiple -c arguments\n");
+					error_msg_and_die("multiple -c arguments\n");
 				local_pending_command = xstrdup(argv[optind]);
 				optind++;
 				argv = argv+optind;
diff --git a/shell/cmdedit.c b/shell/cmdedit.c
index 94b8fc7..c32330b 100644
--- a/shell/cmdedit.c
+++ b/shell/cmdedit.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 		cmdedit_termw = w;
 		cmdedit_scroll = w / 3;
 	} else {
-		errorMsg("\n*** Error: minimum screen width is 21\n");
+		error_msg("\n*** Error: minimum screen width is 21\n");
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/shell/lash.c b/shell/lash.c
index bb8a456..4b1ae6d 100644
--- a/shell/lash.c
+++ b/shell/lash.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 	{
 		cmd->progs[0].argv++;
 		execvp(cmd->progs[0].argv[0], cmd->progs[0].argv);
-		fatalError("Exec to %s failed: %s\n", cmd->progs[0].argv[0],
+		error_msg_and_die("Exec to %s failed: %s\n", cmd->progs[0].argv[0],
 				strerror(errno));
 	}
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
@@ -273,12 +273,12 @@
 
 	if (!jobList->head) {
 		if (!cmd->progs[0].argv[1] || cmd->progs[0].argv[2]) {
-			errorMsg("%s: exactly one argument is expected\n",
+			error_msg("%s: exactly one argument is expected\n",
 					cmd->progs[0].argv[0]);
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 		if (sscanf(cmd->progs[0].argv[1], "%%%d", &jobNum) != 1) {
-			errorMsg("%s: bad argument '%s'\n",
+			error_msg("%s: bad argument '%s'\n",
 					cmd->progs[0].argv[0], cmd->progs[0].argv[1]);
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 			for (job = jobList->head; job; job = job->next) {
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (!job) {
-		errorMsg("%s: unknown job %d\n",
+		error_msg("%s: unknown job %d\n",
 				cmd->progs[0].argv[0], jobNum);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
 	char* charptr1=cmd->text+5; /* skip over the leading 'then ' */
 
 	if (! (cmd->jobContext & (IF_TRUE_CONTEXT|IF_FALSE_CONTEXT))) {
-		errorMsg("unexpected token `then'\n");
+		error_msg("unexpected token `then'\n");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 	/* If the if result was FALSE, skip the 'then' stuff */
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@
 	char* charptr1=cmd->text+5; /* skip over the leading 'else ' */
 
 	if (! (cmd->jobContext & (IF_TRUE_CONTEXT|IF_FALSE_CONTEXT))) {
-		errorMsg("unexpected token `else'\n");
+		error_msg("unexpected token `else'\n");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 	/* If the if result was TRUE, skip the 'else' stuff */
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
 static int builtin_fi(struct job *cmd, struct jobSet *junk)
 {
 	if (! (cmd->jobContext & (IF_TRUE_CONTEXT|IF_FALSE_CONTEXT))) {
-		errorMsg("unexpected token `fi'\n");
+		error_msg("unexpected token `fi'\n");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 	/* Clear out the if and then context bits */
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@
 		if (openfd < 0) {
 			/* this could get lost if stderr has been redirected, but
 			   bash and ash both lose it as well (though zsh doesn't!) */
-			errorMsg("error opening %s: %s\n", redir->filename,
+			error_msg("error opening %s: %s\n", redir->filename,
 					strerror(errno));
 			return 1;
 		}
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@
 	if (strpbrk(prog->argv[argc_l - 1],"*[]?")!= NULL){
 		rc = glob(prog->argv[argc_l - 1], flags, NULL, &prog->globResult);
 		if (rc == GLOB_NOSPACE) {
-			errorMsg("out of space during glob operation\n");
+			error_msg("out of space during glob operation\n");
 			return;
 		} else if (rc == GLOB_NOMATCH ||
 			   (!rc && (prog->globResult.gl_pathc - i) == 1 &&
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@
 			if (*src == '\\') {
 				src++;
 				if (!*src) {
-					errorMsg("character expected after \\\n");
+					error_msg("character expected after \\\n");
 					freeJob(job);
 					return 1;
 				}
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@
 					chptr++;
 
 				if (!*chptr) {
-					errorMsg("file name expected after %c\n", *src);
+					error_msg("file name expected after %c\n", *src);
 					freeJob(job);
 					job->numProgs=0;
 					return 1;
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@
 				if (*prog->argv[argc_l])
 					argc_l++;
 				if (!argc_l) {
-					errorMsg("empty command in pipe\n");
+					error_msg("empty command in pipe\n");
 					freeJob(job);
 					job->numProgs=0;
 					return 1;
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@
 					src++;
 
 				if (!*src) {
-					errorMsg("empty command in pipe\n");
+					error_msg("empty command in pipe\n");
 					freeJob(job);
 					job->numProgs=0;
 					return 1;
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@
 					 * command line, making extra room as needed  */
 					--src;
 					charptr1 = xmalloc(BUFSIZ);
-					while ( (size=fullRead(pipefd[0], charptr1, BUFSIZ-1)) >0) {
+					while ( (size=full_read(pipefd[0], charptr1, BUFSIZ-1)) >0) {
 						int newSize=src - *commandPtr + size + 1 + strlen(charptr2);
 						if (newSize > BUFSIZ) {
 							*commandPtr=xrealloc(*commandPtr, src - *commandPtr + 
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@
 			case '\\':
 				src++;
 				if (!*src) {
-					errorMsg("character expected after \\\n");
+					error_msg("character expected after \\\n");
 					freeJob(job);
 					return 1;
 				}
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@
 #endif
 
 			execvp(newJob->progs[i].argv[0], newJob->progs[i].argv);
-			fatalError("%s: %s\n", newJob->progs[i].argv[0],
+			error_msg_and_die("%s: %s\n", newJob->progs[i].argv[0],
 					strerror(errno));
 		}
 		if (outPipe[1]!=-1) {
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@
 			case 'c':
 				input = NULL;
 				if (local_pending_command != 0)
-					fatalError("multiple -c arguments\n");
+					error_msg_and_die("multiple -c arguments\n");
 				local_pending_command = xstrdup(argv[optind]);
 				optind++;
 				argv = argv+optind;
diff --git a/sort.c b/sort.c
index d6c3e9a..b0bf6e4 100644
--- a/sort.c
+++ b/sort.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
 				break;
 #endif
 			default:
-				errorMsg("invalid option -- %c\n", opt);
+				error_msg("invalid option -- %c\n", opt);
 				usage(sort_usage);
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -286,4 +286,4 @@
 	return(0);
 }
 
-/* $Id: sort.c,v 1.23 2000/09/28 17:49:59 beppu Exp $ */
+/* $Id: sort.c,v 1.24 2000/12/07 19:56:48 markw Exp $ */
diff --git a/swaponoff.c b/swaponoff.c
index 0ae0c36..e40d169 100644
--- a/swaponoff.c
+++ b/swaponoff.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 					struct stat statBuf;
 
 					if (stat("/etc/fstab", &statBuf) < 0)
-						fatalError("/etc/fstab file missing\n");
+						error_msg_and_die("/etc/fstab file missing\n");
 				}
 				do_em_all();
 				break;
diff --git a/sysklogd/logger.c b/sysklogd/logger.c
index 8e341ef..1ed6dc6 100644
--- a/sysklogd/logger.c
+++ b/sysklogd/logger.c
@@ -85,14 +85,14 @@
 		*s = '\0';
 		fac = decode(save, facilitynames);
 		if (fac < 0)
-			fatalError("unknown facility name: %s\n", save);
+			error_msg_and_die("unknown facility name: %s\n", save);
 		*s++ = '.';
 	} else {
 		s = save;
 	}
 	lev = decode(s, prioritynames);
 	if (lev < 0)
-		fatalError("unknown priority name: %s\n", save);
+		error_msg_and_die("unknown priority name: %s\n", save);
 	return ((lev & LOG_PRIMASK) | (fac & LOG_FACMASK));
 }
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 		if (argc >= 1)
 			message = *argv;
 		else
-			fatalError("No message\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("No message\n");
 	}
 
 	openlog(name, option, (pri | LOG_FACMASK));
diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index a507158..d82aa63 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
           v->iov_len = strlen(msg);          
 
           if ( -1 == writev(remotefd,iov, IOV_COUNT)){
-            fatalError("syslogd: cannot write to remote file handle on" 
+            error_msg_and_die("syslogd: cannot write to remote file handle on" 
                        "%s:%d\n",RemoteHost,RemotePort);
           }
         }
@@ -260,13 +260,13 @@
   remotefd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
 
   if (remotefd < 0) {
-    fatalError("syslogd: cannot create socket\n");
+    error_msg_and_die("syslogd: cannot create socket\n");
   }
 
   hostinfo = (struct hostent *) gethostbyname(RemoteHost);
 
   if (!hostinfo) {
-    fatalError("syslogd: cannot resolve remote host name [%s]\n", RemoteHost);
+    error_msg_and_die("syslogd: cannot resolve remote host name [%s]\n", RemoteHost);
   }
 
   remoteaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
      for future operations
   */
   if ( 0 != (connect(remotefd, (struct sockaddr *) &remoteaddr, len))){
-    fatalError("syslogd: cannot connect to remote host %s:%d\n", RemoteHost, RemotePort);
+    error_msg_and_die("syslogd: cannot connect to remote host %s:%d\n", RemoteHost, RemotePort);
   }
 
 }
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
 	/* Create the syslog file so realpath() can work. */
 	close (open (_PATH_LOG, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0644));
 	if (realpath (_PATH_LOG, lfile) == NULL)
-		fatalError ("Could not resolve path to " _PATH_LOG ": %s\n", strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die ("Could not resolve path to " _PATH_LOG ": %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 	unlink (lfile);
 
@@ -319,14 +319,14 @@
 	sunx.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
 	strncpy (sunx.sun_path, lfile, sizeof (sunx.sun_path));
 	if ((sock_fd = socket (AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
-		fatalError ("Couldn't obtain descriptor for socket " _PATH_LOG ": %s\n", strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die ("Couldn't obtain descriptor for socket " _PATH_LOG ": %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 	addrLength = sizeof (sunx.sun_family) + strlen (sunx.sun_path);
 	if ((bind (sock_fd, (struct sockaddr *) &sunx, addrLength)) || (listen (sock_fd, 5)))
-		fatalError ("Could not connect to socket " _PATH_LOG ": %s\n", strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die ("Could not connect to socket " _PATH_LOG ": %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 	if (chmod (lfile, 0666) < 0)
-		fatalError ("Could not set permission on " _PATH_LOG ": %s\n", strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die ("Could not set permission on " _PATH_LOG ": %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 	FD_ZERO (&fds);
 	FD_SET (sock_fd, &fds);
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
 
 		if ((n_ready = select (FD_SETSIZE, &readfds, NULL, NULL, NULL)) < 0) {
 			if (errno == EINTR) continue; /* alarm may have happened. */
-			fatalError ("select error: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die ("select error: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 		}
 
 		for (fd = 0; (n_ready > 0) && (fd < FD_SETSIZE); fd++) {
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
 					pid_t pid;
 
 					if ((conn = accept (sock_fd, (struct sockaddr *) &sunx, &addrLength)) < 0) {
-						fatalError ("accept error: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+						error_msg_and_die ("accept error: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 					}
 
 					pid = fork();
diff --git a/syslogd.c b/syslogd.c
index a507158..d82aa63 100644
--- a/syslogd.c
+++ b/syslogd.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
           v->iov_len = strlen(msg);          
 
           if ( -1 == writev(remotefd,iov, IOV_COUNT)){
-            fatalError("syslogd: cannot write to remote file handle on" 
+            error_msg_and_die("syslogd: cannot write to remote file handle on" 
                        "%s:%d\n",RemoteHost,RemotePort);
           }
         }
@@ -260,13 +260,13 @@
   remotefd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
 
   if (remotefd < 0) {
-    fatalError("syslogd: cannot create socket\n");
+    error_msg_and_die("syslogd: cannot create socket\n");
   }
 
   hostinfo = (struct hostent *) gethostbyname(RemoteHost);
 
   if (!hostinfo) {
-    fatalError("syslogd: cannot resolve remote host name [%s]\n", RemoteHost);
+    error_msg_and_die("syslogd: cannot resolve remote host name [%s]\n", RemoteHost);
   }
 
   remoteaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
      for future operations
   */
   if ( 0 != (connect(remotefd, (struct sockaddr *) &remoteaddr, len))){
-    fatalError("syslogd: cannot connect to remote host %s:%d\n", RemoteHost, RemotePort);
+    error_msg_and_die("syslogd: cannot connect to remote host %s:%d\n", RemoteHost, RemotePort);
   }
 
 }
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
 	/* Create the syslog file so realpath() can work. */
 	close (open (_PATH_LOG, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0644));
 	if (realpath (_PATH_LOG, lfile) == NULL)
-		fatalError ("Could not resolve path to " _PATH_LOG ": %s\n", strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die ("Could not resolve path to " _PATH_LOG ": %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 	unlink (lfile);
 
@@ -319,14 +319,14 @@
 	sunx.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
 	strncpy (sunx.sun_path, lfile, sizeof (sunx.sun_path));
 	if ((sock_fd = socket (AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
-		fatalError ("Couldn't obtain descriptor for socket " _PATH_LOG ": %s\n", strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die ("Couldn't obtain descriptor for socket " _PATH_LOG ": %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 	addrLength = sizeof (sunx.sun_family) + strlen (sunx.sun_path);
 	if ((bind (sock_fd, (struct sockaddr *) &sunx, addrLength)) || (listen (sock_fd, 5)))
-		fatalError ("Could not connect to socket " _PATH_LOG ": %s\n", strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die ("Could not connect to socket " _PATH_LOG ": %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 	if (chmod (lfile, 0666) < 0)
-		fatalError ("Could not set permission on " _PATH_LOG ": %s\n", strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die ("Could not set permission on " _PATH_LOG ": %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 	FD_ZERO (&fds);
 	FD_SET (sock_fd, &fds);
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
 
 		if ((n_ready = select (FD_SETSIZE, &readfds, NULL, NULL, NULL)) < 0) {
 			if (errno == EINTR) continue; /* alarm may have happened. */
-			fatalError ("select error: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die ("select error: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 		}
 
 		for (fd = 0; (n_ready > 0) && (fd < FD_SETSIZE); fd++) {
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
 					pid_t pid;
 
 					if ((conn = accept (sock_fd, (struct sockaddr *) &sunx, &addrLength)) < 0) {
-						fatalError ("accept error: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+						error_msg_and_die ("accept error: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 					}
 
 					pid = fork();
diff --git a/tail.c b/tail.c
index a9da954..308bb30 100644
--- a/tail.c
+++ b/tail.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
 				usage(tail_usage);
 			break;
 		default:
-			errorMsg("\nUnknown arg: %c.\n\n",optopt);
+			error_msg("\nUnknown arg: %c.\n\n",optopt);
 			usage(tail_usage);
 		}
 	}
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 		else
 			fd[test] = open(files[test], O_RDONLY);
 		if (fd[test] == -1)
-			fatalError("Unable to open file %s.\n", files[test]);
+			error_msg_and_die("Unable to open file %s.\n", files[test]);
 		tail_stream(fd[test]);
 
 		bs=BUFSIZ;
diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index 906fd7e..cc7ba3b 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@
 					break;					
 				case 'f':
 					if (*tarName != '-')
-						fatalError( "Only one 'f' option allowed\n");
+						error_msg_and_die( "Only one 'f' option allowed\n");
 					tarName = *(++argv);
 					if (tarName == NULL)
-						fatalError( "Option requires an argument: No file specified\n");
+						error_msg_and_die( "Option requires an argument: No file specified\n");
 					stopIt=TRUE;
 					break;
 #if defined BB_FEATURE_TAR_EXCLUDE
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 						excludeList=xrealloc( excludeList, sizeof(char**) * (excludeListSize+2));
 						excludeList[excludeListSize] = *(++argv);
 						if (excludeList[excludeListSize] == NULL)
-							fatalError( "Option requires an argument: No file specified\n");
+							error_msg_and_die( "Option requires an argument: No file specified\n");
 						/* Remove leading "/"s */
 						if (*excludeList[excludeListSize] =='/')
 							excludeList[excludeListSize] = (excludeList[excludeListSize])+1;
@@ -216,13 +216,13 @@
 					}
                                 case 'X':
                                        if (*excludeFileName != '-')
-                                               fatalError("Only one 'X' option allowed\n");
+                                               error_msg_and_die("Only one 'X' option allowed\n");
                                        excludeFileName = *(++argv);
                                        if  (excludeFileName == NULL)
-                                               fatalError("Option requires an argument: No file specified\n");
+                                               error_msg_and_die("Option requires an argument: No file specified\n");
                                        fileList = fopen (excludeFileName, "rt");
                                        if (! fileList)
-                                               fatalError("Exclude file: file not found\n");
+                                               error_msg_and_die("Exclude file: file not found\n");
                                        while (!feof(fileList)) {
                                                fscanf(fileList, "%s", file);
                                                excludeList=xrealloc( excludeList, sizeof(char**) * (excludeListSize+2));
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (createFlag == TRUE) {
 #ifndef BB_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE
-		fatalError( "This version of tar was not compiled with tar creation support.\n");
+		error_msg_and_die( "This version of tar was not compiled with tar creation support.\n");
 #else
 		status = writeTarFile(tarName, verboseFlag, argv, excludeList);
 #endif
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
   flagError:
-	fatalError( "Exactly one of 'c', 'x' or 't' must be specified\n");
+	error_msg_and_die( "Exactly one of 'c', 'x' or 't' must be specified\n");
 }
 					
 static void
@@ -301,10 +301,10 @@
 	if (extractFlag==TRUE && tostdoutFlag==FALSE) {
 		/* Create the path to the file, just in case it isn't there...
 		 * This should not screw up path permissions or anything. */
-		createPath(header->name, 0777);
+		create_path(header->name, 0777);
 		if ((outFd=open(header->name, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_WRONLY, 
 						header->mode & ~S_IFMT)) < 0) {
-			errorMsg(io_error, header->name, strerror(errno)); 
+			error_msg(io_error, header->name, strerror(errno)); 
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
 	}
@@ -322,9 +322,9 @@
 				readSize = size;
 			writeSize = size;
 		}
-		if ( (readSize = fullRead(header->tarFd, buffer, readSize)) <= 0 ) {
+		if ( (readSize = full_read(header->tarFd, buffer, readSize)) <= 0 ) {
 			/* Tarball seems to have a problem */
-			errorMsg("Unexpected EOF in archive\n"); 
+			error_msg("Unexpected EOF in archive\n"); 
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
 		if ( readSize < writeSize )
@@ -333,9 +333,9 @@
 		/* Write out the file, if we are supposed to be doing that */
 		if (extractFlag==TRUE) {
 
-			if ((actualWriteSz=fullWrite(outFd, buffer, writeSize)) != writeSize ) {
+			if ((actualWriteSz=full_write(outFd, buffer, writeSize)) != writeSize ) {
 				/* Output file seems to have a problem */
-				errorMsg(io_error, header->name, strerror(errno)); 
+				error_msg(io_error, header->name, strerror(errno)); 
 				return( FALSE);
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -361,13 +361,13 @@
 	if (extractFlag==FALSE || tostdoutFlag==TRUE)
 		return( TRUE);
 
-	if (createPath(header->name, header->mode) != TRUE) {
-		errorMsg("%s: Cannot mkdir: %s\n", 
+	if (create_path(header->name, header->mode) != TRUE) {
+		error_msg("%s: Cannot mkdir: %s\n", 
 				header->name, strerror(errno)); 
 		return( FALSE);
 	}
 	/* make the final component, just in case it was
-	 * omitted by createPath() (which will skip the
+	 * omitted by create_path() (which will skip the
 	 * directory if it doesn't have a terminating '/') */
 	if (mkdir(header->name, header->mode) == 0) {
 		fixUpPermissions(header);
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
 		return( TRUE);
 
 	if (link(header->linkname, header->name) < 0) {
-		errorMsg("%s: Cannot create hard link to '%s': %s\n", 
+		error_msg("%s: Cannot create hard link to '%s': %s\n", 
 				header->name, header->linkname, strerror(errno)); 
 		return( FALSE);
 	}
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
 
 #ifdef	S_ISLNK
 	if (symlink(header->linkname, header->name) < 0) {
-		errorMsg("%s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
+		error_msg("%s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
 				header->name, header->linkname, strerror(errno)); 
 		return( FALSE);
 	}
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
 	/* Do not change permissions or date on symlink,
 	 * since it changes the pointed to file instead.  duh. */
 #else
-	errorMsg("%s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
+	error_msg("%s: Cannot create symlink to '%s': %s\n", 
 			header->name, header->linkname, 
 			"symlinks not supported"); 
 #endif
@@ -430,13 +430,13 @@
 
 	if (S_ISCHR(header->mode) || S_ISBLK(header->mode) || S_ISSOCK(header->mode)) {
 		if (mknod(header->name, header->mode, makedev(header->devmajor, header->devminor)) < 0) {
-			errorMsg("%s: Cannot mknod: %s\n",
+			error_msg("%s: Cannot mknod: %s\n",
 				header->name, strerror(errno)); 
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
 	} else if (S_ISFIFO(header->mode)) {
 		if (mkfifo(header->name, header->mode) < 0) {
-			errorMsg("%s: Cannot mkfifo: %s\n",
+			error_msg("%s: Cannot mkfifo: %s\n",
 				header->name, strerror(errno)); 
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
@@ -455,9 +455,9 @@
 	long val = 0;
 
 	for(;(size > 0) && (*cp == ' '); cp++, size--);
-	if ((size == 0) || !isOctal(*cp))
+	if ((size == 0) || !is_octal(*cp))
 		return -1;
-	for(; (size > 0) && isOctal(*cp); size--) {
+	for(; (size > 0) && is_octal(*cp); size--) {
 		val = val * 8 + *cp++ - '0';
 	}
 	for (;(size > 0) && (*cp == ' '); cp++, size--);
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
 			++*(header->name);
 
 		if (alreadyWarned == FALSE) {
-			errorMsg("Removing leading '/' from member names\n");
+			error_msg("Removing leading '/' from member names\n");
 			alreadyWarned = TRUE;
 		}
 	}
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
 	else
 		tarFd = open(tarName, O_RDONLY);
 	if (tarFd < 0) {
-		errorMsg( "Error opening '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg( "Error opening '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
 		return ( FALSE);
 	}
 
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
 	umask(0);
 
 	/* Read the tar file, and iterate over it one file at a time */
-	while ( (status = fullRead(tarFd, (char*)&rawHeader, TAR_BLOCK_SIZE)) == TAR_BLOCK_SIZE ) {
+	while ( (status = full_read(tarFd, (char*)&rawHeader, TAR_BLOCK_SIZE)) == TAR_BLOCK_SIZE ) {
 
 		/* Try to read the header */
 		if ( readTarHeader(&rawHeader, &header) == FALSE ) {
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@
 				goto endgame;
 			} else {
 				errorFlag=TRUE;
-				errorMsg("Bad tar header, skipping\n");
+				error_msg("Bad tar header, skipping\n");
 				continue;
 			}
 		}
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@
 		}
 		if ( skipNextHeaderFlag == TRUE ) { 
 			skipNextHeaderFlag=FALSE;
-			errorMsg(name_longer_than_foo, NAME_SIZE); 
+			error_msg(name_longer_than_foo, NAME_SIZE); 
 			if (tarExtractRegularFile(&header, FALSE, FALSE) == FALSE)
 				errorFlag = TRUE;
 			continue;
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
 				char buf[35];
 				struct tm *tm = localtime (&(header.mtime));
 
-				len=printf("%s ", modeString(header.mode));
+				len=printf("%s ", mode_string(header.mode));
 				memset(buf, 0, 8*sizeof(char));
 				my_getpwuid(buf, header.uid);
 				if (! *buf)
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@
 				break;
 #endif
 			default:
-				errorMsg("Unknown file type '%c' in tar file\n", header.type);
+				error_msg("Unknown file type '%c' in tar file\n", header.type);
 				close( tarFd);
 				return( FALSE);
 		}
@@ -739,11 +739,11 @@
 	close(tarFd);
 	if (status > 0) {
 		/* Bummer - we read a partial header */
-		errorMsg( "Error reading '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg( "Error reading '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
 		return ( FALSE);
 	}
 	else if (errorFlag==TRUE) {
-		errorMsg( "Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
+		error_msg( "Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
 		return( FALSE);
 	} else 
 		return( status);
@@ -753,13 +753,13 @@
 	close( tarFd);
 	if (extractList != NULL) {
 		for (; *extractList != NULL; extractList++) {
-			errorMsg("%s: Not found in archive\n", *extractList);
+			error_msg("%s: Not found in archive\n", *extractList);
 			errorFlag = TRUE;
 		}
 	}
 	if ( *(header.name) == '\0' ) {
 		if (errorFlag==TRUE)
-			errorMsg( "Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
+			error_msg( "Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
 		else
 			return( TRUE);
 	} 
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@
 	if (*fileName=='/') {
 		static int alreadyWarned=FALSE;
 		if (alreadyWarned==FALSE) {
-			errorMsg("Removing leading '/' from member names\n");
+			error_msg("Removing leading '/' from member names\n");
 			alreadyWarned=TRUE;
 		}
 		strncpy(header.name, fileName+1, sizeof(header.name)); 
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@
 		header.typeflag  = SYMTYPE;
 		link_size = readlink(fileName, buffer, sizeof(buffer) - 1);
 		if ( link_size < 0) {
-			errorMsg("Error reading symlink '%s': %s\n", header.name, strerror(errno));
+			error_msg("Error reading symlink '%s': %s\n", header.name, strerror(errno));
 			return ( FALSE);
 		}
 		buffer[link_size] = '\0';
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@
 		header.typeflag  = REGTYPE;
 		putOctal(header.size, sizeof(header.size), statbuf->st_size);
 	} else {
-		errorMsg("%s: Unknown file type\n", fileName);
+		error_msg("%s: Unknown file type\n", fileName);
 		return ( FALSE);
 	}
 
@@ -994,8 +994,8 @@
 	putOctal(header.chksum, 7, chksum);
 	
 	/* Now write the header out to disk */
-	if ((size=fullWrite(tbInfo->tarFd, (char*)&header, sizeof(struct TarHeader))) < 0) {
-		errorMsg(io_error, fileName, strerror(errno)); 
+	if ((size=full_write(tbInfo->tarFd, (char*)&header, sizeof(struct TarHeader))) < 0) {
+		error_msg(io_error, fileName, strerror(errno)); 
 		return ( FALSE);
 	}
 	/* Pad the header up to the tar block size */
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@
 
 	/* It is against the rules to archive a socket */
 	if (S_ISSOCK(statbuf->st_mode)) {
-		errorMsg("%s: socket ignored\n", fileName);
+		error_msg("%s: socket ignored\n", fileName);
 		return( TRUE);
 	}
 
@@ -1045,12 +1045,12 @@
 	 * the new tarball */
 	if (tbInfo->statBuf.st_dev == statbuf->st_dev &&
 			tbInfo->statBuf.st_ino == statbuf->st_ino) {
-		errorMsg("%s: file is the archive; skipping\n", fileName);
+		error_msg("%s: file is the archive; skipping\n", fileName);
 		return( TRUE);
 	}
 
 	if (strlen(fileName) >= NAME_SIZE) {
-		errorMsg(name_longer_than_foo, NAME_SIZE);
+		error_msg(name_longer_than_foo, NAME_SIZE);
 		return ( TRUE);
 	}
 
@@ -1067,21 +1067,21 @@
 
 		/* open the file we want to archive, and make sure all is well */
 		if ((inputFileFd = open(fileName, O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
-			errorMsg("%s: Cannot open: %s\n", fileName, strerror(errno));
+			error_msg("%s: Cannot open: %s\n", fileName, strerror(errno));
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
 		
 		/* write the file to the archive */
-		while ( (size = fullRead(inputFileFd, buffer, sizeof(buffer))) > 0 ) {
-			if (fullWrite(tbInfo->tarFd, buffer, size) != size ) {
+		while ( (size = full_read(inputFileFd, buffer, sizeof(buffer))) > 0 ) {
+			if (full_write(tbInfo->tarFd, buffer, size) != size ) {
 				/* Output file seems to have a problem */
-				errorMsg(io_error, fileName, strerror(errno)); 
+				error_msg(io_error, fileName, strerror(errno)); 
 				return( FALSE);
 			}
 			readSize+=size;
 		}
 		if (size == -1) {
-			errorMsg(io_error, fileName, strerror(errno)); 
+			error_msg(io_error, fileName, strerror(errno)); 
 			return( FALSE);
 		}
 		/* Pad the file up to the tar block size */
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@
 
 	/* Make sure there is at least one file to tar up.  */
 	if (*argv == NULL)
-		fatalError("Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive\n");
 
 	/* Open the tar file for writing.  */
 	if (!strcmp(tarName, "-"))
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@
 	else
 		tbInfo.tarFd = open (tarName, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
 	if (tbInfo.tarFd < 0) {
-		errorMsg( "Error opening '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg( "Error opening '%s': %s\n", tarName, strerror(errno));
 		freeHardLinkInfo(&tbInfo.hlInfoHead);
 		return ( FALSE);
 	}
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@
 	/* Store the stat info for the tarball's file, so
 	 * can avoid including the tarball into itself....  */
 	if (fstat(tbInfo.tarFd, &tbInfo.statBuf) < 0)
-		fatalError(io_error, tarName, strerror(errno)); 
+		error_msg_and_die(io_error, tarName, strerror(errno)); 
 
 	/* Set the umask for this process so it doesn't 
 	 * screw up permission setting for us later. */
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@
 
 	/* Read the directory/files and iterate over them one at a time */
 	while (*argv != NULL) {
-		if (recursiveAction(*argv++, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE,
+		if (recursive_action(*argv++, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE,
 					writeFileToTarball, writeFileToTarball, 
 					(void*) &tbInfo) == FALSE) {
 			errorFlag = TRUE;
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@
 	/* Hang up the tools, close up shop, head home */
 	close(tarFd);
 	if (errorFlag == TRUE) {
-		errorMsg("Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
+		error_msg("Error exit delayed from previous errors\n");
 		freeHardLinkInfo(&tbInfo.hlInfoHead);
 		return(FALSE);
 	}
diff --git a/tee.c b/tee.c
index 6218013..347684a 100644
--- a/tee.c
+++ b/tee.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 	while (optind < argc) {
 		if ((files[nfiles++] = fopen(argv[optind++], mode)) == NULL) {
 			nfiles--;
-			errorMsg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind-1], strerror(errno));
+			error_msg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind-1], strerror(errno));
 			status = 1;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/telnet.c b/telnet.c
index bfa9644..7a7bcfb 100644
--- a/telnet.c
+++ b/telnet.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@
 
 	if ((unsigned)(port - 1 ) > 65534)
 	{
-		fatalError("%s: bad port number\n", p);
+		error_msg_and_die("%s: bad port number\n", p);
 	}
 	return port;
 }
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@
 	struct hostent * he;
 	if ((he = gethostbyname(host)) == NULL)
 	{
-		fatalError("%s: Unknown host\n", host);
+		error_msg_and_die("%s: Unknown host\n", host);
 	}
 	memcpy(&addr, he->h_addr, sizeof addr);
 
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@
 
 	if (connect(s, (struct sockaddr *)&s_addr, sizeof s_addr) < 0)
 	{
-		fatalError("Unable to connect to remote host: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("Unable to connect to remote host: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 	}
 	return s;
 }
diff --git a/test.c b/test.c
index acd6947..d1a0b60 100644
--- a/test.c
+++ b/test.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 
 	if (strcmp(applet_name, "[") == 0) {
 		if (strcmp(argv[--argc], "]"))
-			fatalError("missing ]\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("missing ]\n");
 		argv[argc] = NULL;
 	}
 	/* Implement special cases from POSIX.2, section 4.62.4 */
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@
 	char	*msg;
 {
 	if (op && *op)
-		fatalError("%s: %s\n", op, msg);
+		error_msg_and_die("%s: %s\n", op, msg);
 	else
-		fatalError("%s\n", msg);
+		error_msg_and_die("%s\n", msg);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -470,13 +470,13 @@
 	r = strtol(s, &p, 10);
 
 	if (errno != 0)
-	  fatalError("%s: out of range\n", s);
+	  error_msg_and_die("%s: out of range\n", s);
 
 	while (isspace(*p))
 	  p++;
 	
 	if (*p)
-	  fatalError("%s: bad number\n", s);
+	  error_msg_and_die("%s: bad number\n", s);
 
 	return (int) r;
 }
diff --git a/touch.c b/touch.c
index 5537fb6..59800b2 100644
--- a/touch.c
+++ b/touch.c
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@
 			if (create == FALSE && errno == ENOENT)
 				return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 			else {
-				fatalError("%s", strerror(errno));
+				error_msg_and_die("%s", strerror(errno));
 			}
 		}
 		close(fd);
 		if (utime(*argv, NULL)) {
-			fatalError("%s", strerror(errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("%s", strerror(errno));
 		}
 		argc--;
 		argv++;
diff --git a/tr.c b/tr.c
index 3e34e68..fd547b8 100644
--- a/tr.c
+++ b/tr.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 			input_length = complement(input, input_length);
 		if (argv[index] != NULL) {
 			if (*argv[index] == '\0')
-				fatalError("STRING2 cannot be empty\n");
+				error_msg_and_die("STRING2 cannot be empty\n");
 			output_length = expand(argv[index], output);
 			map(input, input_length, output, output_length);
 		}
diff --git a/umount.c b/umount.c
index eff0804..e76e052 100644
--- a/umount.c
+++ b/umount.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 		return;
 
 	if ((fp = setmntent(mtab_file, "r")) == NULL) {
-		errorMsg("Cannot open %s\n", mtab_file);
+		error_msg("Cannot open %s\n", mtab_file);
 		return;
 	}
 	while ((e = getmntent(fp))) {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 	if (status != 0 && doForce == TRUE) {
 		status = umount2(blockDevice, MNT_FORCE);
 		if (status != 0) {
-			fatalError("forced umount of %s failed!\n", blockDevice);
+			error_msg_and_die("forced umount of %s failed!\n", blockDevice);
 		}
 	}
 #endif
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@
 		status = mount(blockDevice, name, NULL,
 					   MS_MGC_VAL | MS_REMOUNT | MS_RDONLY, NULL);
 		if (status == 0) {
-			errorMsg("%s busy - remounted read-only\n", blockDevice);
+			error_msg("%s busy - remounted read-only\n", blockDevice);
 		} else {
-			errorMsg("Cannot remount %s read-only\n", blockDevice);
+			error_msg("Cannot remount %s read-only\n", blockDevice);
 		}
 	}
 	if (status == 0) {
diff --git a/util-linux/fbset.c b/util-linux/fbset.c
index 47130e3..86f7733 100644
--- a/util-linux/fbset.c
+++ b/util-linux/fbset.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 #else
-	errorMsg( "mode reading not compiled in\n");
+	error_msg( "mode reading not compiled in\n");
 #endif
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
 		PERROR("fbset(ioctl)");
 	if (g_options & OPT_READMODE) {
 		if (!readmode(&var, modefile, mode)) {
-			errorMsg("Unknown video mode `%s'\n", mode);
+			error_msg("Unknown video mode `%s'\n", mode);
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/util-linux/freeramdisk.c b/util-linux/freeramdisk.c
index 5671514..a568cc6 100644
--- a/util-linux/freeramdisk.c
+++ b/util-linux/freeramdisk.c
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
 	}
 
 	if ((f = open(argv[1], O_RDWR)) == -1) {
-		fatalError( "cannot open %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die( "cannot open %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
 	}
 	if (ioctl(f, BLKFLSBUF) < 0) {
-		fatalError( "failed ioctl on %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die( "failed ioctl on %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
 	}
 	/* Don't bother closing.  Exit does
 	 * that, so we can save a few bytes */
diff --git a/util-linux/fsck_minix.c b/util-linux/fsck_minix.c
index ef65e30..9ebabe9 100644
--- a/util-linux/fsck_minix.c
+++ b/util-linux/fsck_minix.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 
 static void die(const char *str)
 {
-	errorMsg("%s\n", str);
+	error_msg("%s\n", str);
 	leave(8);
 }
 
diff --git a/util-linux/getopt.c b/util-linux/getopt.c
index 8c94bb4..0ebf9df 100644
--- a/util-linux/getopt.c
+++ b/util-linux/getopt.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *     <misiek@misiek.eu.org>)
  * Ported to Busybox - Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@trillian.itslinux.org>
  *  Removed --version/-V and --help/-h in
- *  Removed prase_error(), using errorMsg() from Busybox instead
+ *  Removed prase_error(), using error_msg() from Busybox instead
  *  Replaced our_malloc with xmalloc and our_realloc with xrealloc
  *
  */
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
                                         arg_opt=required_argument;
                                 }
                                 if (strlen(tokptr) == 0)
-                                        errorMsg("empty long option after -l or --long argument\n");
+                                        error_msg("empty long option after -l or --long argument\n");
                         }
                         add_longopt(tokptr,arg_opt);
                 }
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
         else if (!strcmp(new_shell,"csh"))
                 shell=TCSH;
         else
-                errorMsg("unknown shell after -s or --shell argument\n");
+                error_msg("unknown shell after -s or --shell argument\n");
 }
 
 
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
                         printf(" --\n");
                         exit(0);
                 } else
-                        fatalError("missing optstring argument\n");
+                        error_msg_and_die("missing optstring argument\n");
         }
 
         if (argv[1][0] != '-' || compatible) {
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
 
         if (!optstr) {
                 if (optind >= argc)
-                        fatalError("missing optstring argument\n");
+                        error_msg_and_die("missing optstring argument\n");
                 else {
                         optstr=xmalloc(strlen(argv[optind])+1);
                         strcpy(optstr,argv[optind]);
diff --git a/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c b/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
index 15cf531..95815fd 100644
--- a/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
+++ b/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
  */
 static volatile void die(char *str)
 {
-	errorMsg("%s\n", str);
+	error_msg("%s\n", str);
 	exit(8);
 }
 
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_MINIX2
 						version2 = 1;
 #else
-						errorMsg("%s: not compiled with minix v2 support\n",
+						error_msg("%s: not compiled with minix v2 support\n",
 								device_name);
 						exit(-1);
 #endif
diff --git a/util-linux/mkswap.c b/util-linux/mkswap.c
index 4757e15..3a39689 100644
--- a/util-linux/mkswap.c
+++ b/util-linux/mkswap.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
 #ifdef PAGE_SIZE
 	if (pagesize != PAGE_SIZE)
-		errorMsg("Assuming pages of size %d\n", pagesize);
+		error_msg("Assuming pages of size %d\n", pagesize);
 #endif
 	signature_page = (int *) xmalloc(pagesize);
 	memset(signature_page, 0, pagesize);
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 
 void die(const char *str)
 {
-	errorMsg("%s\n", str);
+	error_msg("%s\n", str);
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
@@ -316,14 +316,14 @@
 		}
 	}
 	if (!device_name) {
-		errorMsg("error: Nowhere to set up swap on?\n");
+		error_msg("error: Nowhere to set up swap on?\n");
 		usage(mkswap_usage);
 	}
 	sz = get_size(device_name);
 	if (!PAGES) {
 		PAGES = sz;
 	} else if (PAGES > sz && !force) {
-		errorMsg("error: size %ld is larger than device size %d\n",
+		error_msg("error: size %ld is larger than device size %d\n",
 				PAGES * (pagesize / 1024), sz * (pagesize / 1024));
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
@@ -339,11 +339,11 @@
 			version = 1;
 	}
 	if (version != 0 && version != 1) {
-		errorMsg("error: unknown version %d\n", version);
+		error_msg("error: unknown version %d\n", version);
 		usage(mkswap_usage);
 	}
 	if (PAGES < 10) {
-		errorMsg("error: swap area needs to be at least %ldkB\n",
+		error_msg("error: swap area needs to be at least %ldkB\n",
 				(long) (10 * pagesize / 1024));
 		usage(mkswap_usage);
 	}
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
 #endif
 	if (PAGES > maxpages) {
 		PAGES = maxpages;
-		errorMsg("warning: truncating swap area to %ldkB\n",
+		error_msg("warning: truncating swap area to %ldkB\n",
 				PAGES * pagesize / 1024);
 	}
 
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
 			for (sum = 0; q >= (unsigned short *) buffer;)
 				sum ^= *q--;
 			if (!sum) {
-				errorMsg("Device '%s' contains a valid Sun disklabel.\n"
+				error_msg("Device '%s' contains a valid Sun disklabel.\n"
 "This probably means creating v0 swap would destroy your partition table\n"
 "No swap created. If you really want to create swap v0 on that device, use\n"
 "the -f option to force it.\n", device_name);
diff --git a/util-linux/mount.c b/util-linux/mount.c
index ff8aef3..fa99812 100644
--- a/util-linux/mount.c
+++ b/util-linux/mount.c
@@ -132,22 +132,22 @@
 
 			specialfile = find_unused_loop_device();
 			if (specialfile == NULL) {
-				errorMsg("Could not find a spare loop device\n");
+				error_msg("Could not find a spare loop device\n");
 				return (FALSE);
 			}
 			if (set_loop(specialfile, lofile, 0, &loro)) {
-				errorMsg("Could not setup loop device\n");
+				error_msg("Could not setup loop device\n");
 				return (FALSE);
 			}
 			if (!(flags & MS_RDONLY) && loro) {	/* loop is ro, but wanted rw */
-				errorMsg("WARNING: loop device is read-only\n");
+				error_msg("WARNING: loop device is read-only\n");
 				flags &= ~MS_RDONLY;
 			}
 		}
 #endif
 		status = mount(specialfile, dir, filesystemtype, flags, string_flags);
 		if (errno == EROFS) {
-			errorMsg("%s is write-protected, mounting read-only\n", specialfile);
+			error_msg("%s is write-protected, mounting read-only\n", specialfile);
 			status = mount(specialfile, dir, filesystemtype, flags |= MS_RDONLY, string_flags);
 		}
 	}
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 #endif
 
 	if (errno == EPERM) {
-		fatalError("permission denied. Are you root?\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("permission denied. Are you root?\n");
 	}
 
 	return (FALSE);
@@ -273,18 +273,18 @@
 		/* open device */ 
 		fd = open(device, O_RDONLY);
 		if (fd < 0)
-			fatalError("open failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("open failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
 
 		/* How many filesystems?  We need to know to allocate enough space */
 		numfilesystems = ioctl (fd, DEVMTAB_COUNT_FILESYSTEMS);
 		if (numfilesystems<0)
-			fatalError("\nDEVMTAB_COUNT_FILESYSTEMS: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("\nDEVMTAB_COUNT_FILESYSTEMS: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 		fslist = (struct k_fstype *) xcalloc ( numfilesystems, sizeof(struct k_fstype));
 
 		/* Grab the list of available filesystems */
 		status = ioctl (fd, DEVMTAB_GET_FILESYSTEMS, fslist);
 		if (status<0)
-			fatalError("\nDEVMTAB_GET_FILESYSTEMS: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("\nDEVMTAB_GET_FILESYSTEMS: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 		/* Walk the list trying to mount filesystems 
 		 * that do not claim to be nodev filesystems */
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
 
 	if (status == FALSE) {
 		if (whineOnErrors == TRUE) {
-			errorMsg("Mounting %s on %s failed: %s\n",
+			error_msg("Mounting %s on %s failed: %s\n",
 					blockDevice, directory, strerror(errno));
 		}
 		return (FALSE);
@@ -342,18 +342,18 @@
 		/* open device */ 
 		fd = open(device, O_RDONLY);
 		if (fd < 0)
-			fatalError("open failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("open failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
 
 		/* How many mounted filesystems?  We need to know to 
 		 * allocate enough space for later... */
 		numfilesystems = ioctl (fd, DEVMTAB_COUNT_MOUNTS);
 		if (numfilesystems<0)
-			fatalError( "\nDEVMTAB_COUNT_MOUNTS: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die( "\nDEVMTAB_COUNT_MOUNTS: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 		mntentlist = (struct k_mntent *) xcalloc ( numfilesystems, sizeof(struct k_mntent));
 		
 		/* Grab the list of mounted filesystems */
 		if (ioctl (fd, DEVMTAB_GET_MOUNTS, mntentlist)<0)
-			fatalError( "\nDEVMTAB_GET_MOUNTS: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die( "\nDEVMTAB_GET_MOUNTS: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 		for( i = 0 ; i < numfilesystems ; i++) {
 			fprintf( stdout, "%s %s %s %s %d %d\n", mntentlist[i].mnt_fsname,
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
 		fstabmount = TRUE;
 
 		if (f == NULL)
-			fatalError( "\nCannot read /etc/fstab: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die( "\nCannot read /etc/fstab: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 		while ((m = getmntent(f)) != NULL) {
 			if (all == FALSE && directory == NULL && (
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
 				rc = nfsmount (device, directory, &flags,
 					&extra_opts, &string_flags, 1);
 				if ( rc != 0) {
-					fatalError("nfsmount failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));	
+					error_msg_and_die("nfsmount failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));	
 					rc = EXIT_FAILURE;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/util-linux/nfsmount.c b/util-linux/nfsmount.c
index f8735e5..a8c0b0e 100644
--- a/util-linux/nfsmount.c
+++ b/util-linux/nfsmount.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
 	msock = fsock = -1;
 	mclient = NULL;
 	if (strlen(spec) >= sizeof(hostdir)) {
-		errorMsg("excessively long host:dir argument\n");
+		error_msg("excessively long host:dir argument\n");
 		goto fail;
 	}
 	strcpy(hostdir, spec);
@@ -312,10 +312,10 @@
 		   until they can be fully supported. (mack@sgi.com) */
 		if ((s = strchr(hostdir, ','))) {
 			*s = '\0';
-			errorMsg("warning: multiple hostnames not supported\n");
+			error_msg("warning: multiple hostnames not supported\n");
 		}
 	} else {
-		errorMsg("directory to mount not in host:dir format\n");
+		error_msg("directory to mount not in host:dir format\n");
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
@@ -325,11 +325,11 @@
 #endif
 	{
 		if ((hp = gethostbyname(hostname)) == NULL) {
-			errorMsg("can't get address for %s\n", hostname);
+			error_msg("can't get address for %s\n", hostname);
 			goto fail;
 		} else {
 			if (hp->h_length > sizeof(struct in_addr)) {
-				errorMsg("got bad hp->h_length\n");
+				error_msg("got bad hp->h_length\n");
 				hp->h_length = sizeof(struct in_addr);
 			}
 			memcpy(&server_addr.sin_addr,
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
 	if (!old_opts)
 		old_opts = "";
 	if (strlen(old_opts) + strlen(s) + 10 >= sizeof(new_opts)) {
-		errorMsg("excessively long option argument\n");
+		error_msg("excessively long option argument\n");
 		goto fail;
 	}
 	sprintf(new_opts, "%s%saddr=%s",
@@ -506,11 +506,11 @@
 		data.flags |= (nolock ? NFS_MOUNT_NONLM : 0);
 #endif
 	if (nfsvers > MAX_NFSPROT) {
-		errorMsg("NFSv%d not supported!\n", nfsvers);
+		error_msg("NFSv%d not supported!\n", nfsvers);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (mountvers > MAX_NFSPROT) {
-		errorMsg("NFSv%d not supported!\n", nfsvers);
+		error_msg("NFSv%d not supported!\n", nfsvers);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (nfsvers && !mountvers)
@@ -570,11 +570,11 @@
 	    mount_server_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(hostname);
 	  } else {
 		  if ((hp = gethostbyname(mounthost)) == NULL) {
-			  errorMsg("can't get address for %s\n", hostname);
+			  error_msg("can't get address for %s\n", hostname);
 			  goto fail;
 		  } else {
 			  if (hp->h_length > sizeof(struct in_addr)) {
-				  errorMsg("got bad hp->h_length?\n");
+				  error_msg("got bad hp->h_length?\n");
 				  hp->h_length = sizeof(struct in_addr);
 			  }
 			  mount_server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@
 
 	if (nfsvers == 2) {
 		if (status.nfsv2.fhs_status != 0) {
-			errorMsg("%s:%s failed, reason given by server: %s\n",
+			error_msg("%s:%s failed, reason given by server: %s\n",
 				hostname, dirname,
 				nfs_strerror(status.nfsv2.fhs_status));
 			goto fail;
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@
 #if NFS_MOUNT_VERSION >= 4
 		fhandle3 *fhandle;
 		if (status.nfsv3.fhs_status != 0) {
-			errorMsg("%s:%s failed, reason given by server: %s\n",
+			error_msg("%s:%s failed, reason given by server: %s\n",
 				hostname, dirname,
 				nfs_strerror(status.nfsv3.fhs_status));
 			goto fail;
diff --git a/util-linux/rdate.c b/util-linux/rdate.c
index 7c8d541..87edecb 100644
--- a/util-linux/rdate.c
+++ b/util-linux/rdate.c
@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@
 	int fd;
 
 	if (!(h = gethostbyname(host))) {	/* get the IP addr */
-		errorMsg("%s: %s\n", host, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("%s: %s\n", host, strerror(errno));
 		return(-1);
 	}
 	if ((tserv = getservbyname("time", "tcp")) == NULL) { /* find port # */
-		errorMsg("%s: %s\n", "time", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("%s: %s\n", "time", strerror(errno));
 		return(-1);
 	}
 	if ((fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {  /* get net connection */
-		errorMsg("%s: %s\n", "socket", strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("%s: %s\n", "socket", strerror(errno));
 		return(-1);
 	}
 
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@
 	sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
 
 	if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, sizeof(sin)) < 0) {	/* connect to time server */
-		errorMsg("%s: %s\n", host, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("%s: %s\n", host, strerror(errno));
 		close(fd);
 		return(-1);
 	}
 	if (read(fd, (void *)&nett, 4) != 4) {	/* read time from server */
 		close(fd);
-		errorMsg("%s did not send the complete time\n", host);
+		error_msg("%s did not send the complete time\n", host);
 	}
 	close(fd);
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 	}
 	if (setdate) {
 		if (stime(&time) < 0)
-			fatalError("Could not set time of day: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+			error_msg_and_die("Could not set time of day: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 	}
 	if (printdate) {
 		fprintf(stdout, "%s", ctime(&time));
diff --git a/util-linux/swaponoff.c b/util-linux/swaponoff.c
index 0ae0c36..e40d169 100644
--- a/util-linux/swaponoff.c
+++ b/util-linux/swaponoff.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 					struct stat statBuf;
 
 					if (stat("/etc/fstab", &statBuf) < 0)
-						fatalError("/etc/fstab file missing\n");
+						error_msg_and_die("/etc/fstab file missing\n");
 				}
 				do_em_all();
 				break;
diff --git a/util-linux/umount.c b/util-linux/umount.c
index eff0804..e76e052 100644
--- a/util-linux/umount.c
+++ b/util-linux/umount.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 		return;
 
 	if ((fp = setmntent(mtab_file, "r")) == NULL) {
-		errorMsg("Cannot open %s\n", mtab_file);
+		error_msg("Cannot open %s\n", mtab_file);
 		return;
 	}
 	while ((e = getmntent(fp))) {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 	if (status != 0 && doForce == TRUE) {
 		status = umount2(blockDevice, MNT_FORCE);
 		if (status != 0) {
-			fatalError("forced umount of %s failed!\n", blockDevice);
+			error_msg_and_die("forced umount of %s failed!\n", blockDevice);
 		}
 	}
 #endif
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@
 		status = mount(blockDevice, name, NULL,
 					   MS_MGC_VAL | MS_REMOUNT | MS_RDONLY, NULL);
 		if (status == 0) {
-			errorMsg("%s busy - remounted read-only\n", blockDevice);
+			error_msg("%s busy - remounted read-only\n", blockDevice);
 		} else {
-			errorMsg("Cannot remount %s read-only\n", blockDevice);
+			error_msg("Cannot remount %s read-only\n", blockDevice);
 		}
 	}
 	if (status == 0) {
diff --git a/utility.c b/utility.c
index 554ad1b..2f3486c 100644
--- a/utility.c
+++ b/utility.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  || defined (BB_LS)		   \
  || defined (BB_RM)		   \
  || defined (BB_TAR)
-/* same conditions as recursiveAction */
+/* same conditions as recursive_action */
 #define bb_need_name_too_long
 #endif
 #define bb_need_memory_exhausted
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
-static void verrorMsg(const char *s, va_list p)
+static void verror_msg(const char *s, va_list p)
 {
 	fflush(stdout);
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", applet_name);
@@ -92,26 +92,26 @@
 	fflush(stderr);
 }
 
-extern void errorMsg(const char *s, ...)
+extern void error_msg(const char *s, ...)
 {
 	va_list p;
 
 	va_start(p, s);
-	verrorMsg(s, p);
+	verror_msg(s, p);
 	va_end(p);
 }
 
-extern void fatalError(const char *s, ...)
+extern void error_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...)
 {
 	va_list p;
 
 	va_start(p, s);
-	verrorMsg(s, p);
+	verror_msg(s, p);
 	va_end(p);
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
-static void vperrorMsg(const char *s, va_list p)
+static void vperror_msg(const char *s, va_list p)
 {
 	fflush(stdout);
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", applet_name);
@@ -123,21 +123,21 @@
 	fflush(stderr);
 }
 
-extern void perrorMsg(const char *s, ...)
+extern void perror_msg(const char *s, ...)
 {
 	va_list p;
 
 	va_start(p, s);
-	vperrorMsg(s, p);
+	vperror_msg(s, p);
 	va_end(p);
 }
 
-extern void fatalPerror(const char *s, ...)
+extern void perror_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...)
 {
 	va_list p;
 
 	va_start(p, s);
-	vperrorMsg(s, p);
+	vperror_msg(s, p);
 	va_end(p);
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
  * Return TRUE if a fileName is a directory.
  * Nonexistant files return FALSE.
  */
-int isDirectory(const char *fileName, const int followLinks, struct stat *statBuf)
+int is_directory(const char *fileName, const int followLinks, struct stat *statBuf)
 {
 	int status;
 	int didMalloc = 0;
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
                         size = BUFSIZ;
                 else
                         size = chunksize;
-                if (fullWrite(dstfd, buffer, fullRead(srcfd, buffer, size)) < size)
+                if (full_write(dstfd, buffer, full_read(srcfd, buffer, size)) < size)
                         return(FALSE);
                 chunksize -= size;
         }
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
  * -Erik Andersen
  */
 int
-copyFile(const char *srcName, const char *destName,
+copy_file(const char *srcName, const char *destName,
 		 int setModes, int followLinks, int forceFlag)
 {
 	int rfd;
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
 
 	if ((srcStatBuf.st_dev == dstStatBuf.st_dev) &&
 		(srcStatBuf.st_ino == dstStatBuf.st_ino)) {
-		errorMsg("Copying file \"%s\" to itself\n", srcName);
+		error_msg("Copying file \"%s\" to itself\n", srcName);
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
  * Return the standard ls-like mode string from a file mode.
  * This is static and so is overwritten on each call.
  */
-const char *modeString(int mode)
+const char *mode_string(int mode)
 {
 	static char buf[12];
 
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
  * Return the standard ls-like time string from a time_t
  * This is static and so is overwritten on each call.
  */
-const char *timeString(time_t timeVal)
+const char *time_string(time_t timeVal)
 {
 	time_t now;
 	char *str;
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@
  * This does multiple writes as necessary.
  * Returns the amount written, or -1 on an error.
  */
-int fullWrite(int fd, const char *buf, int len)
+int full_write(int fd, const char *buf, int len)
 {
 	int cc;
 	int total;
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@
  * Returns the amount read, or -1 on an error.
  * A short read is returned on an end of file.
  */
-int fullRead(int fd, char *buf, int len)
+int full_read(int fd, char *buf, int len)
 {
 	int cc;
 	int total;
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@
  * and so isn't sufficiently portable to take over since glibc2.1
  * is so stinking huge.
  */
-int recursiveAction(const char *fileName,
+int recursive_action(const char *fileName,
 					int recurse, int followLinks, int depthFirst,
 					int (*fileAction) (const char *fileName,
 									   struct stat * statbuf,
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@
 				"status=%d followLinks=%d TRUE=%d\n",
 				status, followLinks, TRUE);
 #endif
-		perrorMsg("%s", fileName);
+		perror_msg("%s", fileName);
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
@@ -666,13 +666,13 @@
 
 		dir = opendir(fileName);
 		if (!dir) {
-			perrorMsg("%s", fileName);
+			perror_msg("%s", fileName);
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 		if (dirAction != NULL && depthFirst == FALSE) {
 			status = dirAction(fileName, &statbuf, userData);
 			if (status == FALSE) {
-				perrorMsg("%s", fileName);
+				perror_msg("%s", fileName);
 				return FALSE;
 			}
 		}
@@ -684,13 +684,13 @@
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (strlen(fileName) + strlen(next->d_name) + 1 > BUFSIZ) {
-				errorMsg(name_too_long);
+				error_msg(name_too_long);
 				return FALSE;
 			}
 			memset(nextFile, 0, sizeof(nextFile));
 			sprintf(nextFile, "%s/%s", fileName, next->d_name);
 			status =
-				recursiveAction(nextFile, TRUE, followLinks, depthFirst,
+				recursive_action(nextFile, TRUE, followLinks, depthFirst,
 								fileAction, dirAction, userData);
 			if (status == FALSE) {
 				closedir(dir);
@@ -699,13 +699,13 @@
 		}
 		status = closedir(dir);
 		if (status < 0) {
-			perrorMsg("%s", fileName);
+			perror_msg("%s", fileName);
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 		if (dirAction != NULL && depthFirst == TRUE) {
 			status = dirAction(fileName, &statbuf, userData);
 			if (status == FALSE) {
-				perrorMsg("%s", fileName);
+				perror_msg("%s", fileName);
 				return FALSE;
 			}
 		}
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@
  * while all previous ones get default protections.  Errors are not reported
  * here, as failures to restore files can be reported later.
  */
-extern int createPath(const char *name, int mode)
+extern int create_path(const char *name, int mode)
 {
 	char *cp;
 	char *cpOld;
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@
 		if (is_a_console(fd))
 			return fd;
 
-	errorMsg("Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console\n");
+	error_msg("Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console\n");
 	return -1;					/* total failure */
 }
 
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@
  * Given any other file (or directory), find the mount table entry for its
  * filesystem.
  */
-extern struct mntent *findMountPoint(const char *name, const char *table)
+extern struct mntent *find_mount_point(const char *name, const char *table)
 {
 	struct stat s;
 	dev_t mountDevice;
@@ -1219,16 +1219,16 @@
  * Read a number with a possible multiplier.
  * Returns -1 if the number format is illegal.
  */
-extern long getNum(const char *cp)
+extern long atoi_w_units(const char *cp)
 {
 	long value;
 
-	if (!isDecimal(*cp))
+	if (!is_decimal(*cp))
 		return -1;
 
 	value = 0;
 
-	while (isDecimal(*cp))
+	while (is_decimal(*cp))
 		value = value * 10 + *cp++ - '0';
 
 	switch (*cp++) {
@@ -1292,14 +1292,14 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined BB_FEATURE_USE_DEVPS_PATCH
-/* findPidByName()
+/* find_pid_by_name()
  *  
  *  This finds the pid of the specified process,
  *  by using the /dev/ps device driver.
  *
  *  Returns a list of all matching PIDs
  */
-extern pid_t* findPidByName( char* pidName)
+extern pid_t* find_pid_by_name( char* pidName)
 {
 	int fd, i, j;
 	char device[] = "/dev/ps";
@@ -1310,11 +1310,11 @@
 	/* open device */ 
 	fd = open(device, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0)
-		fatalError( "open failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die( "open failed for `%s': %s\n", device, strerror (errno));
 
 	/* Find out how many processes there are */
 	if (ioctl (fd, DEVPS_GET_NUM_PIDS, &num_pids)<0) 
-		fatalError( "\nDEVPS_GET_PID_LIST: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die( "\nDEVPS_GET_PID_LIST: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 	
 	/* Allocate some memory -- grab a few extras just in case 
 	 * some new processes start up while we wait. The kernel will
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@
 
 	/* Now grab the pid list */
 	if (ioctl (fd, DEVPS_GET_PID_LIST, pid_array)<0) 
-		fatalError( "\nDEVPS_GET_PID_LIST: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die( "\nDEVPS_GET_PID_LIST: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 	/* Now search for a match */
 	for (i=1, j=0; i<pid_array[0] ; i++) {
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@
 
 	    info.pid = pid_array[i];
 	    if (ioctl (fd, DEVPS_GET_PID_INFO, &info)<0)
-			fatalError( "\nDEVPS_GET_PID_INFO: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+			error_msg_and_die( "\nDEVPS_GET_PID_INFO: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 
 		/* Make sure we only match on the process name */
 		p=info.command_line+1;
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@
 
 	/* close device */
 	if (close (fd) != 0) 
-		fatalError( "close failed for `%s': %s\n",device, strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die( "close failed for `%s': %s\n",device, strerror (errno));
 
 	return pidList;
 }
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@
 #error Sorry, I depend on the /proc filesystem right now.
 #endif
 
-/* findPidByName()
+/* find_pid_by_name()
  *  
  *  This finds the pid of the specified process.
  *  Currently, it's implemented by rummaging through 
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@
  *
  *  Returns a list of all matching PIDs
  */
-extern pid_t* findPidByName( char* pidName)
+extern pid_t* find_pid_by_name( char* pidName)
 {
 	DIR *dir;
 	struct dirent *next;
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@
 
 	dir = opendir("/proc");
 	if (!dir)
-		fatalError( "Cannot open /proc: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+		error_msg_and_die( "Cannot open /proc: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 	
 	while ((next = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
 		FILE *status;
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@
 	void *ptr = malloc(size);
 
 	if (!ptr)
-		fatalError(memory_exhausted);
+		error_msg_and_die(memory_exhausted);
 	return ptr;
 }
 
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@
 {
 	void *ptr = realloc(old, size);
 	if (!ptr)
-		fatalError(memory_exhausted);
+		error_msg_and_die(memory_exhausted);
 	return ptr;
 }
 
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@
 {
 	void *ptr = calloc(nmemb, size);
 	if (!ptr)
-		fatalError(memory_exhausted);
+		error_msg_and_die(memory_exhausted);
 	return ptr;
 }
 #endif
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@
 	t = strdup (s);
 
 	if (t == NULL)
-		fatalError(memory_exhausted);
+		error_msg_and_die(memory_exhausted);
 
 	return t;
 }
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@
 	char *t;
 
 	if (s == NULL)
-		fatalError("xstrndup bug");
+		error_msg_and_die("xstrndup bug");
 
 	t = xmalloc(n+1);
 	strncpy(t,s,n);
@@ -1588,13 +1588,13 @@
 	char fileName[BUFSIZ];
 
 	if (stat("/", &rootStat) != 0) {
-		errorMsg("could not stat '/'\n");
+		error_msg("could not stat '/'\n");
 		return( FALSE);
 	}
 
 	dir = opendir("/dev");
 	if (!dir) {
-		errorMsg("could not open '/dev'\n");
+		error_msg("could not open '/dev'\n");
 		return( FALSE);
 	}
 
@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@
 		int errmsgsz = regerror(ret, preg, NULL, 0);
 		char *errmsg = xmalloc(errmsgsz);
 		regerror(ret, preg, errmsg, errmsgsz);
-		fatalError("xregcomp: %s\n", errmsg);
+		error_msg_and_die("xregcomp: %s\n", errmsg);
 	}
 }
 #endif
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@
 {
 	FILE *fp;
 	if ((fp = fopen(path, mode)) == NULL) {
-		errorMsg("%s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg("%s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
 		errno = 0;
 	}
 	return fp;
@@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@
 {
 	FILE *fp;
 	if ((fp = fopen(path, mode)) == NULL)
-		fatalError("%s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
+		error_msg_and_die("%s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
 	return fp;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/uudecode.c b/uudecode.c
index 825fdb5..ff4a9d9 100644
--- a/uudecode.c
+++ b/uudecode.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     char *p;
 
     if (fgets (buf, sizeof(buf), stdin) == NULL) {
-      errorMsg("%s: Short file\n", inname);
+      error_msg("%s: Short file\n", inname);
       return FALSE;
     }
     p = buf;
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 
   if (fgets (buf, sizeof(buf), stdin) == NULL
       || strcmp (buf, "end\n")) {
-    errorMsg("%s: No `end' line\n", inname);
+    error_msg("%s: No `end' line\n", inname);
     return FALSE;
   }
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     unsigned char *p;
 
     if (fgets (buf, sizeof(buf), stdin) == NULL) {
-      errorMsg("%s: Short file\n", inname);
+      error_msg("%s: Short file\n", inname);
       return FALSE;
     }
     p = buf;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
     if (memcmp (buf, "====", 4) == 0)
       break;
     if (last_data != 0) {
-      errorMsg("%s: data following `=' padding character\n", inname);
+      error_msg("%s: data following `=' padding character\n", inname);
       return FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -158,14 +158,14 @@
 
       while ((b64_tab[*p] & '\100') != 0)
         if (*p == '\n' || *p++ == '=') {
-          errorMsg("%s: illegal line\n", inname);
+          error_msg("%s: illegal line\n", inname);
           return FALSE;
         }
       c2 = b64_tab[*p++];
 
       while (b64_tab[*p] == '\177')
         if (*p++ == '\n') {
-          errorMsg("%s: illegal line\n", inname);
+          error_msg("%s: illegal line\n", inname);
           return FALSE;
         }
       if (*p == '=') {
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 
       while (b64_tab[*p] == '\177')
         if (*p++ == '\n') {
-          errorMsg("%s: illegal line\n", inname);
+          error_msg("%s: illegal line\n", inname);
           return FALSE;
         }
       putchar (c1 << 2 | c2 >> 4);
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 
   while (1) {
     if (fgets (buf, sizeof (buf), stdin) == NULL) {
-      errorMsg("%s: No `begin' line\n", inname);
+      error_msg("%s: No `begin' line\n", inname);
       return FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -234,13 +234,13 @@
       while (*p != '/')
         ++p;
       if (*p == '\0') {
-        errorMsg("%s: Illegal ~user\n", inname);
+        error_msg("%s: Illegal ~user\n", inname);
         return FALSE;
       }
       *p++ = '\0';
       pw = getpwnam (buf + 1);
       if (pw == NULL) {
-        errorMsg("%s: No user `%s'\n", inname, buf + 1);
+        error_msg("%s: No user `%s'\n", inname, buf + 1);
         return FALSE;
       }
       n = strlen (pw->pw_dir);
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
       && (freopen (outname, "w", stdout) == NULL
 	  || chmod (outname, mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO))
          )) {
-    errorMsg("%s: %s %s\n", outname, inname, strerror(errno)); /* */
+    error_msg("%s: %s %s\n", outname, inname, strerror(errno)); /* */
     return FALSE;
   }
 
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
         if (decode (argv[optind], outname) != 0)
           exit_status = FALSE;
       } else {
-        errorMsg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
+        error_msg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
         exit_status = EXIT_FAILURE;
       }
       optind++;
diff --git a/uuencode.c b/uuencode.c
index 8d15adb..41e6590 100644
--- a/uuencode.c
+++ b/uuencode.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
   }
 
   if (ferror (stdin))
-    errorMsg("Read error\n");
+    error_msg("Read error\n");
 
   if (trans_ptr == uu_std) {
     putchar (ENC ('\0'));
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
    case 2:
     /* Optional first argument is input file.  */
     if (!freopen (argv[optind], "r", stdin) || fstat (fileno (stdin), &sb)) {
-      errorMsg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
+      error_msg("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
       return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
     mode = sb.st_mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
   encode();
   printf(trans_ptr == uu_std ? "end\n" : "====\n");
   if (ferror (stdout)) {
-    errorMsg("Write error\n");
+    error_msg("Write error\n");
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/wget.c b/wget.c
index b43bbad..0ec4dff 100644
--- a/wget.c
+++ b/wget.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
 
 	if (do_continue && !fname_out)
-		fatalError("cannot specify continue (-c) without a filename (-O)\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("cannot specify continue (-c) without a filename (-O)\n");
 	/*
 	 * Parse url into components.
 	 */
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 	if (fname_out != (char *)1) {
 		if ( (output=fopen(fname_out, (do_continue ? "a" : "w"))) 
 				== NULL)
-			fatalPerror("fopen(%s)", fname_out);
+			perror_msg_and_die("fopen(%s)", fname_out);
 	} else {
 		output = stdout;
 	}
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 	if (do_continue) {
 		struct stat sbuf;
 		if (fstat(fileno(output), &sbuf) < 0)
-			fatalError("fstat()");
+			error_msg_and_die("fstat()");
 		if (sbuf.st_size > 0)
 			beg_range = sbuf.st_size;
 		else
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 	 * Retrieve HTTP response line and check for "200" status code.
 	 */
 	if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), sfp) == NULL)
-		fatalError("no response from server\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("no response from server\n");
 	for (s = buf ; *s != '\0' && !isspace(*s) ; ++s)
 		;
 	for ( ; isspace(*s) ; ++s)
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@
 		case 200:
 			if (!do_continue)
 				break;
-			fatalError("server does not support ranges\n");
+			error_msg_and_die("server does not support ranges\n");
 		case 206:
 			if (do_continue)
 				break;
 			/*FALLTHRU*/
 		default:
-			fatalError("server returned error: %s", buf);
+			error_msg_and_die("server returned error: %s", buf);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (strcmp(buf, "transfer-encoding") == 0) {
-			fatalError("server wants to do %s transfer encoding\n", s);
+			error_msg_and_die("server wants to do %s transfer encoding\n", s);
 			continue;
 		}
 	}
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 			filesize -= n;
 	}
 	if (n == 0 && ferror(sfp))
-		fatalPerror("network read error");
+		perror_msg_and_die("network read error");
 
 	exit(0);
 }
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 	*uri_port = 80;
 
 	if (strncmp(url, "http://", 7) != 0)
-		fatalError("not an http url: %s\n", url);
+		error_msg_and_die("not an http url: %s\n", url);
 
 	/* pull the host portion to the front of the buffer */
 	for (s = url, h = url+7 ; *h != '/' && *h != 0; ++h) {
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 	memzero(&sin, sizeof(sin));
 	sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
 	if ((hp = (struct hostent *) gethostbyname(host)) == NULL)
-		fatalError("cannot resolve %s\n", host);
+		error_msg_and_die("cannot resolve %s\n", host);
 	memcpy(&sin.sin_addr, hp->h_addr_list[0], hp->h_length);
 	sin.sin_port = htons(port);
 
@@ -248,11 +248,11 @@
 	 * Get the server onto a stdio stream.
 	 */
 	if ((fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
-		fatalPerror("socket()");
+		perror_msg_and_die("socket()");
 	if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &sin, sizeof(sin)) < 0)
-		fatalPerror("connect(%s)", host);
+		perror_msg_and_die("connect(%s)", host);
 	if ((fp = fdopen(fd, "r+")) == NULL)
-		fatalPerror("fdopen()");
+		perror_msg_and_die("fdopen()");
 
 	return fp;
 }
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
 
 	/* verify we are at the end of the header name */
 	if (*s != ':')
-		fatalError("bad header line: %s\n", buf);
+		error_msg_and_die("bad header line: %s\n", buf);
 
 	/* locate the start of the header value */
 	for (*s++ = '\0' ; *s == ' ' || *s == '\t' ; ++s)
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@
  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
- *	$Id: wget.c,v 1.9 2000/12/07 03:55:35 tausq Exp $
+ *	$Id: wget.c,v 1.10 2000/12/07 19:56:48 markw Exp $
  */
 
 
diff --git a/whoami.c b/whoami.c
index 44fbc95..6a5dd2c 100644
--- a/whoami.c
+++ b/whoami.c
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@
 		puts(user);
 		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	}
-	fatalError("cannot find username for UID %u\n", (unsigned) uid);
+	error_msg_and_die("cannot find username for UID %u\n", (unsigned) uid);
 }