Change "path name" to "pathname"

diff --git a/man1/intro.1 b/man1/intro.1
index 338600478f22161f2d792435c4048769cc0b46d3..65b5d57ea76409e8e438727cb0caba76b2d9a1af 100644 (file)
--- a/man1/intro.1
+++ b/man1/intro.1
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ The command
 .I grep
 (from "g/re/p") finds occurrences of a string in one or more files.
 Here it finds Maja's telephone number.
-.SS "Path names and the current directory"
+.SS "Pathnames and the current directory"
 Files live in a large tree, the file hierarchy.
 Each has a
-.I "path name"
+.I "pathname"
 describing the path from the root of the tree (which is called /)
-to the file. For example, such a full path name might be /home/aeb/tel.
-Always using full path names would be inconvenient, and the name
+to the file. For example, such a full pathname might be /home/aeb/tel.
+Always using full pathnames would be inconvenient, and the name
 of a file in the current directory may be abbreviated by only giving
 the last component. That is why "/home/aeb/tel" can be abbreviated
 to "tel" when the current directory is "/home/aeb".

diff --git a/man1/ln.1 b/man1/ln.1
index 18ba1f5ca601ce26f855e0cba1c90c93ba19ae92..b0b5b6955ebc880da2d1ad715686929dca73f1d8 100644 (file)
--- a/man1/ln.1
+++ b/man1/ln.1
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ When accessed (with the
 or
 .BR stat (2)
 system calls), a reference to a symlink is replaced by the operating
-system kernel with a reference to the file named by the path name.
+system kernel with a reference to the file named by the pathname.
 (However, with
 .BR rm (1)
 and

diff --git a/man1/time.1 b/man1/time.1
index fc908489acc824021d993ec71c16a46f3ffe06e1..1d39ea3d7b7fdbc413572a2b2315560a66702a7c 100644 (file)
--- a/man1/time.1
+++ b/man1/time.1
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ The environment variable TIME was badly chosen.
 It is not unusual for systems like autoconf or make
 to use environment variables with the name of a utility to override
 the utility to be used. Uses like MORE or TIME for options to programs
-(instead of program path names) tend to lead to difficulties.
+(instead of program pathnames) tend to lead to difficulties.
 .LP
 It seems unfortunate that \-o overwrites instead of appends.
 (That is, the \-a option should be the default.)

diff --git a/man2/chroot.2 b/man2/chroot.2
index 21135e15c31d761d648646334bed404afdf29acb..4c2c08a1930d74f8abc78b00748e7bee5da8e009 100644 (file)
--- a/man2/chroot.2
+++ b/man2/chroot.2
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ chroot \- change root directory
 .BR chroot ()
 changes the root directory to that specified in
 .IR path .
-This directory will be used for path names beginning with /.  The root
+This directory will be used for pathnames beginning with /.  The root
 directory is inherited by all children of the current process.
 
 Only a privileged process (Linux: one with the

diff --git a/man2/statfs.2 b/man2/statfs.2
index 8abfa8be443cf4d5214278761781c091c020c290..b8e876acfc7d095e300dacf25acbd752115ec5b6 100644 (file)
--- a/man2/statfs.2
+++ b/man2/statfs.2
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The function
 .BR statfs ()
 returns information about a mounted file system.
 .I path
-is the path name of any file within the mounted filesystem.
+is the pathname of any file within the mounted filesystem.
 .I buf
 is a pointer to a
 .I statfs

diff --git a/man2/statvfs.2 b/man2/statvfs.2
index ea22037486a7ddc9df93598d4740439f8b911ca6..e188b8c13452fa041c2224883b49e1f282235e91 100644 (file)
--- a/man2/statvfs.2
+++ b/man2/statvfs.2
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The function
 .BR statvfs ()
 returns information about a mounted file system.
 .I path
-is the path name of any file within the mounted filesystem.
+is the pathname of any file within the mounted filesystem.
 .I buf
 is a pointer to a
 .I statvfs

diff --git a/man2/truncate.2 b/man2/truncate.2
index 170524f8cebc40b6b46ec0456dfa3c9cda7cf123..51daec02455cc0c3965dd1be40f96aa54c8bb70f 100644 (file)
--- a/man2/truncate.2
+++ b/man2/truncate.2
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
 .TP
 .B ENAMETOOLONG
 A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters,
-or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
+or an entire pathname exceeded 1023 characters.
 .TP
 .B ENOENT
 The named file does not exist.

diff --git a/man3/getcwd.3 b/man3/getcwd.3
index bae6c36cbe0e69c7bf43a6313315336391f2d9ae..4d27b1e76f66eea04020bbd1ea718b68f2f379cd 100644 (file)
--- a/man3/getcwd.3
+++ b/man3/getcwd.3
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ to the array pointed to by
 which is of length
 .IR size .
 .PP
-If the current absolute path name would require a buffer longer than
+If the current absolute pathname would require a buffer longer than
 .I size
 elements, NULL is returned, and
 .I errno

diff --git a/man3/getdate.3 b/man3/getdate.3
index 09eff042cbf5f9cf02076e4714ea724acba13400..6e27f9940000eafc4766cbfdea709afe34fb4d53 100644 (file)
--- a/man3/getdate.3
+++ b/man3/getdate.3
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ In contrast to
 argument),
 .BR getdate ()
 uses the formats found in the file
-of which the full path name is given in the environment variable
+of which the full pathname is given in the environment variable
 .BR DATEMSK .
 The first line in the file that matches the given input string
 is used for the conversion.

diff --git a/man3/realpath.3 b/man3/realpath.3
index 58790d5cc353c294bdd332de37c046f5db3823ee..2ec78aff82ca86b5da27c8f08142c1f7f8988ac5 100644 (file)
--- a/man3/realpath.3
+++ b/man3/realpath.3
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ An I/O error occurred while reading from the file system.
 Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
 .TP
 .B ENAMETOOLONG
-A component of a path name exceeded 
+A component of a pathname exceeded 
 .B NAME_MAX
-characters, or an entire path name exceeded 
+characters, or an entire pathname exceeded 
 .B PATH_MAX
 characters.
 .TP
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ function. A typical source fragment would be
 (But see the BUGS section.)
 .LP
 The 4.4BSD, Linux and SUSv2 versions always return an absolute
-path name. Solaris may return a relative path name when the
+pathname. Solaris may return a relative pathname when the
 .I path
 argument is relative.
 The prototype of

diff --git a/man3/tmpnam.3 b/man3/tmpnam.3
index 9268cd8591d5fe8610520ea7f99d7856d7d43f93..56398fcafe456fad1dbfef6d27f5bfcf75d8de5b 100644 (file)
--- a/man3/tmpnam.3
+++ b/man3/tmpnam.3
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ and the value
 .I s
 is returned in case of success.
 .LP
-The path name that is created, has a directory prefix
+The pathname that is created, has a directory prefix
 .IR P_tmpdir .
 (Both
 .I L_tmpnam

diff --git a/man5/elf.5 b/man5/elf.5
index 3a09599b210268d69ee589b9dddf9ea002383dd6..500d4a04c9ca9fb04cbb893daed4e287e3bb42e8 100644 (file)
--- a/man5/elf.5
+++ b/man5/elf.5
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ member.
 The array element specifies dynamic linking information.
 .It Dv PT_INTERP
 The array element specifies the location and size of a null-terminated
-path name to invoke as an interpreter.
+pathname to invoke as an interpreter.
 This segment type is meaningful
 only for executable files (though it may occur for shared objects).
 However it may not occur more than once in a file.

diff --git a/man5/environ.5 b/man5/environ.5
index bfbf573d3418428f12ee8489f7b1e73373c349a1..96de461938cdfb97afde624567df2dd2ea1971e2 100644 (file)
--- a/man5/environ.5
+++ b/man5/environ.5
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ by \fBLC_ALL\fP or more specific environment variables like
 .TP
 .B PATH
 The sequence of directory prefixes that \fBsh\fP(1) and many other
-programs apply in searching for a file known by an incomplete path name.
+programs apply in searching for a file known by an incomplete pathname.
 The prefixes are separated by `\fB:\fP'.
 (Similarly one has \fBCDPATH\fP used by some shells to find the target
 of a change directory command, \fBMANPATH\fP used by \fBman\fP(1) to

diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index 28c8de0fbb0f62026d6b5156ecaed0be23022132..9d565d97bfa22dc2efc08b82312247d156d31bcd 100644 (file)
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Thus, to print out the environment of process 1, you would do:
 .TP
 .I /proc/[number]/exe
 Under Linux 2.2 and later, this file is a symbolic link
-containing the actual path name of the executed command.
+containing the actual pathname of the executed command.
 This symbolic link can be dereferenced normally; attempting to open 
 it will open the executable.  You can even type
 .I /proc/[number]/exe