>Number:         26536
>Category:       lib
>Synopsis:       Manual page for open(2) bit difficult to understand.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    lib-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 03 16:07:00 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mike M. Volokhov
>Release:        NetBSD 2.0G
>Organization:
Insakharprom-K, Ltd.
>Environment:
System: NetBSD nostromo.holding.local 2.0G NetBSD 2.0G (GENERIC) #0: Mon Aug 2 14:17:32 EEST 2004 mishka@nostromo.holding.local:/build/netbsd/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:

	Greetings.

	On man page for open(2) system call we have the following:

		int
		open(const char *path, int flags, mode_t mode);

		Applications must specify exactly one of the first
		three values (file access modes):

	The phrase "file access modes" looks unclean for newbies because
	they link "access modes" within third argument of open -
	"mode_t mode", and manual does not explain a "mode_t mode" at the
	very beginning of description section.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Please read open(2) manual page (synopsis and first paragraph of
	description section).

>Fix:

	I think "file access modes" phrase will look bit clean in that
	context as "file access conditions". My patch below fixes this
	and adds another good spelling around patched line.


Index: open.2
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/lib/libc/sys/open.2,v
retrieving revision 1.32
diff -u -r1.32 open.2
--- open.2	7 Aug 2003 16:44:03 -0000	1.32
+++ open.2	3 Aug 2004 15:51:15 -0000
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
 .Fa flags
 are specified by
 .Em or Ns 'ing
-the following values.
+values listed below.
 Applications must specify exactly one of the first three values
-(file access modes):
+(file access conditions):
 .Bl -tag -offset indent -width O_NONBLOCK
 .It Dv O_RDONLY
 Open for reading only.


	--
	Best wishes,
	Mishka.
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