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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-09-04 16:44:47 +1200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-09-04 16:44:47 +1200 |
| commit | 5c3bbffbb0e53c5f1e68a7cc6befda4ff24453f3 (patch) | |
| tree | 34da95f2809888c4ceab01ca9a2749195e765fe5 | |
| parent | 84a3d76675387c042e3da23184439f3b6fa02580 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-5c3bbffbb0e53c5f1e68a7cc6befda4ff24453f3.tar.gz | |
rename.2: Minor wording fix
The meaning of "when overwriting" is not clear. I believe what is
meant is that when an existing 'newpath' is replaced. However, we
can convey that meaning by eliding this text with the preceding
paragraph, so this patch does that.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/rename.2 | 4 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man2/rename.2 b/man2/rename.2 index 281a6cd6db..4c21312faf 100644 --- a/man2/rename.2 +++ b/man2/rename.2 @@ -88,9 +88,7 @@ already exists, it will be atomically replaced, so that there is no point at which another process attempting to access .I newpath will find it missing. - -However, when overwriting there will probably be a window in which -both +However, there will probably be a window in which both .I oldpath and .I newpath |