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diff --git a/doc/hurd.texi b/doc/hurd.texi index 282eabb8..88f4a65b 100644 --- a/doc/hurd.texi +++ b/doc/hurd.texi @@ -2387,7 +2387,13 @@ before responding, return @code{EDIED}. @deftypefun error_t fshelp_start_translator (@w{fshelp_open_fn_t @var{underlying_open_fn}}, @w{char *@var{name}}, @w{char *@var{argz}}, @w{int @var{argz_len}}, @w{int @var{timeout}}, @w{fsys_t *@var{control}}) Same as @code{fshelp_start_translator_long}, except the initports and ints are copied from our own state, @var{fd[2]} is copied from our own -stderr, and the other fds are cleared. +stderr, and the other fds are cleared. For full-service filesystems, it +is almost always wrong to use @code{fshelp_start_translator}, because +the current working directory of the translator will not then be as +normally expected. (Current working directories of passive translators +should be the directory they were found in.) In fact, full-service +filesystems should usually start passive translators as a side-effect of +calling @code{fshelp_fetch_root} (@pxref{Active Translator Linkage}). @end deftypefun @node Active Translator Linkage |