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 2012-02-01  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2012@cgf.cx>
 
 	* fcntl.cc (fcntl64): Add introductory debug statement.  Call dup3
-	directory via dtable method to avoid over-incrementing refcnt.
+	directly via dtable method to avoid over-incrementing refcnt.
 
 2012-02-01  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2012@cgf.cx>