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author | Richard Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2010-04-06 23:54:08 +0100 |
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committer | Richard Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2010-04-07 12:06:07 +0100 |
commit | 4c50f4c38d9a50fbf983c79dd208d1b1598fef8a (patch) | |
tree | ce781f324d58384eae82845bd828aad839744882 /fish/fish.c | |
parent | 2ade61d1f864c75ce65c358e4ac8a012a897b89a (diff) | |
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fish: Print extended help when the user types an unknown command first.
$ guestfish /tmp/disk.img
/tmp/disk.img: unknown command
Did you mean to open a disk image? guestfish -a disk.img
For a list of commands: guestfish -h
For complete documentation: man guestfish
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fish/fish.c b/fish/fish.c index 2022ee3a..bd13a827 100644 --- a/fish/fish.c +++ b/fish/fish.c @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ int echo_commands = 0; int remote_control_listen = 0; int remote_control = 0; int exit_on_error = 1; +int command_num = 0; int launch (guestfs_h *_g) @@ -790,6 +791,9 @@ issue_command (const char *cmd, char *argv[], const char *pipecmd) int pid = 0; int i, r; + /* This counts the commands issued, starting at 1. */ + command_num++; + if (echo_commands) { printf ("%s", cmd); for (i = 0; argv[i] != NULL; ++i) @@ -1073,6 +1077,21 @@ display_builtin_command (const char *cmd) cmd); } +/* This is printed when the user types in an unknown command for the + * first command issued. A common case is the user doing: + * guestfish disk.img + * expecting guestfish to open 'disk.img' (in fact, this tried to + * run a command 'disk.img'). + */ +void +extended_help_message (void) +{ + fprintf (stderr, + _("Did you mean to open a disk image? guestfish -a disk.img\n" + "For a list of commands: guestfish -h\n" + "For complete documentation: man guestfish\n")); +} + void free_strings (char **argv) { |