From 2f3f2225bc72ad13465d0ef0f9c99f8ce19d365f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerard Beekmans Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 16:41:49 +0000 Subject: Couple more Preface edits. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8913 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- prologue/typography.xml | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'prologue/typography.xml') diff --git a/prologue/typography.xml b/prologue/typography.xml index 801985807..cf129a5ac 100644 --- a/prologue/typography.xml +++ b/prologue/typography.xml @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ EOF This format is used when creating configuration files. The first command tells the system to create the file $LFS/etc/group from - whatever is typed on the following lines until the sequence end of file (EOF) + whatever is typed on the following lines until the sequence End Of File (EOF) is encountered. Therefore, this entire section is generally typed as seen. @@ -70,14 +70,12 @@ EOF passwd(5) - This format is used to refer to a specific manual page (hereinafter - referred to simply as a man page). The number inside parentheses - indicates a specific section inside of man. For example, + This format is used to refer to a specific manual (man) page. The number inside parentheses + indicates a specific section inside the manuals. For example, passwd has two man pages. Per LFS installation instructions, those two man pages will be located at /usr/share/man/man1/passwd.1 and - /usr/share/man/man5/passwd.5. Both man pages have different - information in them. When the book uses passwd(5) it is + /usr/share/man/man5/passwd.5. When the book uses passwd(5) it is specifically referring to /usr/share/man/man5/passwd.5. man passwd will print the first man page it finds that matches passwd, which will be -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf