From 7a72eff4a4717e975ab7ef39baff5667b12e8a13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nicm <nicm>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 22:21:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify error messages when socket connect fails, suggested
 by "Karthik K".

---
 client.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
index 6d4b8a5a..d3ff05a6 100644
--- a/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -265,8 +265,13 @@ client_main(int argc, char **argv, int flags)
 	/* Initialize the client socket and start the server. */
 	fd = client_connect(socket_path, cmdflags & CMD_STARTSERVER);
 	if (fd == -1) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "failed to connect to server: %s\n",
-		    strerror(errno));
+		if (errno == ECONNREFUSED) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "no server running on %s\n",
+			    socket_path);
+		} else {
+			fprintf(stderr, "error connecting to %s (%s)\n",
+			    socket_path, strerror(errno));
+		}
 		return (1);
 	}