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diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml index af5251262..984981273 100644 --- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml @@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Perl, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <title>Installation of Coreutils</title> <para>Normally the functionality of <command>uname</command> is somewhat -broken, in that the <emphasis>-p</emphasis> switch always returns -<quote>unknown</quote>. The following patch fixes this behavior for Intel +broken, in that the <parameter>-p</parameter> switch always returns +<computeroutput>unknown</computeroutput>. The following patch fixes this behavior for Intel architectures:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../coreutils-&coreutils-version;-uname-2.patch</userinput></screen> @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ each given file to the given user:group pair.</para> <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chroot"><primary sortas="b-chroot">chroot</primary></indexterm> <para>runs a given command with the specified directory as the -<filename>/</filename> directory. The given command can be an interactive shell. +<filename class="directory">/</filename> directory. The given command can be an interactive shell. On most systems only <emphasis>root</emphasis> can do this.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ given files.</para> <term><command>dir</command></term> <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dir"><primary sortas="b-dir">dir</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the same as ls.</para> +<para>is the same as <command>ls</command>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ given files.</para> <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dircolors"><primary sortas="b-dircolors">dircolors</primary></indexterm> <para>outputs commands to set the LS_COLOR -environment variable, to change the color scheme used by ls.</para> +environment variable, to change the color scheme used by <command>ls</command>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ By default it orders the files and subdirectories alphabetically.</para> <term><command>mkfifo</command></term> <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkfifo"><primary sortas="b-mkfifo">mkfifo</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates FIFOs (First-In, First-Out, a "named pipe" in UNIX parlance) with +<para>creates FIFOs (First-In, First-Out, a <quote>named pipe</quote> in UNIX parlance) with the given names.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ running, how many users are logged on, and the system load averages.</para> <term><command>vdir</command></term> <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils vdir"><primary sortas="b-vdir">vdir</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the same as ls -l.</para> +<para>is the same as <command>ls -l</command>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ for each given file, and a total line when more than one file is given.</para> <term><command>yes</command></term> <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils yes"><primary sortas="b-yes">yes</primary></indexterm> -<para>outputs 'y' or a given string repeatedly, until killed.</para> +<para>outputs <quote>y</quote> or a given string repeatedly, until killed.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> |