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Fix typo in udev man page

PATCH In review Phillip Susi 2 participants 2 messages Mar 5, 2007

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PATCH 1/1 Fix typo in udev man page

The udev man page said that a PROGRAM rule is true if the program returned _without_ an exit code of 0. This is backwards. The program returns _with_ exit code 0 to indicate success, and thus the rule is true.

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 udev.7 |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
udev.7 +1 -1
index 7dd3c1f..13f3356 100644
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ keys can be specified per rule. Dependin
 .PP
 \fBPROGRAM\fR
 .RS 4
-Execute external program. The key is true, if the program returns without exit code zero. The whole event environment is available to the executed program. The program's output printed to stdout is available for the RESULT key.
+Execute external program. The key is true, if the program returns with exit code zero. The whole event environment is available to the executed program. The program's output printed to stdout is available for the RESULT key.
 .RE
 .PP
 \fBRESULT\fR
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Quoted 4 lines · Phillip Susi

The udev man page said that a PROGRAM rule is true if the program returned _without_ an exit code of 0. This is backwards. The program returns _with_ exit code 0 to indicate success, and thus the rule is true.

And here's a version of the patch that fixes the XML file that the manpage is generated from. (But not the manpage itself.) ;-) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
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udev.xml +1 -1
diff -Naur udev-106/udev.xml udev-106-patched/udev.xml
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
               <term><option>PROGRAM</option></term>
               <listitem>
                 <para>Execute external program. The key is true, if the program returns
-                without exit code zero. The whole event environment is available to the
+                with exit code zero. The whole event environment is available to the
                 executed program. The program's output printed to stdout is available for
                 the RESULT key.</para>
               </listitem>

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