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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2006-08-09 09:08:01 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2006-08-09 09:08:01 +0000
commit1343b6043b79b9aa00550dd1b057ae798805b071 (patch)
tree863f103cd6a48856c90f3e313a11a301790bb0ea /man2/fchmodat.2
parent237aa7c5b75170e1e1e54f59a910c7578745fcfa (diff)
downloadman-pages-1343b6043b79b9aa00550dd1b057ae798805b071.tar.gz
Make naming of 'pathname' argument consistent; various minor rewordings.
Diffstat (limited to 'man2/fchmodat.2')
-rw-r--r--man2/fchmodat.218
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man2/fchmodat.2 b/man2/fchmodat.2
index 1c0ab242bb..8e43712a4e 100644
--- a/man2/fchmodat.2
+++ b/man2/fchmodat.2
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ file descriptor
.nf
.B #include <sys/stat.h>
.sp
-.BI "int fchmodat(int " dirfd ", const char *" path ", mode_t " \
+.BI "int fchmodat(int " dirfd ", const char *" pathname ", mode_t " \
mode ", int " flags );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ system call operates in exactly the same way as
except for the differences described in this manual page.
If the pathname given in
-.I path
+.I pathname
is relative, then it is interpreted relative to the directory
referred to by the file descriptor
.IR dirfd
@@ -51,20 +51,20 @@ the calling process, as is done by
.BR chmod (2)
for a relative pathname).
-If the pathname given in
-.I path
+If
+.I pathname
is relative and
.I dirfd
is the special value
.BR AT_FDCWD ,
then
-.I path
+.I pathname
is interpreted relative to the current working
directory of the calling process (like
.BR chmod (2)).
-If the pathname given in
-.IR path
+If
+.IR pathname
is absolute, then
.I dirfd
is ignored.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ can either be 0, or include the following flag:
.TP
.B AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW
If
-.I path
+.I pathname
is a symbolic link, do not dereference it:
instead operate on the link itself.
This flag is not currently implemented.
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Invalid flag specified in
.IR flags .
.TP
.B ENOTDIR
-.I path
+.I pathname
is relative and
.I dirfd
is a file descriptor referring to a file other than a directory.