From 6a9875daac5d3c5dd0c3623a7a5587947bb90147 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Timothy Bauscher Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 15:50:25 +0000 Subject: Applied Bill Maltby's grammatic-fixes patch. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2164 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- appendixa/bootscripts-desc.xml | 16 ++++++++-------- appendixa/make-desc.xml | 4 ++-- appendixa/netkitbase-desc.xml | 2 +- appendixa/patch-desc.xml | 4 ++-- appendixa/procps-desc.xml | 10 +++++----- appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml | 8 ++++---- appendixa/sysklogd-desc.xml | 4 ++-- appendixa/sysvinit-desc.xml | 18 +++++++++--------- appendixa/tar-desc.xml | 4 ++-- appendixa/utillinux-desc.xml | 23 ++++++++++++----------- 10 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) (limited to 'appendixa') diff --git a/appendixa/bootscripts-desc.xml b/appendixa/bootscripts-desc.xml index 228ca79ea..6aaa3f42b 100644 --- a/appendixa/bootscripts-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/bootscripts-desc.xml @@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ systems). cleanfs The cleanfs script removes files that shouldn't be preserved between -reboots, such as /var/run/*, /var/lock/*, it re-creates /var/run/utmp and -removes the possible present /etc/nologin, /fastboot and /forcefsck +reboots, such as /var/run/* and /var/lock/*. It re-creates /var/run/utmp and +removes the possibly present /etc/nologin, /fastboot and /forcefsck files. functions -The functions script contains shared functions among different +The functions script contains functions shared among different scripts such as error checking, status checking, etc. halt @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ scripts such as error checking, status checking, etc. network devices. loadkeys -The loadkeys script loads the proper keymap table that matches your -keyboard layout. +The loadkeys script loads the keymap table you specified as proper for +your keyboard layout. localnet The localnet script sets up the system's hostname and local loopback @@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ or aren't network based. The mountproc script is used to mount the proc filesystem. network -The network script sets up network interfaces (such as network cards) +The network script sets up network interfaces, such as network cards, and sets up the default gateway where applicable. rc -The rc script is the master runlevel control script which is +The rc script is the master runlevel control script. It is responsible for running all the other scripts one-by-one in a specific sequence. @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ the hardware clock isn't set to GMT time. partitions. sysklogd -The sysklogd script start and stops the system and kernel log +The sysklogd script starts and stops the system and kernel log daemons. template diff --git a/appendixa/make-desc.xml b/appendixa/make-desc.xml index ba017caf8..12798845e 100644 --- a/appendixa/make-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/make-desc.xml @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ Descriptions make -make determines automatically which pieces of a large program need to be -recompiled, and issues the commands to recompile them. +make determines, automatically, which pieces of a large program need to be +recompiled and issues the commands to recompile them. diff --git a/appendixa/netkitbase-desc.xml b/appendixa/netkitbase-desc.xml index a6d4f4215..44cf5489f 100644 --- a/appendixa/netkitbase-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/netkitbase-desc.xml @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Descriptions inetd -inetd is the mother of all daemons. It listens for connections, and +inetd is the mother of all daemons. It listens for connections and transfers the call to the appropriate daemon. ping diff --git a/appendixa/patch-desc.xml b/appendixa/patch-desc.xml index 7bb3dec97..303ebb9f7 100644 --- a/appendixa/patch-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/patch-desc.xml @@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ patch The patch program modifies a file according to a patch file. A patch -file usually is a list created by the diff program that contains +file usually is a list, created by the diff program, that contains instructions on how an original file needs to be modified. Patch is used a lot for source code patches since it saves time and space. Imagine a package that is 1 MB in size. The next version of that package only has changes in two files of the first version. It can be shipped as an -entirely new package of 1 MB or just as a patch file of 1 KB which will +entirely new package of 1 MB or just as a patch file of 1 KB, which will update the first version to make it identical to the second version. So if the first version was downloaded already, a patch file avoids a second large download. diff --git a/appendixa/procps-desc.xml b/appendixa/procps-desc.xml index 5c46faeab..a47d48f14 100644 --- a/appendixa/procps-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/procps-desc.xml @@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ criteria. tload tload prints a graph of the current system load average to the -specified tty (or the tty of the tload process if -none is specified). +specified tty or, if none is specified, the tty of the tload +process. top top provides an ongoing look at processor activity @@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ in real time. vmstat vmstat reports information about processes, memory, paging, block IO, -traps, and cpu activity. +traps and cpu activity. w -w displays information about the users currently on the machine, and -their processes. +w displays information about the users, and their processes, +currently on the machine. watch watch runs command repeatedly, displaying its output (the first diff --git a/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml b/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml index 3ca19acfd..b42ba9d5e 100644 --- a/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml @@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ existing users. chsh changes the user login shell. dpasswd -dpasswd adds, deletes, and updates dial-up passwords for +dpasswd adds, deletes and updates dial-up passwords for user login shells. expiry expiry checks and enforces a password expiration policy. faillog -faillog formats the contents of the failure log,/var/log/faillog, and +faillog formats the contents of the failure log, /var/log/faillog, and maintains failure counts and limits. gpasswd @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ group files. lastlog lastlog formats and prints the contents of the last login log, -/var/log/lastlog. The login-name, port, and last login time will be +/var/log/lastlog. The login-name, port and last login time will be printed. login @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ to a normal password file. given command as member of the given group. useradd -useradd creates a new user or update default new user +useradd creates a new user or updates default new user information. userdel diff --git a/appendixa/sysklogd-desc.xml b/appendixa/sysklogd-desc.xml index 6525954b8..acde54e1f 100644 --- a/appendixa/sysklogd-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/sysklogd-desc.xml @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ messages. syslogd syslogd provides the kind of logging that many modern programs use. Every -logged message contains at least a time and a hostname field, normally a -program name field, too, but that depends on how trusty the logging +logged message contains at least a time and a hostname field and, normally, a +program name field, too. But that depends on how trusty the logging program is. diff --git a/appendixa/sysvinit-desc.xml b/appendixa/sysvinit-desc.xml index d43f98e9d..77ab50913 100644 --- a/appendixa/sysvinit-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/sysvinit-desc.xml @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ wall Descriptions halt -halt notes that the system is being brought down in the file -/var/log/wtmp, and then either tells the kernel to halt, reboot or +halt notes, in the file /var/log/wtmp, that the system is being +brought down and then tells the kernel to either halt, reboot or poweroff the system. If halt or reboot is called when the system is not in runlevel 0 or 6, shutdown will be invoked instead (with the flag -h or -r). @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ the flag -h or -r). init init is the parent of all processes. Its primary role is to create processes from a script stored in the file /etc/inittab. This -file usually has entries which cause init to spawn gettys on each line that -users can log in. It also controls autonomous processes required by any +file usually has entries which cause init to spawn gettys on each line from +which users can log in. It also controls autonomous processes required by any particular system. killall5 @@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ enabled in the kernel). the computer. runlevel -runlevel reads the system utmp file (typically /var/run/utmp) to locate -the runlevel record, and then prints the previous and current system +runlevel reads the system utmp file (usually /var/run/utmp), locates +the runlevel record and prints the previous and current system runlevel on its standard output, separated by a single space. shutdown shutdown brings the system down in a secure way. All logged-in users are -notified that the system is going down, and login is blocked. +notified that the system is going down and login is blocked. sulogin sulogin is invoked by init when the system goes into single user mode @@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ execute sulogin when it is passed the -b flag from the boot loader telinit telinit sends appropriate signals to init, telling it which runlevel to -change to. +enter. utmpdump utmpdumps prints the content of a file (usually /var/run/utmp) on standard output in a user friendly format. wall -wall sends a message to everybody logged in with their mesg permission +wall sends a message to logged in users that have their mesg permission set to yes. diff --git a/appendixa/tar-desc.xml b/appendixa/tar-desc.xml index 0b97ebfe3..dfa7c28ec 100644 --- a/appendixa/tar-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/tar-desc.xml @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ Descriptions rmt -rmt is a program used by the remote dump and restore programs in -manipulating a magnetic tape drive through an interprocess communication +rmt is a program used by the remote dump and restore programs to +manipulate a magnetic tape drive through an interprocess communication connection. tar diff --git a/appendixa/utillinux-desc.xml b/appendixa/utillinux-desc.xml index ba867d88c..264150d58 100644 --- a/appendixa/utillinux-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/utillinux-desc.xml @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ driver. messages from the kernel). elvtune -elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue +elvtune lets you tune the I/O elevator per block device queue basis. fdformat @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ command. format (ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal). hwclock -hwclock queries and sets the hardware clock (Also called the RTC or BIOS +hwclock queries and sets the hardware clock (also called the RTC or BIOS clock). ipcrm @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ clock). ipcs provides information on IPC facilities. isosize -isosize outputs the length of a iso9660 file system. +isosize outputs the length of an iso9660 file system. line line copies one line (up to a newline) from standard input and writes it @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ to standard output. partition. mkfs.bfs -mkfs.bfs creates a SCO bfs file system on a device, usually a harddisk +mkfs.bfs creates an SCO bfs file system on a device, usually a harddisk partition. mkfs.cramfs @@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ harddisk partition. time. mount -mount mounts a filesystem from a device to a directory (mount -point). +mount mounts, from many possible sources, filesystems or directories +on a directory (mount point). namei namei follows a pathname until a terminal point is found. @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ BASH or TCSH. raw is used to bind a Linux raw character device to a block device. rdev -rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size, or +rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size or video mode. readprofile @@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ video mode. root. script -script makes typescript of terminal session. +script makes a typescript of terminal session. setfdprm -setfdprm sets user-provides floppy disk parameters. +setfdprm sets user-provided floppy disk parameters. setsid setsid runs programs in a new session. @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ root. which indicates underlining for the terminal in use. umount -umount unmounts a mounted filesystem. +umount unmounts a mounted filesystem or directory. vidmode vidmode queries and sets the video mode. @@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ which indicates underlining for the terminal in use. command. write -write sends a message to another user. +write sends a message to another user, if that user has writing +enabled (usually by using mesg). -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf