else if (!(stdoutput = bfd_openw (name, TARGET_FORMAT)))
{
- if (bfd_get_error () == bfd_error_invalid_target)
- as_perror (_("Selected target format '%s' unknown"), TARGET_FORMAT);
+ bfd_error_type err = bfd_get_error ();
+
+ if (err == bfd_error_invalid_target)
+ as_fatal (_("selected target format '%s' unknown"), TARGET_FORMAT);
else
- as_perror (_("FATAL: can't create %s"), name);
- exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+ as_fatal (_("can't create %s: %s"), name, bfd_errmsg (err));
}
bfd_set_format (stdoutput, bfd_object);
output_file_close (char *filename)
{
/* Close the bfd. */
- if (bfd_close (stdoutput) == 0)
- {
- bfd_perror (filename);
- as_perror (_("FATAL: can't close %s\n"), filename);
- exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
- }
+ if (!bfd_close (stdoutput))
+ as_fatal (_("can't close %s: %s"), filename,
+ bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
stdoutput = NULL; /* Trust nobody! */
}