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-It was found experimently that many of the files in the filesystem are
+It was found experimentally that many of the files in the filesystem are
actually quite small. To take advantage of this effect, the kernel provides
storage of up to 12 block numbers in the inode itself. Those blocks are
called <Literal remap="tt">direct blocks</Literal>. The advantage is that once the kernel has the
<Title>Time and date</Title>
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-Linux records the last time in which various operations occured with the
+Linux records the last time in which various operations occurred with the
file. The time and date are saved in the standard C library format - The
number of seconds which passed since 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970. The
following times are recorded:
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The variable <Literal remap="tt">rec_len</Literal> is provided because the directory entries are
padded with zeroes so that the next entry will be in an offset which is
-a multiplition of 4. The resulting directory entry size is stored in
+a multiplication of 4. The resulting directory entry size is stored in
<Literal remap="tt">rec_len</Literal>. If the directory entry is the last in the block, it is
padded with zeroes till the end of the block, and rec_len is updated
accordingly.
E2fsck also records the last time in which the file system was checked in
the <Literal remap="tt">s_lastcheck</Literal> variable. The user tunable parameter
<Literal remap="tt">s_checkinterval</Literal> will contain the number of seconds which are allowed
-to pass since <Literal remap="tt">s_lastcheck</Literal> until a check is reforced. A value of
+to pass since <Literal remap="tt">s_lastcheck</Literal> until a check is forced. A value of
<Literal remap="tt">0</Literal> disables time-based check.
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