Re: Issue in man page mknod.2

Helge Kreutzmann
2025-12-25T06:06:41Z

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Hello Alex,
Am Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 04:32:26PM +0100 schrieb Alejandro Colomar:
> 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>())."

Ok, I see, thanks!

Greetings

Helge

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