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Diffstat (limited to 'chapter08')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/coreutils.xml | 42 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/coreutils.xml b/chapter08/coreutils.xml index 3d2138026..34a41163e 100644 --- a/chapter08/coreutils.xml +++ b/chapter08/coreutils.xml @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ <sect2 role="package"> <title/> - <para>The Coreutils package contains utilities for showing and setting the - basic system characteristics.</para> + <para>The Coreutils package contains the basic utility programs + needed by every operating system.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-i18n-patch;</userinput></screen> <note> - <para>In the past, many bugs were found in this patch. When reporting new - bugs to Coreutils maintainers, please check first if they are reproducible - without this patch.</para> + <para>Many bugs have been found in this patch. When reporting new + bugs to the Coreutils maintainers, please check first to see if + those bugs are reproducible without this patch.</para> </note> <!-- this has been fixed in upstream gnulib, when a new version of @@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 ./configure \ <term><command>autoreconf</command></term> <listitem> <para>The patch for internationalization has modified the - building system of the package, so the configuration files have - to be regenerated.</para> + build system, so the configuration files must + be regenerated.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 ./configure \ <term><envar>FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1</envar></term> <listitem> <para>This environment variable allows the package to be - built as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user. + built by the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 ./configure \ <term><parameter>--enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime</parameter></term> <listitem> <para>The purpose of this switch is to prevent Coreutils from - installing binaries that will be installed by other packages later. + installing programs that will be installed by other packages. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ sed -i 's/"1"/"8"/' /usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8</userinput></screen> <varlistentry id="lbracket"> <term><command>[</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Is an actual command, /usr/bin/[, that is a synonym + <para>Is an actual command, /usr/bin/[; it is a synonym for the <command>test</command> command</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils lbracket"> <primary sortas="b-111">[</primary> @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ sed -i 's/"1"/"8"/' /usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8</userinput></screen> <term><command>chmod</command></term> <listitem> <para>Changes the permissions of each file to the given mode; the mode - can be either a symbolic representation of the changes to make or an + can be either a symbolic representation of the changes to be made, or an octal number representing the new permissions</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chmod"> <primary sortas="b-chmod">chmod</primary> @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ sed -i 's/"1"/"8"/' /usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8</userinput></screen> <term><command>csplit</command></term> <listitem> <para>Splits a given file into several new files, separating them - according to given patterns or line numbers and outputting the byte + according to given patterns or line numbers, and outputting the byte count of each new file</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils csplit"> <primary sortas="b-csplit">csplit</primary> @@ -363,8 +363,8 @@ sed -i 's/"1"/"8"/' /usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8</userinput></screen> <varlistentry id="date"> <term><command>date</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Displays the current time in the given format, or sets the - system date</para> + <para>Displays the current dae and time in the given format, or sets the + system date and time</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils date"> <primary sortas="b-date">date</primary> </indexterm> @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ sed -i 's/"1"/"8"/' /usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8</userinput></screen> <varlistentry id="dirname"> <term><command>dirname</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Strips the non-directory suffix from a file name</para> + <para>Extracts the directory portion(s) of the given name(s)</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dirname"> <primary sortas="b-dirname">dirname</primary> </indexterm> @@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ sed -i 's/"1"/"8"/' /usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8</userinput></screen> <varlistentry id="factor"> <term><command>factor</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Prints the prime factors of all specified integer numbers</para> + <para>Prints the prime factors of the specified integers</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils factor"> <primary sortas="b-factor">factor</primary> </indexterm> @@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ sed -i 's/"1"/"8"/' /usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8</userinput></screen> <varlistentry id="link"> <term><command>link</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Creates a hard link with the given name to a file</para> + <para>Creates a hard link (with the given name) to a file</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils link"> <primary sortas="b-link">link</primary> </indexterm> @@ -647,8 +647,8 @@ sed -i 's/"1"/"8"/' /usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8</userinput></screen> <varlistentry id="mkfifo"> <term><command>mkfifo</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Creates First-In, First-Outs (FIFOs), a "named - pipe" in UNIX parlance, with the given names</para> + <para>Creates First-In, First-Outs (FIFOs), "named + pipes" in UNIX parlance, with the given names</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkfifo"> <primary sortas="b-mkfifo">mkfifo</primary> </indexterm> @@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ sed -i 's/"1"/"8"/' /usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8</userinput></screen> <term><command>wc</command></term> <listitem> <para>Reports the number of lines, words, and bytes for each given - file, as well as a total line when more than one file is given</para> + file, as well as grand totals when more than one file is given</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils wc"> <primary sortas="b-wc">wc</primary> </indexterm> @@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ sed -i 's/"1"/"8"/' /usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8</userinput></screen> <varlistentry id="yes"> <term><command>yes</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Repeatedly outputs <quote>y</quote> or a given string until + <para>Repeatedly outputs <quote>y</quote>, or a given string, until killed</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils yes"> <primary sortas="b-yes">yes</primary> |