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File.LinkError - fix confusing wording #14441

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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions lib/elixir/lib/exception.ex
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Expand Up @@ -2492,8 +2492,8 @@ defmodule File.LinkError do

For example, this exception is raised when trying to link to file that isn't present:

iex> File.ln!("source.txt", "target.txt")
** (File.LinkError) could not create hard link from "source.txt" to "target.txt": no such file or directory
iex> File.ln!("existing.txt", "link.txt")
** (File.LinkError) could not create hard link from "link.txt" to "existing.txt": no such file or directory

The following fields of this exception are public and can be accessed freely:

Expand All @@ -2509,8 +2509,8 @@ defmodule File.LinkError do
def message(exception) do
formatted = IO.iodata_to_binary(:file.format_error(exception.reason))

"could not #{exception.action} from #{inspect(exception.existing)} to " <>
"#{inspect(exception.new)}: #{formatted}"
"could not #{exception.action} from #{inspect(exception.new)} to " <>
"#{inspect(exception.existing)}: #{formatted}"
end
end

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