Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 23:32:29 -0500 (EST) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@freebsd.org> To: Dru Lavigne <dru@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r43887 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1402122321520.1213@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <201402122100.s1CL0xpL085737@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201402122100.s1CL0xpL085737@svn.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 12 Feb 2014, Dru Lavigne wrote: > Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml > ============================================================================== > --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml Wed Feb 12 19:38:42 2014 (r43886) > +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml Wed Feb 12 21:00:59 2014 (r43887) > + > + <para>Multiple deltas can be applied at one time as they > + will be processed one at a time and any deltas that are already > + applied will be ignored. <application>CTM</application> understands deltas which > + have been put through <command>gzip</command>, which saves disk > space.</para> "can be applied at one time" doesn't match with "one at a time"; I think "can be applied with a single command" is more likely to be correct (but I don't use CTM, so who knows!). "which have been put through gzip" is a strange phrasing; "which have been compressed using gzip" should be better. > + <para>To > + verify a delta without applying it, include <option>-c</option>. I think this would be "include -c in the command line" or "add -c". > + <application>CTM</application> will not actually touch s/touch/modify/ ? > + the local tree but will instead verify the integrity of the delta > + to see if it would apply cleanly. Refer to &man.ctm.1; for > + more information about available switches and an overview of I sort of have the impression that we're moving away from using "switch" to describe options to utilities (and that "option" would be better), but don't have a citation. > + <para>Once applied, it is recommended to not delete the deltas if it is a burden to download > + them again. This way, a local copy is available in case > + something bad happens.</para> "something bad happens" is a bit informal; maybe "they are needed for future disaster recovery" or something similar. > + <listitem> > + <para>To backup all of the files that > + would be changed by a <application>CTM</application> > + update, specify <option>-B backup-file</option>. This option <replacable> ? -Ben > + tells <application>CTM</application> to backup all files > + touched by the applied > <application>CTM</application> delta to > <filename>backup-file</filename>.</para>
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