Change "path name" to "pathname"

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Michael Kerrisk 2006-02-12 22:19:08 +00:00
parent 2c5f10893e
commit 2d7195b8fb
14 changed files with 19 additions and 19 deletions

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@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ The command
.I grep
(from "g/re/p") finds occurrences of a string in one or more files.
Here it finds Maja's telephone number.
.SS "Path names and the current directory"
.SS "Pathnames and the current directory"
Files live in a large tree, the file hierarchy.
Each has a
.I "path name"
.I "pathname"
describing the path from the root of the tree (which is called /)
to the file. For example, such a full path name might be /home/aeb/tel.
Always using full path names would be inconvenient, and the name
to the file. For example, such a full pathname might be /home/aeb/tel.
Always using full pathnames would be inconvenient, and the name
of a file in the current directory may be abbreviated by only giving
the last component. That is why "/home/aeb/tel" can be abbreviated
to "tel" when the current directory is "/home/aeb".

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@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ When accessed (with the
or
.BR stat (2)
system calls), a reference to a symlink is replaced by the operating
system kernel with a reference to the file named by the path name.
system kernel with a reference to the file named by the pathname.
(However, with
.BR rm (1)
and

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@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ The environment variable TIME was badly chosen.
It is not unusual for systems like autoconf or make
to use environment variables with the name of a utility to override
the utility to be used. Uses like MORE or TIME for options to programs
(instead of program path names) tend to lead to difficulties.
(instead of program pathnames) tend to lead to difficulties.
.LP
It seems unfortunate that \-o overwrites instead of appends.
(That is, the \-a option should be the default.)

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@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ chroot \- change root directory
.BR chroot ()
changes the root directory to that specified in
.IR path .
This directory will be used for path names beginning with /. The root
This directory will be used for pathnames beginning with /. The root
directory is inherited by all children of the current process.
Only a privileged process (Linux: one with the

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@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The function
.BR statfs ()
returns information about a mounted file system.
.I path
is the path name of any file within the mounted filesystem.
is the pathname of any file within the mounted filesystem.
.I buf
is a pointer to a
.I statfs

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@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The function
.BR statvfs ()
returns information about a mounted file system.
.I path
is the path name of any file within the mounted filesystem.
is the pathname of any file within the mounted filesystem.
.I buf
is a pointer to a
.I statvfs

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@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
.TP
.B ENAMETOOLONG
A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters,
or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
or an entire pathname exceeded 1023 characters.
.TP
.B ENOENT
The named file does not exist.

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@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ to the array pointed to by
which is of length
.IR size .
.PP
If the current absolute path name would require a buffer longer than
If the current absolute pathname would require a buffer longer than
.I size
elements, NULL is returned, and
.I errno

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@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ In contrast to
argument),
.BR getdate ()
uses the formats found in the file
of which the full path name is given in the environment variable
of which the full pathname is given in the environment variable
.BR DATEMSK .
The first line in the file that matches the given input string
is used for the conversion.

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@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ An I/O error occurred while reading from the file system.
Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
.TP
.B ENAMETOOLONG
A component of a path name exceeded
A component of a pathname exceeded
.B NAME_MAX
characters, or an entire path name exceeded
characters, or an entire pathname exceeded
.B PATH_MAX
characters.
.TP
@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ function. A typical source fragment would be
(But see the BUGS section.)
.LP
The 4.4BSD, Linux and SUSv2 versions always return an absolute
path name. Solaris may return a relative path name when the
pathname. Solaris may return a relative pathname when the
.I path
argument is relative.
The prototype of

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@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ and the value
.I s
is returned in case of success.
.LP
The path name that is created, has a directory prefix
The pathname that is created, has a directory prefix
.IR P_tmpdir .
(Both
.I L_tmpnam

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@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ member.
The array element specifies dynamic linking information.
.It Dv PT_INTERP
The array element specifies the location and size of a null-terminated
path name to invoke as an interpreter.
pathname to invoke as an interpreter.
This segment type is meaningful
only for executable files (though it may occur for shared objects).
However it may not occur more than once in a file.

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@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ by \fBLC_ALL\fP or more specific environment variables like
.TP
.B PATH
The sequence of directory prefixes that \fBsh\fP(1) and many other
programs apply in searching for a file known by an incomplete path name.
programs apply in searching for a file known by an incomplete pathname.
The prefixes are separated by `\fB:\fP'.
(Similarly one has \fBCDPATH\fP used by some shells to find the target
of a change directory command, \fBMANPATH\fP used by \fBman\fP(1) to

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@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Thus, to print out the environment of process 1, you would do:
.TP
.I /proc/[number]/exe
Under Linux 2.2 and later, this file is a symbolic link
containing the actual path name of the executed command.
containing the actual pathname of the executed command.
This symbolic link can be dereferenced normally; attempting to open
it will open the executable. You can even type
.I /proc/[number]/exe