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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst index e2ba15146365..72a497d9e468 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst @@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ tempting to consider that to have an empty final component. In many ways that would lead to correct results, but not always. In particular, ``mkdir()`` and ``rmdir()`` each create or remove a directory named by the final component, and they are required to work with pathnames -ending in "``/``". According to POSIX_ +ending in "``/``". According to POSIX_: - A pathname that contains at least one non- <slash> character and - that ends with one or more trailing <slash> characters shall not + A pathname that contains at least one non-<slash> character and + that ends with one or more trailing <slash> characters shall not be resolved successfully unless the last pathname component before the trailing <slash> characters names an existing directory or a directory entry that is to be created for a directory immediately |