1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/pardes.zig b/src/pardes.zig
index 98b8819c..739d5bf2 100644
--- a/src/pardes.zig
+++ b/src/pardes.zig
@@ -5219,8 +5219,9 @@ pub const Pardes = struct {
         var what: [limits.host_path_cap + 8]u8 = undefined;
         const operation = std.fmt.bufPrint(&what, "Dump {s}", .{path}) catch "Dump";
         p.reportError(p.active, operation, err);
-        var buf: [256]u8 = undefined;
-        const said = std.fmt.bufPrint(&buf, "{s}: {s}", .{ operation, @errorName(err) }) catch "Dump failed";
+        // In the words the message row has, so the write's err is the one
+        // record of it (its msg goes: 9p_io, dropMessage).
+        const said = if (p.panes[p.active]) |pane| pane.msg[0..pane.msg_len] else "Dump failed";
         const kept = @import("Messages.zig").clip(said, p.fs.late_failure.len);
         @memcpy(p.fs.late_failure[0..kept.len], kept);
         p.fs.late_failure_len = @intCast(kept.len);