Hi Jaroslav, You could use the FormatMessage function which produces a text message for GetLastError, the os::lasterror function in os_windows.cpp does just that.
Regards, /peter On 13 Mar 2014, at 13:29, Jaroslav Bachorik <jaroslav.bacho...@oracle.com> wrote: > Please, take a look at this patch. > > Issue : https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8037274 > Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jbachorik/8037274/webrev.00/ > > This patch adds an additional info to the error message issued when an > attempt to create a named pipe fails. This is supposed to help when > identifying the failure cause. The fix is pretty simple but the code I > produced might not be exactly aligned with the general C coding style in JDK > source base. If you see any violation, please, let me know. > > Thanks! > > -JB-
