Clarify error message when Prometheus data dir finds unexpected files

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Christopher M. Luciano 2016-11-29 08:57:06 -05:00
parent dd1a656cc4
commit 148b006e25
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@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func newPersistence(
return nil, err return nil, err
} }
if len(fis) > 0 && !(len(fis) == 1 && fis[0].Name() == "lost+found" && fis[0].IsDir()) { if len(fis) > 0 && !(len(fis) == 1 && fis[0].Name() == "lost+found" && fis[0].IsDir()) {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not detect storage version on disk, assuming version 0, need version %d - please wipe storage or run a version of Prometheus compatible with storage version 0", Version) return nil, fmt.Errorf("found existing files in storage path that do not look like storage files compatible with this version of Prometheus; please delete the files in the storage path or choose a different storage path")
} }
// Finally we can write our own version into a new version file. // Finally we can write our own version into a new version file.
file, err := os.Create(versionPath) file, err := os.Create(versionPath)