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| author | Thomas Balu Walter <tw@itreff.de> | 2001-03-14 19:26:45 +0000 |
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| committer | Thomas Balu Walter <tw@itreff.de> | 2001-03-14 19:26:45 +0000 |
| commit | 3cc70a04da4eb7dbd99789a87011d39a0d3bc615 (patch) | |
| tree | 98caf479042c7f16083978e8ffadef5c6443c23f /appendixa/findutils-desc.xml | |
| parent | 36304016c2076dbf1dd08bc8cb0fe51b7e623107 (diff) | |
Removed all third person-references "you" - "a user" e.g.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@316 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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| -rw-r--r-- | appendixa/findutils-desc.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/appendixa/findutils-desc.xml b/appendixa/findutils-desc.xml index 4aaa829c4..042644c04 100644 --- a/appendixa/findutils-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/findutils-desc.xml @@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ current directory and it's subdirectories. <para> Locate scans a database which contain all files and directories on a filesystem. This program lists the files and directories in this -database matching a certain criteria. If you're looking for a file this -program will scan the database and tell you exactly where the files you -requested are located. This only makes sense if your locate database is -fairly up-to-date else it will provide you with out-of-date information. +database matching a certain criteria. If a user is looking for a file this +program will scan the database and tell him exactly where the files he +requested are located. This only makes sense if the locate database is +fairly up-to-date else it will provide out-of-date information. </para> </sect3> @@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ fairly up-to-date else it will provide you with out-of-date information. <para> The updatedb program updates the locate database. It scans the entire file system (including other file system that are currently mounted -unless you specify it not to) and puts every directory and file it finds +unless it is told not to do so) and puts every directory and file it finds into the database that's used by the locate program which retrieves this -information. It's a good practice to update this database once a day so -that you are ensured of a database that is up-to-date. +information. It's a good practice to update this database once a day to +have it up-to-date whenever it is needed. </para> </sect3> @@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ that you are ensured of a database that is up-to-date. <sect3><title>Xargs</title> <para> -The xargs command applies a command to a list of files. If you need to -perform the same command on multiple files, you can create a file that +The xargs command applies a command to a list of files. If there is a need to +perform the same command on multiple files, a file can be created that contains all these files (one per line) and use xargs to perform that command on the list. </para> |