--- make-etc-links.sh-orig	2002-09-11 18:08:39.000000000 -0400
+++ make-etc-links.sh	2002-09-11 18:57:01.000000000 -0400
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 #--
 # Creates symbolic links from some /etc files to their windows equivalents
 #
-# Version: 0.4
+# Version: 0.5
 #
 # ChangeLog:
+#    v0.5 Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs.nyu.edu>:
+#       Move FILES to top; removed VERBOSE (thx Paul Johnston)
+#       Print messages on abnormal exit
 #    v0.4 Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs.nyu.edu>:
 #       Use $SYSTEMROOT and $WINDIR to determine the OS (thx Warren Young)
 #       Check for existence of $WINETC directory (thx Paul Johnston)
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@
 #       Initial version
 #--
 
-VERBOSE=-v
+FILES="hosts protocols services networks"
 
 WINHOME=`/bin/cygpath -W`
 
@@ -33,12 +36,13 @@ elif [ -n "$WINDIR" ]
 then
   WINETC="$WINHOME"
 else
+  echo "Unknown system type; exiting" >&2
   exit 0
 fi
-FILES="hosts protocols services networks"
 
 if [ ! -d "$WINETC" ]
 then
+  echo "Directory $WINETC does not exist; exiting" >&2
   exit 0
 fi
 
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@ do
   then
     # Windows only uses the first 8 characters
     WFILE=`expr substr "$FILE" 1 8`
-    /bin/ln -s $VERBOSE "$WINETC/$WFILE" "/etc/$FILE"
+    /bin/ln -s -v "$WINETC/$WFILE" "/etc/$FILE"
   fi
 done