[svn-r5573] Purpose:

    Bug fix (#620)

Description:
    Change slightly misleading error message when creating attribute with same
    name as existing attribute to something a bit more clear.

Platforms tested:
    FreeBSD 4.5 (sleipnir)

3 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/H5A.c b/src/H5A.c
index f95bb9b..1157e19 100644
--- a/src/H5A.c
+++ b/src/H5A.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ H5A_create(const H5G_entry_t *ent, const char *name, const H5T_t *type,
 	 */
 	if(HDstrcmp(found_attr.name,attr->name)==0) {
 	    H5O_reset (H5O_ATTR, &found_attr);
-	    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ATTR, H5E_CANTCREATE, FAIL,
+	    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ATTR, H5E_ALREADYEXISTS, FAIL,
 			"attribute already exists");
 	}
 	H5O_reset (H5O_ATTR, &found_attr);
diff --git a/src/H5E.c b/src/H5E.c
index 6348fb1..5fa67a9 100644
--- a/src/H5E.c
+++ b/src/H5E.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static const H5E_minor_mesg_t H5E_minor_mesg_g[] = {
     {H5E_NOSPACE, 	"No space available for allocation"},
     {H5E_CANTCOPY, 	"Unable to copy object"},
     {H5E_CANTFREE, 	"Unable to free object"},
+    {H5E_ALREADYEXISTS, "Object already exists"},
 
     /* File accessability errors */
     {H5E_FILEEXISTS, 	"File already exists"},
diff --git a/src/H5Epublic.h b/src/H5Epublic.h
index bb62c1a..1b37f15 100644
--- a/src/H5Epublic.h
+++ b/src/H5Epublic.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ typedef enum H5E_minor_t {
     H5E_NOSPACE,                /*no space available for allocation          */
     H5E_CANTCOPY,               /*unable to copy object                      */
     H5E_CANTFREE,               /*unable to free object                      */
+    H5E_ALREADYEXISTS,          /*Object already exists */
 
     /* File accessability errors */
     H5E_FILEEXISTS,             /*file already exists                        */