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authorEric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>2011-11-15 11:48:51 -0700
committerEric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>2011-11-15 11:48:51 -0700
commit97842f0b9779b0f74a6560bf9c80870de1d3708d (patch)
tree21010e714602e75bc815904d752f8a79c18decc4 /src
parent47e511a1d0ee8c82d6e9014fb6a74ab6dfd89d3d (diff)
downloadcoreutils-97842f0b9779b0f74a6560bf9c80870de1d3708d.tar.xz
id: tweak comment
* src/id.c (main): Replace confusing use of "etc.".
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/id.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/id.c b/src/id.c
index 9fa93f83e..8f7ce9e5a 100644
--- a/src/id.c
+++ b/src/id.c
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
}
else
{
- /* POSIX says getuid etc. cannot fail, but they can fail under
- GNU/Hurd and a few other systems. Test for failure by
- checking errno. */
+ /* POSIX says identification functions (getuid, getgid, and
+ others) cannot fail, but they can fail under GNU/Hurd and a
+ few other systems. Test for failure by checking errno. */
uid_t NO_UID = -1;
gid_t NO_GID = -1;