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Subject: Re: docs/31883: warning in Handbook about umount -f
References: <200111100100.fAA102n85038@freefall.freebsd.org>
From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen)
Date: 09 Nov 2001 20:05:58 -0800
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Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net> writes:

> The following reply was made to PR docs/31883; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
>  mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org wrote:
>  > 
>  > !         unmounting filesystems can crash the computer or damage data
>                                     ^^^ may
                                          ^^^ might

Actually, all three are good enough for our purposes.  All three are
commonly used to describe a probability or likelyhood of something
happening or just an ability for something to happen.

Some people would reserve "might" for the past tense of "may".  Others
insist that "may" be used only for "permission" and "can" only for
"ability".  (I usually prefer "might" in situations like this and think
"may" is the worst choice.)

How about this?

!         and <option>-v</option> for verbosity.
!         Careless use of <option>-f</option> often results in
!         OS crashes and damaged filesystems.

An explanation including typical bad uses would be nice, but I don't
feel qualified to suggest one.

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