Actual message when daemon could not be found

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/daemon.rs b/src/daemon.rs
index ddd3b77..279620d 100644
--- a/src/daemon.rs
+++ b/src/daemon.rs
@@ -464,7 +464,28 @@ pub fn send_command(cmd: String) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 fn send_command_raw(cmd: String) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let socket_path = Config::get_socket_path();
 
-    let mut stream = UnixStream::connect(socket_path)?;
+    let mut stream = match UnixStream::connect(&socket_path) {
+        Ok(s) => s,
+        Err(e) => {
+            if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound {
+                return Err(format!(
+                    "RSPlayer daemon is not running (no socket at {}).\n\
+                     Start it with `rsp start-daemon` or `rsp restart`.",
+                    socket_path.display()
+                )
+                .into());
+            }
+            if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionRefused {
+                return Err(format!(
+                    "RSPlayer daemon is not responding (stale socket at {}).\n\
+                     Run `rsp restart` to clean up and start a fresh daemon.",
+                    socket_path.display()
+                )
+                .into());
+            }
+            return Err(e.into());
+        }
+    };
     stream.write_all(cmd.as_bytes())?;
 
     let mut buf = [0u8; 4096];