From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
To: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Cc: mario.blaettermann@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Issue in man page mknod.2
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:32:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aUwHa051I7BDgWb4@devuan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aUv63WkdjBYbXoSc@meinfjell.helgefjelltest.de>
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Hi Helge,
On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 02:38:21PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Without further ado, the following was found:
>
> Issue: This is the man page of B<mknod>, what is "like B<mknod>()" supposed to refer to? Itself?
The text is in the subsection mknodat(), so it says that mknodat() is
like mknod().
Cheers,
Alex
>
> "If I<path> is relative and I<dirfd> is the special value B<AT_FDCWD>, then "
> "I<path> is interpreted relative to the current working directory of the "
> "calling process (like B<mknod>())."
>
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-24 14:38 Issue in man page mknod.2 Helge Kreutzmann
2025-12-24 15:32 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2025-12-25 6:06 ` Helge Kreutzmann
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