On 2023-09-03 13:00, Štěpán Němec wrote: > On Sat, 2 Sep 2023 19:04:58 -0400 > Peter Lafreniere wrote: > >> The description for the second form of sln(8) can be taken at a first >> reading as saying that `filelist' is a list of paths passed via the >> command line, when it is really a path to a file containing that list. >> >> Although the confusion can be resolved from the surrounding context, it >> is better to be explicit about filelist being a path. >> >> Signed-off-by: Peter Lafreniere <peter@xxxxxxxx> >> --- >> man8/sln.8 | 2 +- >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/man8/sln.8 b/man8/sln.8 >> index 448d0bf07..2a7ed13e5 100644 >> --- a/man8/sln.8 >> +++ b/man8/sln.8 >> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ as a new symbolic link to >> .PP >> In the second form, >> .I filelist >> -is a list of space-separated pathname pairs, >> +points to a list of space-separated pathname pairs, >> and the effect is as if >> .B sln >> was executed once for each line of the file, > > I find your version more confusing than the original (or rather, I > didn't really find the original confusing). > > If you want to be explicit, why don't you say "names a file containing a > list of..."? +1 > -- <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/> GPG key fingerprint: A9348594CE31283A826FBDD8D57633D441E25BB5
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