Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 11:01:30 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: 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: <20020517110130.P97098@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20020516163820.H1640-100000@gamplex.bde.org> References: <200205160410.g4G4Akn73697@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020516163820.H1640-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
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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". Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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