Subject: bug#70814: closed (Re: bug#70814: pwd(1) man page: Unclear "avoid" wording)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 12:36:02 +0000

Your bug report

#70814: pwd(1) man page: Unclear "avoid" wording

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#70814: pwd(1) man page: Unclear "avoid" wording
From: Pádraig Brady <[email-masked]>
To: Bruce Jerrick <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 13:34:50 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

On 07/05/2024 05:19, Bruce Jerrick wrote:
> This wording in the pwd(1) man page is unclear:
> 
>      -P, --physical
>          avoid all symlinks
> 
> "resolve all symlinks" would be much better wording.

Pushed that in your name.

Marking this as done.

thanks,
Pádraig

Subject: pwd(1) man page: Unclear "avoid" wording
From: Bruce Jerrick <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 21:19:21 -0700
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

This wording in the pwd(1) man page is unclear:

    -P, --physical
        avoid all symlinks

"resolve all symlinks" would be much better wording.

-- Bruce Jerrick