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Date:      Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:41:06 -0400
From:      Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Thomas Hoffmann <trh411@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: jail(8) - jail versus prison
Message-ID:  <20140329174106.GU1672@glenbarber.us>
In-Reply-To: <CAB7-odnWr%2BZ1iF4OPS=GjUo3MtO2ZR4QFscwwZE0o=fbiVA4zg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 01:35:49PM -0400, Thomas Hoffmann wrote:
> In reading jail(8), I suddenly came upon the term "prison". In fact the
> term "prison" is used 30 times in jail(8), while the term "jail" is used
> 228 times. Is this use of the term "prison" intentional? In reading jail(=
8)
> it is certainly not clear to me whether  "prison" is being used as a
> synonym for "jail" or is in fact a separate concept within a jail that has
> not been previously defined.
>=20
> The Handbook section on jails makes no mention of the term "prison".
>=20
> Shouldn't jail(8) be consistent in its use of "jail" versus "prison" if in
> fact it has no special meaning?
>=20

The usage of 'prison' in the jail(8) manual is synonymous with 'jail.'

Glen


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