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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Askar Safin <safinaskar@mail.ru>, linux-doc <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: documentation/filesystems/path-lookup: replace "These paths" with "Usually paths"
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:20:11 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v997jcsk.fsf@meer.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1616546322.499771404@f511.i.mail.ru>

Askar Safin <safinaskar@mail.ru> writes:

> Reader may think "These paths" refer to empty paths, so changing to "Usually paths"
>
> Signed-off-by: Askar Safin <safinaskar@mail.ru>
> ---
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
> index c482e1619e77..c68d6f275935 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
> @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ example, if you have an open file descriptor on an executable file you
>  can execute it by calling `execveat() <execveat_>`_ passing
>  the file descriptor, an empty path, and the ``AT_EMPTY_PATH`` flag.
>  
> -These paths can be divided into two sections: the final component and
> +Usually paths can be divided into two sections: the final component and
>  everything else.  The "everything else" is the easy bit.  In all cases
>  it must identify a directory that already exists, otherwise an error
>  such as ``ENOENT`` or ``ENOTDIR`` will be reported.

"Usually" doesn't seem right here - it implies that there are times when
that cannot be done.  A better fix seems like just taking "These" out..?

Thanks,

jon

  reply	other threads:[~2021-03-31 20:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-24  0:38 documentation/filesystems/path-lookup: replace "These paths" with "Usually paths" Askar Safin
2021-03-31 20:20 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
2021-03-31 21:33   ` Re[2]: " Askar Safin
2021-04-26 14:56     ` Askar Safin

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