GNU bug report logs - #6175
dirname manpage and info page partially wrong/misleading

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Message #26 received at 6175 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 6175 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, chealer <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#6175: [PATCH] dirname: tweak summary wording
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:32:06 -0600

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On 06/07/2010 11:55 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> -Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s,\n\
>> -output `.' (meaning the current directory).\n\
>> +Print NAME with its last non-slash component and trailing slashes removed;\n\
>> +if NAME contains no /'s, output `.' (meaning the current directory).\n\
> 
> Looks fine.  I know it was there in the original too,
> but s/output/print/ sounds a little better.

Pushed with that tweak.

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Eric Blake   eblake <at> redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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