Обсуждение: unusual use of "path" in pg_verifybackup?

pg_verifybackup and the associated backup manifest functionality uses 
"path", "path name", etc. throughout where other components might just 
say "file", "file name".  This isn't wrong, if you follow POSIX 
terminology, but it's a bit unusual, I think.  Specifically, option 
naming like

   -i, --ignore=RELATIVE_PATH  ignore indicated path
   -m, --manifest-path=PATH    use specified path for manifest
   -w, --wal-directory=PATH    use specified path for WAL files

might make one think that there is a search path involved.

Thoughts?  Is there a deeper reason behind this, or should we dial this 
back a bit perhaps?

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