8a7fe87bf9ffd7fc1038c9d85984955afb82f0dc
gperez2
  Thu Feb 20 17:06:31 2025 -0800
Updating the bedToBigBed help message and error output for the new sort option, refs #29104

diff --git src/lib/bbiWrite.c src/lib/bbiWrite.c
index 23e5e8eac44..4ad92924fef 100644
--- src/lib/bbiWrite.c
+++ src/lib/bbiWrite.c
@@ -239,31 +239,31 @@
 	usage->name = cloneString(chrom);
 	usage->id = id++;
 	usage->size = chromSize;
 	slAddHead(&usageList, usage);
 	lastStart = -1;
 	}
     if (end > usage->size)
         errAbort("End coordinate %d bigger than %s size of %d line %d of %s", end, usage->name, usage->size, lf->lineIx, lf->fileName);
     usage->itemCount += 1;
     if (lastStart >= 0)
         {
 	int diff = start - lastStart;
 	if (diff < minDiff)
 	    {
 	    if (diff < 0)
-		errAbort("%s is not sorted at line %d.  Please use \"sort -k1,1 -k2,2n\" or bedSort and try again.",
+		errAbort("%s is not sorted at line %d. Please use the -sort option to sort the input file.",
 		    lf->fileName, lf->lineIx);
 	    minDiff = diff;
 	    }
 	}
     lastStart = start;
     }
 slReverse(&usageList);
 double aveSize = 0;
 if (bedCount > 0)
     aveSize = (double)totalBases/bedCount;
 *retMinDiff = minDiff;
 *retAveSize = aveSize;
 *retBedCount = bedCount;
 return usageList;
 }