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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2014-03-18 11:46:48 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2014-03-18 12:40:56 +0100 |
| commit | 289f790700b2b01a148b7a7be72d028e0bb4dae0 (patch) | |
| tree | 0a609c7cebcd6680e90f865703d902be29daa4ff | |
| parent | d30344ab97e30ad03b91f40cd8f7d947106bd4c8 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-289f790700b2b01a148b7a7be72d028e0bb4dae0.tar.gz | |
open.2: Clarify ELOOP error interaction with O_PATH
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/open.2 | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2 index 0b9c626405..fbbd974f35 100644 --- a/man2/open.2 +++ b/man2/open.2 @@ -851,10 +851,16 @@ functionality. .TP .B ELOOP Too many symbolic links were encountered in resolving -.IR pathname , -or \fBO_NOFOLLOW\fP was specified but +.IR pathname . +.TP +.B ELOOP .I pathname -was a symbolic link. +was a symbolic link, and +.I flags +specified +.BR O_NOFOLLOW +but not +.BR O_PATH . .TP .B EMFILE The process already has the maximum number of files open. |