This patchset indends to make some cleanup and send printf error messages to stderr. The changes were performed with coccinelle for failure messages and manual for other cases. The following script was used: @r@ expression e1, e2, stdout; @@ (printf(e1); | printf(e1, e2); | fprintf(stdout, e1); | fprintf(stdout, e1, e2); ) @script: python get_string@ e << r.e1; tdres; @@ if 'could not' in e.lower() or 'fail' in e.lower() \ or 'problem' in e.lower() or 'not set' in e.lower(): coccinelle.tdres = e else: cocci.include_match(False) @r_match@ expression r.stdout, r.e1, r.e2; identifier get_string.tdres; @@ ( - printf(e1); + fprintf(stderr, tdres); | - printf(e1, e2); + fprintf(stderr, tdres, e2); | - fprintf(stdout, e1) + fprintf(stderr, tdres) | - fprintf(stdout, e1, e2) + fprintf(stderr, tdres, e2) ) Changes in v2: - s/failiure/failure Cristina Opriceana (4): tools: iio: Move printf failure messages to stderr tools: iio: Send usage error messages to stderr tools: iio: generic_buffer: Maintain fprintf() messages consistent iio: tools: iio_utils: Move general error messages to stderr tools/iio/generic_buffer.c | 21 ++++++++++-------- tools/iio/iio_event_monitor.c | 8 +++---- tools/iio/iio_utils.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ tools/iio/lsiio.c | 2 +- 4 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-iio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html