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commit 53ea6db9fd25af7486b14cd2bf3b0ae1046e0e98
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Author: Jitka Obselkova <jobselko@redhat.com>
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Date: Sat Jun 14 11:19:46 2025 +0200
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manual: Clarify renameat documentation
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Clarify the meaning of renameat arguments.
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Reviewed-by: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/manual/filesys.texi b/manual/filesys.texi
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index f21f218042..e1c7be867e 100644
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--- a/manual/filesys.texi
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+++ b/manual/filesys.texi
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@@ -1940,7 +1940,10 @@ file systems.
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@comment Unaudited and therefore marked AC-Unsafe and AS-Unsafe by default
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@safety{@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@asucorrupt{}}@acunsafe{@acucorrupt{}}}
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This function is a descriptor-relative version of the @code{rename}
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-function above. @xref{Descriptor-Relative Access}.
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+function above. @xref{Descriptor-Relative Access}. If @var{oldname} or
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+@var{newname} is a relative path, it is interpreted relative to the
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+directory associated with @var{oldfiledes} or @var{newfiledes},
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+respectively. Absolute paths are interpreted in the usual way.
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Compared to @code{rename}, some additional error conditions can occur.
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@xref{Descriptor-Relative Access}.
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