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authorWieland Hoffmann2014-01-16 01:06:32 +0100
committerKarel Zak2014-01-20 12:50:55 +0100
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flock: Change the 'exit status' man page section to make more sense
Signed-off-by: Wieland Hoffmann <themineo@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/sys-utils/flock.1 b/sys-utils/flock.1
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+++ b/sys-utils/flock.1
@@ -152,11 +152,11 @@ also sets the FLOCKER env var to the right value so it doesn't run again.
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
The command uses
.B sysexits.h
-return values for everything else but an options
+return values for everything, except when using either of the options
.I \-n
or
.I \-w
-failures which return either the value given by the
+which report a failure to acquire the lock with a return value given by the
.I \-E
option, or 1 by default.
.SH AUTHOR