Write usage message to stderr on error

When the parsing of parameters/flags fails eg. when a required flag is
missing, print the usage statement and error to stderr instead of
stdout.
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Fredrik Wallgren 2015-11-09 10:27:15 +01:00
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@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import (
"strings"
)
// Fail prints usage information to stdout and exits with non-zero status
// Fail prints usage information to stderr and exits with non-zero status
func (p *Parser) Fail(msg string) {
p.WriteUsage(os.Stdout)
p.WriteUsage(os.Stderr)
fmt.Println("error:", msg)
os.Exit(-1)
}