Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 04:33:54 -0700 (PDT) From: josh@quick.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/6856: man 1 & 2 corrections Message-ID: <199806041133.EAA11926@newport-1-12.quick.net>
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>Number: 6856
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: man 1 & 2 corrections
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Jun 4 04:40:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Josh Gilliam
>Organization:
>Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:
src/usr.bin/at/at.man 1.7
src/contrib/bc/doc/bc.1 1.2
src/bin/chio/chio.1 1.5
src/contrib/bc/doc/dc.1 1.1.1.1
src/contrib/ipfilter/man/ipftest.1 1.1.1.2
src/contrib/ipfilter/ipsend/iptest.1 1.1.1.1
src/usr.bin/limits/limits.1 1.7
src/gnu/usr.bin/perl/perl/perl.1 1.4
src/usr.bin/script/script.1 1.4
src/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 1.14
src/usr.sbin/pcvt/userkeys/vt220keys.1 1.2
src/usr.bin/ypwhich/ypwhich.1 1.2
src/lib/libc/sys/getrusage.2 1.8
src/lib/libc/i386/sys/i386_get_ldt.2 1.3
src/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2 1.12
src/lib/libc/sys/mincore.2 1.10
src/lib/libc/sys/msync.2 1.10
src/lib/libc/sys/poll.2 1.1
src/lib/libc/sys/sched_setparam.2 1.1
src/lib/libc/sys/select.2 1.9
src/lib/libc/sys/setuid.2 1.11
src/lib/libc/sys/sigaction.2 1.17
>Description:
at.man:
'standart' -> 'standard'
bc.1:
'environent' -> 'environment'
'specifing' -> 'specifying'
chio.1:
'outsite' -> 'outside'
dc.1:
'arbritrarily' -> 'arbitrarily'
ipftest.1:
'arbitary' -> 'arbitrary'
iptest.1:
'invalud' -> 'invalid'
limits.1:
'depeneds' -> 'depends'
'terrabytes' -> 'terabytes'
perl.1:
'dynamicallly' -> 'dynamically'
script.1:
'compatability' -> 'compatibility'
tar.1:
'modifiction' -> 'modification'
vt220keys.1:
'otherwised an usage message' -> 'otherwise a usage message'
ypwhich.1:
'ommitted' -> 'omitted'
getrusage.2:
'Uponsuccessful' -> 'Upon successful'
i386_get_ldt.2:
'architecure' -> 'architecture'
madvise.2:
'preceeding' -> 'preceding'
mincore.2:
'relect' -> 'reflect'
msync.2:
'occured' -> 'occurred'
poll.2:
'occured' -> 'occurred'
sched_setparam.2:
'paramaters' -> 'parameters'
select.2:
'accomodate' -> 'accommodate'
setuid.2:
'set-groupd-ID' -> 'set-group-ID'
sigaction.2:
'compatability' -> 'compatibility'
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- src/usr.bin/at/at.man~ Mon Apr 13 06:20:07 1998
+++ src/usr.bin/at/at.man Thu Jun 4 02:18:47 1998
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
shows completed but not yet deleted jobs in the queue; otherwise
shows the time the job will be executed.
.It Fl c
-Cats the jobs listed on the command line to standart output.
+Cats the jobs listed on the command line to standard output.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width _ATJOB_DIR/_LOCKFILE -compact
.It Pa _ATJOB_DIR
--- src/contrib/bc/doc/bc.1~ Wed May 13 02:43:20 1998
+++ src/contrib/bc/doc/bc.1 Thu Jun 4 02:21:37 1998
@@ -750,14 +750,14 @@
.IP "BC_ENV_ARGS"
This is another mechanism to get arguments to \fBbc\fR. The
format is the same as the command line arguments. These arguments
-are processed first, so any files listed in the environent arguments
+are processed first, so any files listed in the environment arguments
are processed before any command line argument files. This allows
the user to set up "standard" options and files to be processed
at every invocation of \fBbc\fR. The files in the environment
variables would typically contain function definitions for functions
the user wants defined every time \fBbc\fR is run.
.IP "BC_LINE_LENGTH"
-This should be an integer specifing the number of characters in an
+This should be an integer specifying the number of characters in an
output line for numbers. This includes the backslash and newline characters
for long numbers.
.SH FILES
--- src/bin/chio/chio.1~ Sat May 9 01:45:39 1998
+++ src/bin/chio/chio.1 Thu Jun 4 02:26:33 1998
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
.It ACCESS
Media in this element is accessible by a picker.
.It EXENAB
-Element supports passing media (exporting) to an outsite human operator.
+Element supports passing media (exporting) to an outside human operator.
.It INENAB
Element supports receiving media (importing) from an outside human operator.
.El
--- src/contrib/bc/doc/dc.1~ Wed Apr 29 14:52:59 1998
+++ src/contrib/bc/doc/dc.1 Thu Jun 4 02:24:46 1998
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
The precision value specifies the number of fraction
digits in the result.
For small numbers this is like the sequence \fBSm lble^ Lm%\fP,
-but, unlike \fB^\fP, this command will work with arbritrarily large exponents.
+but, unlike \fB^\fP, this command will work with arbitrarily large exponents.
.TP
.B v
Pops one value,
--- src/contrib/ipfilter/man/ipftest.1~ Tue Apr 28 01:23:37 1998
+++ src/contrib/ipfilter/man/ipftest.1 Thu Jun 4 02:56:48 1998
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.TH ipftest 8
.SH NAME
-ipftest \- test packet filter rules with arbitary input.
+ipftest \- test packet filter rules with arbitrary input.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ipftest
[
--- src/contrib/ipfilter/ipsend/iptest.1~ Sat Nov 15 20:50:33 1997
+++ src/contrib/ipfilter/ipsend/iptest.1 Thu Jun 4 02:57:51 1998
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
.TP
.B \-2
Run IP test group #2. This group of tests generates packets with the IP
-options constructed with invalud values given other packet characteristics.
+options constructed with invalid values given other packet characteristics.
The point tests are: 1 (option length > packet length), 2 (option length = 0).
.TP
.B \-3
--- src/usr.bin/limits/limits.1~ Sat May 9 01:47:36 1998
+++ src/usr.bin/limits/limits.1 Thu Jun 4 02:53:28 1998
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
Selects "eval mode" formatting for output.
This is valid only on display mode and cannot be used when running a
command.
-The exact syntax used for output depeneds upon the type of shell from
+The exact syntax used for output depends upon the type of shell from
which
.Nm limits
is invoked.
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
.It g
gigabytes.
.It t
-terrabytes.
+terabytes.
.El
.Pp
The
--- src/gnu/usr.bin/perl/perl/perl.1~ Sat Aug 30 16:45:58 1997
+++ src/gnu/usr.bin/perl/perl/perl.1 Thu Jun 4 02:51:45 1998
@@ -4341,7 +4341,7 @@
a special top-of-page format is used
to format the new page header, and then the record is written.
By default the top-of-page format is the name of the filehandle with
-\*(L"_TOP\*(R" appended, but it may be dynamicallly set to the
+\*(L"_TOP\*(R" appended, but it may be dynamically set to the
format of your choice by assigning the name to the $^ variable while
the filehandle is selected.
The number of lines remaining on the current page is in variable $-, which
--- src/usr.bin/script/script.1~ Mon Apr 13 06:20:37 1998
+++ src/usr.bin/script/script.1 Thu Jun 4 02:55:06 1998
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
This is not what the naive user expects.
.Pp
It is not possible to specify a command without also naming the script file
-because of argument parsing compatability issues.
+because of argument parsing compatibility issues.
.Pp
When running in
.Fl k
--- src/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1~ Tue Apr 28 01:25:24 1998
+++ src/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 Thu Jun 4 02:39:48 1998
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
Only store files with creation time newer than
.Ar date .
.It Fl -newer-mtime Ar date
-Only store files with modifiction time newer than
+Only store files with modification time newer than
.Ar date .
.It Fl o
.It Fl -old-archive
--- src/usr.sbin/pcvt/userkeys/vt220keys.1~ Fri Feb 9 08:19:45 1996
+++ src/usr.sbin/pcvt/userkeys/vt220keys.1 Thu Jun 4 02:37:28 1998
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
.PP
.B Vt220keys
expects to receive some combination of option flags and/or
-argument pair(s), otherwised an usage message
+argument pair(s), otherwise a usage message
is printed.
.PP
The options are:
--- src/usr.bin/ypwhich/ypwhich.1~ Mon Apr 13 06:20:42 1998
+++ src/usr.bin/ypwhich/ypwhich.1 Thu Jun 4 02:33:46 1998
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
.Ar Mname
can be a map name or nickname. If
.Ar mname
-is ommitted,
+is omitted,
.Nm ypwhich
will produce a list of available maps.
.It Fl x
--- src/lib/libc/sys/getrusage.2~ Thu Jan 15 22:22:35 1998
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/getrusage.2 Thu Jun 4 03:03:56 1998
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
I/O; data supplied by the caching mechanism is charged only
to the first process to read or write the data.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
-Uponsuccessful completion,
+Upon successful completion,
.Fn getrusage
returns 0. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and
.Va errno
--- src/lib/libc/i386/sys/i386_get_ldt.2~ Sat Feb 22 06:59:31 1997
+++ src/lib/libc/i386/sys/i386_get_ldt.2 Thu Jun 4 03:08:59 1998
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
.Fa descs
can be either segment_descriptor or gate_descriptor and are defined in
.Fd <i386/segments.h> .
-These structures are defined by the architecure
+These structures are defined by the architecture
as disjoint bit-fields, so care must be taken in constructing them.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion,
--- src/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2~ Thu Jan 15 22:22:36 1998
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2 Thu Jun 4 03:17:35 1998
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
is likely not advantageous.
.It Dv MADV_SEQUENTIAL
Causes the VM system to depress the priority of
-pages immediately preceeding a given page when it is faulted in.
+pages immediately preceding a given page when it is faulted in.
.It Dv MADV_WILLNEED
Causes pages that are in a given virtual address range
to temporarily have higher priority, and if they are in
--- src/lib/libc/sys/mincore.2~ Thu Jan 15 22:22:36 1998
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/mincore.2 Thu Jun 4 03:18:43 1998
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
.Fn mincore
returns 0 and
.Fa vec
-is updated to relect the page status. Otherwise a value of -1
+is updated to reflect the page status. Otherwise a value of -1
is returned and
.Va error
is set to indicate the error.
--- src/lib/libc/sys/msync.2~ Thu Jan 15 22:22:37 1998
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/msync.2 Thu Jun 4 03:13:55 1998
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
.Fa flags
was both MS_ASYNC and MS_INVALIDATE. Only one of these flags is allowed.
.It Bq Er EIO
-An I/O error occured while writing to the file system.
+An I/O error occurred while writing to the file system.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr madvise 2 ,
.Xr mincore 2 ,
--- src/lib/libc/sys/poll.2~ Sat Sep 13 22:44:35 1997
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/poll.2 Thu Jun 4 03:14:56 1998
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
.It POLLWRBAND
Data with a non-zero priority may be written without blocking.
.It POLLERR
-An exceptional condition has occured on the device or socket. This
+An exceptional condition has occurred on the device or socket. This
flag is always checked, even if not present in the
.Fa events
bitmask.
--- src/lib/libc/sys/sched_setparam.2~ Sat Mar 28 03:48:52 1998
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/sched_setparam.2 Thu Jun 4 03:16:26 1998
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.Sh NAME
.Nm sched_setparam ,
.Nm sched_getparam
-.Nd set/get scheduling paramaters
+.Nd set/get scheduling parameters
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sched.h>
.Ft int
--- src/lib/libc/sys/select.2~ Sun Sep 28 23:46:03 1997
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/select.2 Thu Jun 4 03:05:16 1998
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
The default size of
.Dv FD_SETSIZE
is currently 1024.
-In order to accomodate programs which might potentially
+In order to accommodate programs which might potentially
use a larger number of open files with
.Fn select
, it is possible
--- src/lib/libc/sys/setuid.2~ Wed Apr 2 09:24:16 1997
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/setuid.2 Thu Jun 4 03:12:25 1998
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
.Fn setgid
function is permitted if the specified ID is equal to the real group ID
.\" Comment out next line for !_POSIX_SAVED_IDS
-.\" or the saved set-groupd-ID
+.\" or the saved set-group-ID
.\" Next line is for Appendix B.4.2.2 case.
or the effective group ID
of the process, or if the effective user ID is that of the super user.
--- src/lib/libc/sys/sigaction.2~ Tue May 19 10:19:57 1998
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/sigaction.2 Thu Jun 4 03:11:00 1998
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
.Dv SA_NODEFER
and
.Dv SA_RESETHAND
-flags are intended for backwards compatability with other operating
+flags are intended for backwards compatibility with other operating
systems. The
.Dv SA_NOCLDSTOP ,
and
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