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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2011-01-22 12:55:58 +0100
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2011-01-28 23:28:38 +0100
commit395011ce8fb668b3eb0a2b63fdafc6cbd4aa3720 (patch)
treeced13c587a0a4c6ce09c757be85176279a124e7e
parent6c4fc520b66292bdaebe6216d635bac92d9c732a (diff)
downloadcoreutils-395011ce8fb668b3eb0a2b63fdafc6cbd4aa3720.tar.gz
copy: tweak variable name; improve a comment
* src/copy.c (copy_reg): Rename a variable to make more sense from caller's perspective: s/require_normal_copy/normal_copy_required/. This is an output-only variable, and the original name could make it look like an input (or i&o) variable.
-rw-r--r--src/copy.c12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c
index be7fdba7b..fae8dbe0e 100644
--- a/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/copy.c
@@ -868,17 +868,17 @@ copy_reg (char const *src_name, char const *dst_name,
#endif
}
- bool require_normal_copy;
- /* Perform efficient extent copy for sparse file, fall back to the
+ bool normal_copy_required;
+ /* Perform an efficient extent-based copy, falling back to the
standard copy only if the initial extent scan fails. If the
- '--sparse=never' option was specified, we writing all data but
- use extent copy if available to efficiently read. */
+ '--sparse=never' option is specified, write all data but use
+ any extents to read more efficiently. */
if (extent_copy (source_desc, dest_desc, buf_size,
src_open_sb.st_size, make_holes,
- src_name, dst_name, &require_normal_copy))
+ src_name, dst_name, &normal_copy_required))
goto preserve_metadata;
- if (! require_normal_copy)
+ if (! normal_copy_required)
{
return_val = false;
goto close_src_and_dst_desc;