Message style improvements

src/bin/initdb/initdb.c

@@ -2493,7 +2493,7 @@ CreateRestrictedProcess(char *cmd, PROCESS_INFORMATION *processInfo)
 							 processInfo))
 
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not start process for \"%s\": error code %lu\n"), progname, cmd, GetLastError());
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not start process for command \"%s\": error code %lu\n"), progname, cmd, GetLastError());
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -2838,7 +2838,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 		if (!CreateRestrictedProcess(cmdline, &pi))
 		{
-			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not re-exec with restricted token: error code %lu\n"), progname, GetLastError());
+			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not re-execute with restricted token: error code %lu\n"), progname, GetLastError());
 		}
 		else
 		{

src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c

@@ -1926,7 +1926,7 @@ adjust_data_dir(void)
 	fd = popen(cmd, "r");
 	if (fd == NULL || fgets(filename, sizeof(filename), fd) == NULL)
 	{
-		write_stderr(_("%s: cannot find the data directory using %s\n"), progname, my_exec_path);
+		write_stderr(_("%s: could not determine the data directory using \"%s\"\n"), progname, cmd);
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	pclose(fd);

src/bin/pg_dump/compress_io.c

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ ParseCompressionOption(int compression, CompressionAlgorithm *alg, int *level)
 		*alg = COMPR_ALG_NONE;
 	else
 	{
-		exit_horribly(modulename, "Invalid compression code: %d\n",
+		exit_horribly(modulename, "invalid compression code: %d\n",
 					  compression);
 		*alg = COMPR_ALG_NONE;	/* keep compiler quiet */
 	}

src/bin/pg_dump/dumputils.c

@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ set_dump_section(const char *arg, int *dumpSections)
 		*dumpSections |= DUMP_POST_DATA;
 	else
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: unknown section name \"%s\")\n"),
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: unrecognized section name: \"%s\"\n"),
 				progname, arg);
 		fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"),
 				progname);

src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_directory.c

@@ -407,8 +407,8 @@ _LoadBlobs(ArchiveHandle *AH, RestoreOptions *ropt)
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
 
 		if (sscanf(line, "%u %s\n", &oid, fname) != 2)
-			exit_horribly(modulename, "invalid line in large object TOC file: %s\n",
-						  line);
+			exit_horribly(modulename, "invalid line in large object TOC file \"%s\": \"%s\"\n",
+						  fname, line);
 
 		StartRestoreBlob(AH, oid, ropt->dropSchema);
 		snprintf(path, MAXPGPATH, "%s/%s", ctx->directory, fname);
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ prependDirectory(ArchiveHandle *AH, const char *relativeFilename)
 	dname = ctx->directory;
 
 	if (strlen(dname) + 1 + strlen(relativeFilename) + 1 > MAXPGPATH)
-		exit_horribly(modulename, "path name too long: %s", dname);
+		exit_horribly(modulename, "file name too long: \"%s\"", dname);
 
 	strcpy(buf, dname);
 	strcat(buf, "/");

src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump_sort.c

@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ repairDependencyLoop(DumpableObject **loop,
 		write_msg(NULL, "NOTICE: there are circular foreign-key constraints among these table(s):\n");
 		for (i = 0; i < nLoop; i++)
 			write_msg(NULL, "  %s\n", loop[i]->name);
-		write_msg(NULL, "You may not be able to restore the dump without using --disable-triggers or temporarily dropping the constraints.\n");
+		write_msg(NULL, "You might not be able to restore the dump without using --disable-triggers or temporarily dropping the constraints.\n");
 		write_msg(NULL, "Consider using a full dump instead of a --data-only dump to avoid this problem.\n");
 		if (nLoop > 1)
 			removeObjectDependency(loop[0], loop[1]->dumpId);

src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.c

@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ PrintControlValues(bool guessed)
 		   sysident_str);
 	printf(_("Latest checkpoint's TimeLineID:       %u\n"),
 		   ControlFile.checkPointCopy.ThisTimeLineID);
-	printf(_("Latest checkpoint's full_page_writes:       %s\n"),
+	printf(_("Latest checkpoint's full_page_writes: %s\n"),
 		   ControlFile.checkPointCopy.fullPageWrites ? _("on") : _("off"));
 	printf(_("Latest checkpoint's NextXID:          %u/%u\n"),
 		   ControlFile.checkPointCopy.nextXidEpoch,

src/bin/psql/command.c

@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ exec_command(const char *cmd,
 		}
 		else if (strchr(envvar,'=') != NULL)
 		{
-			psql_error("\\%s: environment variable name must not contain '='\n",
+			psql_error("\\%s: environment variable name must not contain \"=\"\n",
 					   cmd);
 			success = false;
 		}