At 2020-03-08T21:59:13+0000, Colin Brough wrote: > Reporting an error on 'stat(2)' manpage, present on > http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/stat.2.html, as well as on my > Ubuntu derived distro. > > Name of the first of the list of ERRORS is spelled wrong: > > - on manpage listed as 'EACCES' (single S at the end) > > - should be 'EACCESS' (double S on the end) This is not an error, EACCES is not only the correct spelling, but it is standardized. https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/stat.html Like creat(), it a legacy of the pathological obsesstion with abbreviation that afflicted early Unix developers. (This one at least has the excuse that externally-visible symbols were limited to six characters for compatibility with Fortran linkers. creat() has no such defense.) Regards, Branden
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