From 978d0bffc413b67ead9db2d2816b916cf3d502ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 22:29:16 +0000
Subject: Changing the style of the command descriptions in appendix A.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2879 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
---
 appendixa/inetutils-desc.xml | 57 ++++++++++++++++----------------------------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

(limited to 'appendixa/inetutils-desc.xml')

diff --git a/appendixa/inetutils-desc.xml b/appendixa/inetutils-desc.xml
index 0d139eb68..3a1faa611 100644
--- a/appendixa/inetutils-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/inetutils-desc.xml
@@ -6,59 +6,44 @@
 
 <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
 
-<sect4><title>ftp</title>
-<para>ARPANET file transfer program.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>ftp</command> is the ARPANET file transfer program.</para>
 
-<sect4><title>ping</title>
-<para>send ICMP_ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>ping</command> sends echo-request packets and reports how
+long the replies take.</para>
 
-<sect4><title>rcp</title>
-<para>remote file copy.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>rcp</command> does remote file copy.</para>
 
-<sect4><title>rlogin</title>
-<para>remote login.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>rlogin</command> does remote login.</para>
 
-<sect4><title>rsh</title>
-<para>remote shell.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>rsh</command> runs a remote shell.</para>
 
-<sect4><title>talk</title>
-<para>talk to another user.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>talk</command> is used to chat up another user.</para>
 
-<sect4><title>telnet</title>
-<para>user interface to the TELNET protocol.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>telnet</command> is an interface to the TELNET protocol.</para>
 
-<sect4><title>tftp</title>
-<para>trivial file transfer program.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>tftp</command> is a trivial file transfer program.</para>
 
-<sect4><title>whois</title>
-<para>client for whois directory service.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>whois</command> queries the whois directory service.</para>
 
-<sect4><title>ftpd</title>
-<para>DARPA Internet File Transfer Protocol server.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>ftpd</command> is a daemon for trivial file transfers.</para>
 
-<sect4><title>inetd</title>
-<para>internet super-service.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>inetd</command> is the internet super-service.</para>
 
-<sect4><title>rexecd</title>
-<para>remote execution server.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>rexecd</command> is the remote execution server.</para>
 
-<sect4><title>rlogind</title>
-<para>remote login server.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>rlogind</command> is the remote login server.</para>
 
-<sect4><title>rshd</title>
-<para>remote shell server.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>rshd</command> is the remote shell server.</para>
 
-<sect4><title>talkd</title>
-<para>remote user communication server.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>talkd</command> is the remote user communication server.</para>
 
-<sect4><title>telnetd</title>
-<para>DARPA TELNET protocol server.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>telnetd</command> is the TELNET protocol server.</para>
 
-<sect4><title>tftpd</title>
-<para>Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol server.</para></sect4>
+<para><command>tftpd</command> is another daemon for trivial file transfers.</para>
+
+<para><command>uucpd</command>...</para>
 
-<sect4><title>uucpd</title>
-<para>No description available.</para></sect4>
 </sect3>
 
 </sect2>
+
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