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BZ 6890: Fix DT_UNKNOWN description
- From: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot com>
- To: libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:20:32 +0200
- Subject: BZ 6890: Fix DT_UNKNOWN description
Let's not confuse the user who reads "system" and thinks "OS" instead of "file system",
committed as obvious,
Andreas
2012-04-08 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
[BZ #6890]
* manual/filesys.texi (Directory Entries): Clarify that it's file
system not operating system in the description of DT_UNKNOWN.
diff --git a/manual/filesys.texi b/manual/filesys.texi
index dc570df..04f4376 100644
--- a/manual/filesys.texi
+++ b/manual/filesys.texi
@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ are defined for its value:
@vtable @code
@item DT_UNKNOWN
-The type is unknown. On some systems this is the only value returned.
+The type is unknown. Only some filesystems have full support to
+return the type of the file, others might always return this value.
@item DT_REG
A regular file.
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