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[05/15] Manual pages; cap_get_file.3: Fix some clumsily worded text

Message ID 20200720091328.290336-6-mtk.manpages@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series Manual pages: various fixes | expand

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Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) July 20, 2020, 9:13 a.m. UTC 
Make the text a bit easier to read, and also fix the terms used.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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 doc/cap_get_file.3 | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/doc/cap_get_file.3 b/doc/cap_get_file.3
index c028148..ceacbaf 100644
--- a/doc/cap_get_file.3
+++ b/doc/cap_get_file.3
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@  A NULL value for
 .IR cap_p
 is used to indicate that capabilities for the file should be deleted.
 For these functions to succeed, the calling process must have the
-effective capability,
-.BR CAP_SETFCAP ,
-enabled and either the effective user ID of the process must match the
+.BR CAP_SETFCAP
+capability in its effective set
+and either the effective user ID of the process must match the
 file owner or the calling process must have the
 .B CAP_FOWNER
-flag in its effective capability set.  The effects of writing the
+capability in its effective capability set.  The effects of writing the
 capability state to any file type other than a regular file are
 undefined.
 .PP