(To obtain a prefix of a given pathname, we have to append (suffix)
'/..' at its end.)
Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@xxxxxxxx>
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v1: split out from <20220921154602.446336-1-stepnem@xxxxxxxxx> per
Alejandro's preference; added explanation to commit message; no
diff changes
man2/pivot_root.2 | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man2/pivot_root.2 b/man2/pivot_root.2
index f2df25d127b0..ecb92c103a2c 100644
--- a/man2/pivot_root.2
+++ b/man2/pivot_root.2
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ must not be on the same mount as the current root.
.IP \-
\fIput_old\fP must be at or underneath \fInew_root\fP;
that is, adding some nonnegative
-number of "\fI/..\fP" prefixes to the pathname pointed to by
+number of "\fI/..\fP" suffixes to the pathname pointed to by
.I put_old
must yield the same directory as \fInew_root\fP.
.IP \-
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2.38.0
