* Clarify confusing error message reported in bug #476.

diff --git a/citadel/room_ops.c b/citadel/room_ops.c
index a4e6a82dbe0ba27b86aac3f97047a2abb7f02045..0e4eed746b01aa07ec60cb8458502749486adbd5 100644 (file)
--- a/citadel/room_ops.c
+++ b/citadel/room_ops.c
@@ -1172,8 +1172,11 @@ void cmd_rdir(char *cmdbuf)
                        stat(buf, &statbuf);    /* stat the file */
                        if (!(statbuf.st_mode & S_IFREG))
                        {
-                               snprintf(buf2, sizeof buf2, "Command RDIR found something that is not a useable file. It should be cleaned up.\n RDIR found this non regular file:\n%s\n", buf);
-                               aide_message(buf2, "RDIR found bad file");
+                               snprintf(buf2, sizeof buf2,
+                                       "\"%s\" appears in the file directory for room \"%s\" but is not a regular file.  Directories, named pipes, sockets, etc. are not usable in Citadel room directories.\n",
+                                       buf, CC->room.QRname
+                               );
+                               aide_message(buf2, "Unusable data found in room directory");
                                continue;       /* not a useable file type so don't show it */
                        }
                        safestrncpy(comment, "", sizeof comment);