On Fri, Jan 01, 2016 at 08:47:09PM +0100, Theo Buehler wrote: > On Fri, Jan 01, 2016 at 02:19:16PM -0500, Michael Reed wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I noticed that when doing `sed -i` on a file you don't have > > permission to read, the error message printed isn't very helpful: > > > > $ sed -i '/test/d' /var/log/Xorg.1.log.old > > sed: /var/log/Xorg.1.log.old > > > > The patch below seems to fix the issue for me: > > > > $ ./sed -i '/test/d' /var/log/Xorg.1.log.old > > sed: /var/log/Xorg.1.log.old: Permission denied > > > > Regards, > > Michael > >
Please disregard my previous mail. Michael's patch is correct. Whoever wants to commit has my ok.
