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-rw-r--r--winsup/doc/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml6
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
index 0b1a8c688..d8f398ac0 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-08-18 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+ * pathnames.sgml (pathnames-win32-api): Try to use a more clear wording.
+
2010-08-13 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.win32-api): Remove simplicity.
diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml
index da8e4c1a2..03c4ba087 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml
+++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ pathnames.</para>
<para>When a Cygwin application is started, the Win32 idea of the current
working directory (CWD) is set to an invalid directory. This works around
the problem that the Win32 CWD is locked in a way which restricts POSIX
-functionality. However, the side effect is that a call to, say,
+functionality. However, the side effect is that a call to, for instance,
<function>CreateFile ("foo", ...);</function> will fail, since the Win32
notion of the CWD is <emphasis>not</emphasis> the same as the Cygwin notion
of the CWD.</para>
@@ -386,7 +386,9 @@ you have two choices.</para>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>Either you call <function>SetCurrentDirectory</function> before
- calling <function>CreateFile</function>.</para>
+ calling the Win32 function which requires a valid Win32 CWD
+ (<function>CreateFile</function>, <function>CreateProcess</function>,
+ etc).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Or you compile your application as native Win32 (mingw) executable,