Re: [PATCH] wordexp.3: Make it clear that WRDE_NOCMD prevents command substitution.

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Hi Carlos,

On 11/19/2014 08:45 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> The use of WRDE_NOCMD prevents command substitution. If the flag
> WRDE_NOCMD is set then no command substitution shall occur and
> the error WRDE_CMDSUB will be returned if such substitution is
> requested when processing the words.
> 
> The manual page as-is makes it seem like the command substitution
> occurs, and an error is returned *after* the substitution.
> 
> This patch clarifies that.
> 
> Patch against trunk.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> diff --git a/man3/wordexp.3 b/man3/wordexp.3
> index c695c08..e457943 100644
> --- a/man3/wordexp.3
> +++ b/man3/wordexp.3
> @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ flag
>  told us to consider this an error.
>  .TP
>  .B WRDE_CMDSUB
> -Command substitution occurred, and the
> +Command substitution requested, but the
>  .B WRDE_NOCMD
>  flag told us to consider this an error.
>  .TP

Thanks!

Applied.

Cheers,

Michael



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