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From: Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>
To: "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>,
	Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>,
	Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivan@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] close_range.2: new page documenting close_range(2)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 20:45:11 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201221204511.4cd0d048@heffalump.sk2.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cd13ed9f-4156-d76d-c485-9d67ea610ce2@gmail.com>

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Hi Alex,

On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 20:33:06 +0100, "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)"
<alx.manpages@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/21/20 8:24 PM, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> > On Sat, 19 Dec 2020 15:00:00 +0100, "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)"
> > <alx.manpages@gmail.com> wrote:  
> >> On 12/18/20 5:58 PM, Stephen Kitt wrote:  
> > [...]  
> >>> +This program executes the command given on its command-line after
> >>> +opening the files listed after the command,
> >>> +and then using  
> >>
> >> s/using/uses/  
> >
> > It’s the same form as “opening”: “after opening ... and then using”. The
> > overall sequence is “open”, “close_range”, “execve”.
> 
> Ahhh.  Then I think the comma is misleading.
> What about the following?:
> 
> 
> On 12/18/20 5:58 PM, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> > +.PP
> > +This program executes the command given on its command-line after
> > +opening the files listed after the command,
> > +and then using
> > +.B close_range
> > +to close them:  
> 
> This program executes the command given on its command line,
> after opening the files listed after the command
> and then using *close_range()* to close them:

Yes, that works better.

I’ll follow up with a v5 with just that change.

Regards,

Stephen

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      reply	other threads:[~2020-12-21 19:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-18 16:58 [PATCH v3] close_range.2: new page documenting close_range(2) Stephen Kitt
2020-12-19 14:00 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2020-12-20 22:00   ` Stephen Kitt
2020-12-21  8:32     ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2020-12-21 19:24   ` Stephen Kitt
2020-12-21 19:33     ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2020-12-21 19:45       ` Stephen Kitt [this message]

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