Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!jsq From: jsq@ut-sally.UUCP (John Quarterman) Newsgroups: mod.std.unix Subject: standardized error messages Message-ID: <2391@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 11:10:09 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.2391 Posted: Thu Jul 18 11:10:09 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 20:39:41 EDT Reply-To: std-unix@ut-sally Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 36 Approved: jsq@ut-sally.UUCP From: Mike TrachtmanDate: Thu, 18 Jul 85 13:03:51 -0200 To: std-unix@ut-sally.arpa Subject: standardized error messages Is any thought being given to having the compilers, grep, etc. give error messages in a standard form, so that programs will be able to parse them. This is good for many things, in particular emacs make error parsing, but other uses are also possible. Mike Mike Trachtman My address: wizard@wisdom (BITNET) wizard%wisdom.bitnet@wiscvm.ARPA (ARPA/CSNET) wizard%wisdom.bitnet@berkley (ARPA/CSNET) and if all else fails (ONLY for VERY short items) ...!decvax!humus!wisdom!wizard (UUCP) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This moderated newsgroup, mod.std.unix, is for discussions of UNIX standards, in particular of the draft standard in progress by the IEEE P1003 Committee. The newsgroup is also gatewayed to an ARPA Internet mailing list. Submissions to: ut-sally!std-unix or std-unix@ut-sally.ARPA Comments to: ut-sally!std-unix-request or std-unix-request@ut-sally.ARPA Permission to post to the newsgroup is assumed for mail to std-unix, but not for mail to std-unix-request, nor for mail to my personal addresses. -- John Quarterman, UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,harvard,gatech}!ut-sally!jsq ARPA Internet and CSNET: jsq@ut-sally.ARPA, soon to be jsq@sally.UTEXAS.EDU