Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 08:56:27 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Correct spelling (was: cvs commit: src/sbin/adjkerntz adjkerntz.8 src/sbin/badsect badsect.8 badsect.c src/sbin/clri clri.8 src/sbin/disklabel disklabel.5 disklabel.8 src/sbin/dump Makefile dump.h main.c) Message-ID: <20020517075627.GC5839@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20020517110130.P97098@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <200205160410.g4G4Akn73697@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020516163820.H1640-100000@gamplex.bde.org> <20020517110130.P97098@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 11:01:30AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Thursday, 16 May 2002 at 16:40:25 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: > > On Wed, 15 May 2002, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > > >> Log: > >> more file system > filesystem > > > > The number of these changes probably shows that the change is from > > one correct spelling to another at best, or backwards at worst. I > > prefer "file system" in most contexts. > > Agreed. There's no evidence that "filesystem" is correct. Most spell > checkers flag it. I've just checked the usage in print media. I > grabbed seven books which seemed relatively representative: 4.4BSD > System manager's manual (with the original McKusick et al "A Fast File > System for UNIX" (sic), "The Design and Implementation of 4.4BSD", > "Design of the OSF/1 Operating System", Bach "The Design of the UNIX > Operating System", a better unknown "UNIX Internals" by Shaw and Shaw, > the Bell System Technical Journal original report on UNIX, and > Goodheart and Cox "The Magic Garden Explained: Internals of SVR4". > With the exception of the 4.4BSD book, they all spell it "file > system". This is also consistent with English spelling rules. I > would therefore ask that at very least all these commits be backed > out. If you want to be consistent, change all incidents of > "filesystem" to "file system". The original manual page for mount(2) also uses "file system" : http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/man22.pdf Ceri -- get the cool shoe shine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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