rrdc_flush_if_daemon should not clobber error message -- kevin (as suggested by Sebas...

[rrdtool.git] / src / rrd_client.c

diff --git a/src/rrd_client.c b/src/rrd_client.c
index 5583bfe..8e60664 100644 (file)
--- a/src/rrd_client.c
+++ b/src/rrd_client.c
@@ -616,11 +616,21 @@ int rrdc_flush_if_daemon (const char *opt_daemon, const char *filename) /* {{{ *
 
   if (rrdc_is_connected(opt_daemon))
   {
+    rrd_clear_error();
     status = rrdc_flush (filename);
-    if (status != 0)
+
+    if (status != 0 && !rrd_test_error())
     {
-      rrd_set_error ("rrdc_flush (%s) failed with status %i.",
-                     filename, status);
+      if (status > 0)
+      {
+        rrd_set_error("rrdc_flush (%s) failed: %s",
+                      filename, rrd_strerror(status));
+      }
+      else if (status < 0)
+      {
+        rrd_set_error("rrdc_flush (%s) failed with status %i.",
+                      filename, status);
+      }
     }
   } /* if (rrdc_is_connected(..)) */