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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>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-09-04 16:44:47 +12:00
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@ -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