"unable to open file '%s'" or "unable to open the file '%s'"?

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Subject: "unable to open file '%s'" or "unable to open the file '%s'"?
From: "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" <jackyf@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:54:43 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 20120225095443.GA11586@r500-debian>

Hello list,

How should I write English messages which contain a named computer entity as
an object or a subject? E.g.

unable to open (the?) file '%s'
unable to close (the?) directory '%s'
(the?) file '%s' does not exist

... and so on. Also, is there any FAQ or reference for similar questions?

-- 
Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com
C++/Perl developer, Debian Developer

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