From fa2ce4d9320942ad32f45a5be80cb9785ddb2687 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 05:00:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (readlink invocation): "path component" -> "component", since we don't use the POSIX "path" nomenclature. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 3cbd7b1..dd01942 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -7955,7 +7955,7 @@ The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}. @opindex -f @opindex --canonicalize Activate canonicalize mode. -If any path component except the last one is missing or unavailable, +If any component of the file name except the last one is missing or unavailable, @command{readlink} produces no output and exits with a nonzero exit code. @item -e @@ -7963,7 +7963,7 @@ If any path component except the last one is missing or unavailable, @opindex -e @opindex --canonicalize-existing Activate canonicalize mode. -If any path component is missing or unavailable, @command{readlink} produces +If any component is missing or unavailable, @command{readlink} produces no output and exits with a nonzero exit code. @item -m @@ -7971,7 +7971,7 @@ no output and exits with a nonzero exit code. @opindex -m @opindex --canonicalize-missing Activate canonicalize mode. -If any path component is missing or unavailable, @command{readlink} treats it +If any component is missing or unavailable, @command{readlink} treats it as a directory. @item -n -- 2.7.4