Re: Use of the phrase "path prefix"

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It is my understanding that this error refers to when someone has typoed a path component to refer to a non-existing directory or a file. As such, this error can frequently occur.

In a message dated 2003-06-23 2:15:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bjh21@netbsd.org writes:

> # A pathname, with an optional ending slash, that refers to a directory.
>
> But in (e.g.) the error list for open(), we find:
>
> # [EISDIR]
> #    A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
>
> Now, by definition, any path prefix must refer to a directory, so this
> error can never occur.  This is clearly wrong, so either the definition or
> use of the phrase needs to be modified.