* ENOSPC
@ 2015-09-30 21:50 Jonny Grant
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From: Jonny Grant @ 2015-09-30 21:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Kerrisk; +Cc: linux-man
http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/errno.3.html
[ENOSPC]
"No space left on device (POSIX.1)"
Would be clearer to say "No space available on device"
"left" has different meanings, "available" only has one meaning.
Would you agree with this change?
Regards, Jonny
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* Re: ENOSPC
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@ 2015-10-08 21:11 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) @ 2015-10-08 21:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jonny Grant; +Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w, linux-man
On 09/30/2015 11:50 PM, Jonny Grant wrote:
> http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/errno.3.html
>
> [ENOSPC]
> "No space left on device (POSIX.1)"
>
> Would be clearer to say "No space available on device"
>
> "left" has different meanings, "available" only has one meaning.
>
> Would you agree with this change?
I don't see any ambiguity with the current phrasing...
Cheers,
Michael
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