From dc037b4698f07fedbcf582d3d49aba86a7bc4298 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David McKenna <dmckenna@cp.dias.ie>
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 11:35:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ...How was this never an issue before?

---
 src/CLI/lofar_cli_meta.c    | 2 +-
 src/CLI/lofar_cli_meta.h.in | 1 -
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/CLI/lofar_cli_meta.c b/src/CLI/lofar_cli_meta.c
index 351cbac6..1c0c9811 100644
--- a/src/CLI/lofar_cli_meta.c
+++ b/src/CLI/lofar_cli_meta.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ void parseInput(char *inputFormat, const char *optargvar, int8_t *inputProvided)
 
 int8_t parseOutput(lofar_udp_io_write_config *outConfig, lofar_udp_config *config, const char *optargvar, int8_t *outputProvided) {
 	if (lofar_udp_io_write_parse_optarg(outConfig, optargvar) < 0) {
-		helpMessages();
+		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Failed to parse output file name %s, exiting.\n", optargvar);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	// If the metadata is not yet set, see if we can parse a requested type from the output filename
diff --git a/src/CLI/lofar_cli_meta.h.in b/src/CLI/lofar_cli_meta.h.in
index 8bb629d3..d44ab111 100644
--- a/src/CLI/lofar_cli_meta.h.in
+++ b/src/CLI/lofar_cli_meta.h.in
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 // Define prototypes
-void helpMessages(void);
 void sharedFlags(void);
 void processingModes(void);