--- sysstat-5.0.5/sadc.c.append-msg 2004-09-29 13:15:48.000000000 -0400 +++ sysstat-5.0.5/sadc.c 2004-09-29 13:21:27.000000000 -0400 @@ -747,7 +747,9 @@ create_sa_file(ofd, ofile, file_stats_size, flags); return; } - fprintf(stderr, _("Cannot append data to that file\n")); + fprintf(stderr, _("Cannot append data to %s," + " cpu count changed from %d to %d\n"), + ofile, file_hdr.sa_proc, cpu_nr); exit(1); }