From dc6f669e7b7dbb7b97f8cea4b5f57b2bbb9bc885 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggleton Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 09:56:17 +1300 Subject: scripts/contrib/ddimage: be explicit whether device doesn't exist or isn't writeable Make the error messages a little more friendly. Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton --- scripts/contrib/ddimage | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/contrib/ddimage b/scripts/contrib/ddimage index a7dc5f7487..7f2ad112a6 100755 --- a/scripts/contrib/ddimage +++ b/scripts/contrib/ddimage @@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ if [ ! -e "$IMAGE" ]; then exit 1 fi +if [ ! -e "$DEVICE" ]; then + echo "ERROR: Device $DEVICE does not exist" + usage + exit 1 +fi + if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then # readlink doesn't support -f on MacOS, just assume it isn't a symlink ACTUAL_DEVICE=$DEVICE @@ -139,9 +145,8 @@ if is_inuse $ACTUAL_DEVICE ; then exit 1 fi - if [ ! -w "$DEVICE" ]; then - echo "ERROR: Device $DEVICE does not exist or is not writable" + echo "ERROR: Device $DEVICE is not writable - possibly use sudo?" usage exit 1 fi -- cgit 1.2.3-korg