Re: [PATCH 5/7] Implement remote_pid_to_exec_file using qXfer:exec-file:read

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>]

> From: Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com>
> Cc: Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com>,  gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2015 10:00:08 -0700
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> Date: Wed,  1 Apr 2015 12:22:19 +0100
> >> 
> >> +qXfer:exec-file:read
> >> +  Return the pathname of the file that was executed to create a
> >             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > "the name of the file"
> >
> > OK with this change.
> >
> >> +@item qXfer:exec-file:read:@var{annex}:@var{offset},@var{length}
> >> +@anchor{qXfer executable filename read}
> >> +Return the pathname of the file that was executed to create a process
> >           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Likewise.
> >
> > Otherwise, the documentation parts are OK.
> 
> "the name of the file" is ambiguous though.
> Is it the full path name of the file? Or the base name?

I don't know the answers, but if this is a "full path name", then
"the full absolute name of the file" will convey that.

> While I realize "path" is a term associated with directories
> (paths in which to find files), "full path name" is in common
> use for complete/absolute file names.

Yes, we just want to use the latter rather than the former.