From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@colostate.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 22:03:22 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: Print an error message if no input is given.
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Print an error message if no input is given.
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diff --git a/examples/step-50/step-50.cc b/examples/step-50/step-50.cc
index cbd9564731..4ff41e7bff 100644
--- a/examples/step-50/step-50.cc
+++ b/examples/step-50/step-50.cc
@@ -327,7 +327,12 @@ bool Settings::try_parse(const std::string &prm_filename)
 
   if (prm_filename.size() == 0)
     {
-      /* No .prm file provided? Print the default values and exit. */
+      std::cout << "****  Error: No input file provided!\n"
+                << "****  Error: Call this program as './step-50 input.prm\n"
+                << "\n"
+                << "****  You may want to use one of the input files in this\n"
+                << "****  directory, or use the following default values\n"
+                << "****  to create an input file:\n";
       if (Utilities::MPI::this_mpi_process(MPI_COMM_WORLD) == 0)
         prm.print_parameters(std::cout, ParameterHandler::Text);
       return false;