X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~yarrgweb/git?p=ypp-sc-tools.db-test.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=yarrg%2Fwhere-vessels;h=2a946ef34c0a80e9852e954778c0940cd3ef0f15;hp=bebdf79f370f2869af534b220046dbb260217c64;hb=e428aea897f4bd2004a20fca6129aa328f096b2c;hpb=7a0186d4caf09e8ab1175a92fa8d470138103fc8

diff --git a/yarrg/where-vessels b/yarrg/where-vessels
index bebdf79..2a946ef 100755
--- a/yarrg/where-vessels
+++ b/yarrg/where-vessels
@@ -147,7 +147,13 @@ proc argdefaults {} {
 	set cmd {./yarrg --find-window-only --quiet}
 	if {[info exists ocean]} { lappend cmd --ocean $ocean }
 	if {[info exists pirate]} { lappend cmd --pirate $pirate }
-	manyset [split [eval exec $cmd] " "] ocean pirate
+	if {[catch {
+	    manyset [split [eval exec $cmd] " "] ocean pirate
+	} emsg]} {
+	    puts stderr "yarrg: [string trim $emsg]"
+	    puts stderr "Alternatively pass, --ocean and perhaps --pirate options to where-vessels"
+	    exit 1
+	}
 	if {![llength $ocean] || ![llength $pirate]} {
 	    error "$ocean $pirate ?"
 	}