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Diffstat (limited to 'cli/tools/standalone.rs')
| -rw-r--r-- | cli/tools/standalone.rs | 27 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/cli/tools/standalone.rs b/cli/tools/standalone.rs index 8d574aec7..dc9ca4508 100644 --- a/cli/tools/standalone.rs +++ b/cli/tools/standalone.rs @@ -183,7 +183,14 @@ pub async fn write_standalone_binary( if output.exists() { // If the output is a directory, throw error if output.is_dir() { - bail!("Could not compile: {:?} is a directory.", &output); + bail!( + concat!( + "Could not compile to file '{}' because a directory exists with ", + "the same name. You can use the `--output <file-path>` flag to ", + "provide an alternative name." + ), + output.display() + ); } // Make sure we don't overwrite any file not created by Deno compiler. @@ -199,7 +206,14 @@ pub async fn write_standalone_binary( has_trailer = magic_trailer == MAGIC_TRAILER; } if !has_trailer { - bail!("Could not compile: cannot overwrite {:?}.", &output); + bail!( + concat!( + "Could not compile to file '{}' because the file already exists ", + "and cannot be overwritten. Please delete the existing file or ", + "use the `--output <file-path` flag to provide an alternative name." + ), + output.display() + ); } // Remove file if it was indeed a deno compiled binary, to avoid corruption @@ -208,7 +222,14 @@ pub async fn write_standalone_binary( } else { let output_base = &output.parent().unwrap(); if output_base.exists() && output_base.is_file() { - bail!("Could not compile: {:?} is a file.", &output_base); + bail!( + concat!( + "Could not compile to file '{}' because its parent directory ", + "is an existing file. You can use the `--output <file-path>` flag to ", + "provide an alternative name.", + ), + output_base.display(), + ); } tokio::fs::create_dir_all(output_base).await?; } |