From: Jim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 1994 19:58:31 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: 	* command.c (shell_escape): Report errors correctly (with error
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5b3591ab5c099ca985e8aac0ff538dfe36141072;p=binutils-gdb.git

	* command.c (shell_escape): Report errors correctly (with error
	message from strerror).
---

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index fb0a583d6af..87535592628 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Feb  2 11:16:45 1994  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
+
+	* command.c (shell_escape): Report errors correctly (with error
+	message from strerror).
+
 Wed Feb  2 14:35:41 1994  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@tweedledumb.cygnus.com)
 
 	* xcoffread.c (read_xcoff_symtab): Change CSECT_LEN to use
diff --git a/gdb/command.c b/gdb/command.c
index de8bd2a0b9c..c302caca020 100644
--- a/gdb/command.c
+++ b/gdb/command.c
@@ -1216,8 +1216,10 @@ shell_escape (arg, from_tty)
       else
 	execl (user_shell, p, "-c", arg, 0);
 
-      fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Exec of shell failed\n");
-      exit (0);
+      fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Cannot execute %s: %s\n", user_shell,
+			  safe_strerror (errno));
+      gdb_flush (gdb_stderr);
+      _exit (0177);
     }
 
   if (pid != -1)