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Cryptic error message #53

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dirk-zimoch opened this issue Apr 21, 2021 · 1 comment
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Cryptic error message #53

dirk-zimoch opened this issue Apr 21, 2021 · 1 comment

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@dirk-zimoch
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Some error messages can be so cryptic:

Caught an exception creating the initial control telnet port: Bad file descriptor
/usr/local/bin/procServ: Exiting with error code: 98

What it really means:

Port xxxx already in use
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Rule number one for error messages: Don't tell the user where the program could not continue (as the user does not know the internals of the program). Instead give the user a hint how to solve the problem.

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