From b27d444f347bdc0146980a3db76428f82b391ba1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 09:11:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] pivot_root.2: Remove an imprecision in description Remove the text that suggests that pivot_root() changes the root directory and CWD of process that have directory and CWD on the old root *filesystem*. Change "filesystem" to "directory". Reported-by: Philipp Wendler Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/pivot_root.2 | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/pivot_root.2 b/man2/pivot_root.2 index 0e4f23808..7b91dbc14 100644 --- a/man2/pivot_root.2 +++ b/man2/pivot_root.2 @@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ placing the old root mount at a location under .I new_root from where it can subsequently be unmounted. (The fact that it moves all processes that have a root directory -or current working directory on the old root filesystem to the -new root filesystem frees the old root filesystem of users, -allowing it to be unmounted more easily.) +or current working directory on the old root directory to the +new root frees the old root directory of users, +allowing the old root filesystem to be unmounted more easily.) .PP A typical use of .BR pivot_root ()