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-rw-r--r--lib-src/emacsclient.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib-src/emacsclient.c b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
index bd2edf62993..5f1a41a502d 100644
--- a/lib-src/emacsclient.c
+++ b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
@@ -97,7 +97,11 @@ main (argc, argv)
if (stat (server.sun_path, &statbfr) == -1)
{
- perror ("stat");
+ if (errno == ENOENT)
+ fprintf (stderr,
+ "Can't find socket; have you started the server?\n");
+ else
+ perror ("stat");
exit (1);
}
if (statbfr.st_uid != geteuid())