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Date:      Tue, 4 Jan 2011 15:09:42 +0000 (UTC)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r216957 - stable/8/usr.bin/gcore
Message-ID:  <201101041509.p04F9grA039799@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: jhb
Date: Tue Jan  4 15:09:42 2011
New Revision: 216957
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/216957

Log:
  MFC 216769:
  Start sentences on a new line to ease life for translators.  Tweak the
  wording in a few places.

Modified:
  stable/8/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1
Directory Properties:
  stable/8/usr.bin/gcore/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/8/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1
==============================================================================
--- stable/8/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1	Tue Jan  4 14:49:54 2011	(r216956)
+++ stable/8/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1	Tue Jan  4 15:09:42 2011	(r216957)
@@ -63,12 +63,13 @@ 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.
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ 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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