commit 8d7f8cda8c3814b83a81a44eaf38e6a02d23fe7c
parent 75a70d98d59a1b30d96617d8c71ce6c2d43d24fa
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 17:13:12 +0100
tweaks: improve two comments
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
@@ -895,16 +895,16 @@ void read_file(FILE *f, int fd, const char *filename, bool undoable)
/* Open the file with the given name. If the file does not exist, display
* "New File" if new_one is TRUE, and say "File not found" otherwise.
- * Return 0 if we say "New File", -1 if the file isn't opened, and the
- * obtained fd otherwise. *f is set to the opened file. */
+ * Return 0 if we say "New File", -1 upon failure, and the obtained file
+ * descriptor otherwise. The opened filestream is returned in *f. */
int open_file(const char *filename, bool new_one, FILE **f)
{
char *full_filename = get_full_path(filename);
struct stat fileinfo;
int fd;
- /* If the full path is unusable (due to some component's permissions),
- * but the relative path is okay, then just use that one. */
+ /* If the absolute path is unusable (due to some component's permissions),
+ * try the given path instead (as it is probably relative). */
if (full_filename == NULL || stat(full_filename, &fileinfo) == -1)
full_filename = mallocstrcpy(full_filename, filename);