From 71540f5d1258c2598e11e52868a02afbf61db0b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clemens Fries <github-raster@xenoworld.de>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 21:38:51 +0200
Subject: examples/minimal.c: Be a tad more helpful when opening the device

---
 src/examples/minimal.c | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/examples/minimal.c b/src/examples/minimal.c
index 5550e9e..2ebdc44 100644
--- a/src/examples/minimal.c
+++ b/src/examples/minimal.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
  */
 
 #include "../ql570.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 /**
  * Raster line length for the QL-570 is 90 bytes. There are some other QL
@@ -36,7 +38,14 @@
  */
 int main()
 {
-	FILE *device = fopen("/dev/usb/lp0", "wb");
+	char *devname = "/dev/usb/lp0";
+	FILE *device = fopen(devname, "wb");
+
+	if (device == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error while opening %s: %s\n", devname, strerror(errno));
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}
+
 	ql_status status = {0};
 	uint8_t buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
 
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