[PATCH] unlink.2: same intro paragraph of unlinkat() errors as other *at()

[PATCH] unlink.2: same intro paragraph of unlinkat() errors as other *at()

[Simon Paillard]

Same as link.2, open.2, readlink.2, rename.2, symlink.2, etc.
---
 man2/unlink.2 | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/unlink.2 b/man2/unlink.2
index 7aafb90..d6a7a68 100644
--- a/man2/unlink.2
+++ b/man2/unlink.2
@@ -237,12 +237,6 @@ capability).
 .I pathname
 refers to a file on a read-only filesystem.
 .PP
-The same errors that occur for
-.BR unlink ()
-and
-.BR rmdir (2)
-can also occur for
-.BR unlinkat ().
 The following additional errors can occur for
 .BR unlinkat ():
 .TP
-- 
1.8.5.3

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Re: [PATCH] unlink.2: same intro paragraph of unlinkat() errors as other *at()

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Hi Simon,


On 03/01/2014 02:10 PM, Simon Paillard wrote:
> Same as link.2, open.2, readlink.2, rename.2, symlink.2, etc.

But, this case is not quite the same, since the errors from unlinkat() are
those from unlink() *and those from rmdir()* as well as some extra errors.
That's why I didn't treat the piece here the same as for link.2, open.2, 
readlink.2, rename.2, symlink.2, etc.

Cheers,

Michael


> ---
>  man2/unlink.2 | 6 ------
>  1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/unlink.2 b/man2/unlink.2
> index 7aafb90..d6a7a68 100644
> --- a/man2/unlink.2
> +++ b/man2/unlink.2
> @@ -237,12 +237,6 @@ capability).
>  .I pathname
>  refers to a file on a read-only filesystem.
>  .PP
> -The same errors that occur for
> -.BR unlink ()
> -and
> -.BR rmdir (2)
> -can also occur for
> -.BR unlinkat ().
>  The following additional errors can occur for
>  .BR unlinkat ():
>  .TP




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