Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:58:16 +0000 (UTC) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r216769 - head/usr.bin/gcore Message-ID: <201012281858.oBSIwGOx074037@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: jhb Date: Tue Dec 28 18:58:15 2010 New Revision: 216769 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/216769 Log: Start sentences on a new line to ease life for translators. Tweak the wording in a few places. MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 Modified: head/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 Tue Dec 28 18:56:55 2010 (r216768) +++ head/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 Tue Dec 28 18:58:15 2010 (r216769) @@ -59,12 +59,13 @@ The following options are available: Write the core file to the specified file instead of .Dq Pa core.<pid> . .It Fl f -Dumps all the available segments, excluding only the malformed ones and -un-dumpable ones. Unlike the default invocation, it also dumps -device- and sglist-mapped areas that may invalidate the state of -some transactions. This flag must be used very carefully, when the -behavior of the application is fully understood and the fallouts can -be easily controlled. +Dumps all available segments, excluding only malformed and undumpable segments. +Unlike the default invocation, this flag dumps mappings of devices which +may invalidate the state of device transactions or trigger other unexpected +behavior. +As a result, this flag should only be used when the behavior of the +application and any devices it has mapped is fully understood and any side +effects can be controlled or tolerated. .It Fl s Stop the process while gathering the core image, and resume it when done. @@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ Because of the .Xr ptrace 2 usage .Nm -may not work with processes which are actively investigated with +may not work with processes which are actively being investigated with .Xr truss 1 or .Xr gdb 1 .
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