From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 11 16:37:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFAE216A4CE; Tue, 11 May 2004 16:37:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [65.173.111.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DB5143D58; Tue, 11 May 2004 16:37:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i4BNbTBC011495; Tue, 11 May 2004 17:37:29 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) with ESMTP id i4BNbSu7011492; Tue, 11 May 2004 17:37:29 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 17:37:28 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Michel_Lavond=E8s?= In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20040511051938.X10037@wonkity.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040504, clamav-milter version 0.70u X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/66481: [patch] share/examples/diskless/README.TEMPLATING tyops X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 23:37:30 -0000 On Tue, 11 May 2004, [ISO-8859-1] Michel Lavond=E8s wrote: > > The "on" should be removed. > > I don't think so. The whole sentence reads as follows: > > * The program accesses a file called .cpignore in each director= y > it descends into on the source to obtain a list of exceptions > for that directory -- that is, files not to copy or mess with= =2E > > Perhaps it could be reworded as "each directory of the source [tree] into > which it descends", but this is (IMHO) a matter of taste, and I'd rather > not get involved in those. Ah--it's not an extra word, but a clash of phrasing. Sorry, I saw it out of context. How about: Each source directory is checked for a file called .cpignore. If present, this file contains a list of exceptions: files that are not to be copied or messed with. "Messed with" is a little, uh, messy. It doesn't really tell the reader what might happen to a file. It could be copied, or it could be overwritten. The last three words could be dropped if it just won't be copied; otherwise, seems like "cpignore" is a misnomer. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA