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authorBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2022-12-31 11:15:00 -0600
committerBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2022-12-31 11:15:00 -0600
commit1e6c82bb0952f853a1346bc81434aef1fded76ff (patch)
treeb2bc83ed8c797d92a2a4da995effc01a7d7be93b /chapter08/sysvinit.xml
parent888103db3c656fea2352b29c0ea55c62da150613 (diff)
parentdfb8516c83c2a3377829096892579c969e0a5906 (diff)
Merge branch 'trunk' of git.linuxfromscratch.org:lfs into trunk
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter08/sysvinit.xml')
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diff --git a/chapter08/sysvinit.xml b/chapter08/sysvinit.xml
index 0d6914a45..7b31ec007 100644
--- a/chapter08/sysvinit.xml
+++ b/chapter08/sysvinit.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
<varlistentry id="fstab-decode">
<term><command>fstab-decode</command></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Run a command with fstab-encoded arguments</para>
+ <para>Runs a command with fstab-encoded arguments</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit fstab-decode">
<primary sortas="b-fstab-decode">fstab-decode</primary>
</indexterm>
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@
<term><command>halt</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Normally invokes <command>shutdown</command> with the
- <parameter>-h</parameter> option, except when already in run-level 0,
- then it tells the kernel to halt the system; it notes in the
- file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> that the system is being
- brought down</para>
+ <parameter>-h</parameter> option, but when already in run-level 0,
+ it tells the kernel to halt the system; it notes in the
+ file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> that the system is
+ going down</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit halt-sysv">
<primary sortas="b-halt">halt</primary>
</indexterm>
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@
<term><command>init</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>The first process to be started when the kernel has initialized
- the hardware which takes over the boot process and starts all the
- proceses specified in its configuration file</para>
+ the hardware; it takes over the boot process and starts all the
+ processes specified in its configuration file</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit init-sysv">
<primary sortas="b-init">init</primary>
</indexterm>
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
<term><command>killall5</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Sends a signal to all processes, except the processes in its own
- session so it will not kill its parent shell</para>
+ session; it will not kill its parent shell</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit killall5">
<primary sortas="b-killall5">killall5</primary>
</indexterm>