4 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/h5repack/h5repack.h b/tools/h5repack/h5repack.h
index 79add4f..bd0ff5d 100644
--- a/tools/h5repack/h5repack.h
+++ b/tools/h5repack/h5repack.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define H5_REPACK_DEBUG
 #endif
 
+#define H5FOPENERROR "unable to open file"
 
 #define PFORMAT  "%-7s %-7s %-7s\n" /*chunk info, compression info, name*/
 #define PFORMAT1 "%-7s %-7s %-7s"     /*chunk info, compression info, name*/
diff --git a/tools/h5repack/h5repack_copy.c b/tools/h5repack/h5repack_copy.c
index bbeb289..1ac6dbc 100644
--- a/tools/h5repack/h5repack_copy.c
+++ b/tools/h5repack/h5repack_copy.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int copy_objects(const char* fnamein,
  
  /* Open the files */
  if ((fidin=H5Fopen(fnamein,H5F_ACC_RDONLY,H5P_DEFAULT))<0 ){
-  printf("h5repack: <%s>: No such file or directory\n", fnamein );
+  printf("h5repack: <%s>: %s\n", fnamein, H5FOPENERROR );
   exit(1);
  }
  if ((fidout=H5Fcreate(fnameout,H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT))<0 ){
diff --git a/tools/h5repack/h5repack_list.c b/tools/h5repack/h5repack_list.c
index 3d43ec1..f28ff9e 100644
--- a/tools/h5repack/h5repack_list.c
+++ b/tools/h5repack/h5repack_list.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int check_objects(const char* fname,
  
  /* Open the files */
  if ((fid=H5Fopen(fname,H5F_ACC_RDONLY,H5P_DEFAULT))<0 ){
-  printf("h5repack: <%s>: No such file or directory\n", fname );
+  printf("h5repack: <%s>: %s\n", fname, H5FOPENERROR );
   exit(1);
  }
  /* enable error reporting */
diff --git a/tools/h5repack/h5repack_verify.c b/tools/h5repack/h5repack_verify.c
index acede45..2283bc5 100644
--- a/tools/h5repack/h5repack_verify.c
+++ b/tools/h5repack/h5repack_verify.c
@@ -350,12 +350,12 @@ int h5repack_cmpdcpl(const char *fname1,
  /* Open the files */
  if ((fid1=H5Fopen(fname1,H5F_ACC_RDONLY,H5P_DEFAULT))<0 )
  {
-  printf("<%s>: No such file or directory\n", fname1 );
+  printf("h5repack: <%s>: %s\n", fname1, H5FOPENERROR );
   return -1;
  }
  if ((fid2=H5Fopen(fname2,H5F_ACC_RDONLY,H5P_DEFAULT))<0 )
  {
-  printf("<%s>: No such file or directory\n", fname2 );
+  printf("h5repack: <%s>: %s\n", fname2, H5FOPENERROR );
   H5Fclose(fid1);
   return -1;
  }