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Date:      23 Jan 2002 23:49:51 -0800
From:      "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   docs/34224: chmod(1) man page confuses original mode and original file
Message-ID:  <dsvgds89y8.gds@localhost.localdomain>

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>Number:         34224
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       chmod(1) man page confuses original mode and original file
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jan 23 23:50:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gary W. Swearingen
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.5-PRERELEASE i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
n/a
================
>Description:

The three references to the "mode of the original file" are confusing as
there is only one file involved.
================
>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
================
>Fix:

Change "mode of the original file" to "original mode of the file" in three places.

patch -d "unknown uncompressed man directory" < this-PR

--- /tmp/chmod..orig.1	Wed Jan 23 23:43:46 2002
+++ /tmp/chmod.1	Wed Jan 23 23:44:30 2002
@@ -211,11 +211,11 @@
 .Ar op
 symbol ``+'', and are ignored in all other cases.
 .It u
-The user permission bits in the mode of the original file.
+The user permission bits in the original mode of the file.
 .It g
-The group permission bits in the mode of the original file.
+The group permission bits in the original mode of the file.
 .It o
-The other permission bits in the mode of the original file.
+The other permission bits in the original mode of the file.
 .El
 .Pp
 The
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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