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authorAndreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>2012-04-08 15:17:55 +0200
committerAndreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>2012-04-08 15:17:55 +0200
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Fix DT_UNKNOWN description
	[BZ #6890]
	* manual/filesys.texi (Directory Entries): Clarify that it's
	file system not operating system in the description of DT_UNKNOWN.
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@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ are defined for its value:
 
 @vtable @code
 @item DT_UNKNOWN
-The type is unknown.  On some systems this is the only value returned.
+The type is unknown.  Only some filesystems have full support to
+return the type of the file, others might always return this value.
 
 @item DT_REG
 A regular file.