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Message-ID: <cd13ed9f-4156-d76d-c485-9d67ea610ce2@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 21 Dec 2020 20:33:06 +0100
From:   "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" <alx.manpages@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Kitt <steve@....org>
Cc:     linux-man@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>,
        Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivan@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] close_range.2: new page documenting close_range(2)

Hi Stephen,

On 12/21/20 8:24 PM, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> On Sat, 19 Dec 2020 15:00:00 +0100, "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)"
> <alx.manpages@...il.com> wrote:
>> On 12/18/20 5:58 PM, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> [...]
>>> +This program executes the command given on its command-line after
>>> +opening the files listed after the command,
>>> +and then using
>>
>> s/using/uses/
>
> It’s the same form as “opening”: “after opening ... and then using”. The
> overall sequence is “open”, “close_range”, “execve”.
>
> Regards,
>
> Stephen
>


Ahhh.  Then I think the comma is misleading.
What about the following?:


On 12/18/20 5:58 PM, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> +.PP
> +This program executes the command given on its command-line after
> +opening the files listed after the command,
> +and then using
> +.B close_range
> +to close them:

This program executes the command given on its command line,
after opening the files listed after the command
and then using *close_range()* to close them:


Thanks,

Alex

-- 
Alejandro Colomar
Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/