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commit 4cefd699cab643eac41c891c049c1f886cf1add1
parent 8eddf7bc269f5df5c33206f9a60efab3dabef678
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date:   Fri, 17 Jul 2020 17:10:46 +0200

tweaks: shorten an error message, to be appropriate in all situations

Saying "Cannot write backup %s" is misleading when it is the original
file that cannot be reread.

Diffstat:
M
src/files.c
 | 
3
++-

1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
@@ -1718,7 +1718,8 @@ bool make_backup_of(char *realname)
 		return TRUE;
 	}
 
-	statusline(HUSH, _("Cannot write backup %s: %s"), backupname, strerror(errno));
+	/* TRANSLATORS: The %s is the reason of failure. */
+	statusline(HUSH, _("Cannot make backup: %s"), strerror(errno));
 	free(backupname);
 	return FALSE;
 }