Bug#931957: On manpage say $PATH, not path

To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>, 931957-done@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: Bug#931957: On manpage say $PATH, not path
From: Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 19:29:38 -0400
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Reply-to: Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org>, 931957@bugs.debian.org
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References: <[🔎] 87wogmc3ck.5.fsf@jidanni.org> <[🔎] 87wogmc3ck.5.fsf@jidanni.org>

> Use $PATH everywhere on the man page when you talk about "path". Else it
> is confusing. Nobody is completely sure which of the possible paths
> (-f's path, $PATH, etc.) you are talking about always.

I'm afraid we dont know what you're talking about. $PATH has a very
specific meaning (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_(variable)) and
nowhere in the manpage we mean that.

Closing,

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