</itemizedlist>
<para>Machines are identified by names that follow the same rules
- as UNIX and DNS host names. For details, see below.</para>
+ as UNIX and DNS hostnames. For details, see below.</para>
<para>Machines are instantiated from disk or file system images that
frequently — but not necessarily — carry the same name as machines running
<listitem><para>Copies files or directories from a container
into the host system. Takes a container name, followed by the
- source path in the container the destination path on the host.
+ source path in the container and the destination path on the host.
If the destination path is omitted, the same as the source path
is used.</para>
image is optimized for file systems that support copy-on-write, and might not be efficient on others, due to
file system limitations.</para>
- <para>Note that this command leaves host name, machine ID and
+ <para>Note that this command leaves hostname, machine ID and
all other settings that could identify the instance
unmodified. The original image and the cloned copy will hence
share these credentials, and it might be necessary to manually
<para>The <command>machinectl</command> tool operates on machines
and images whose names must be chosen following strict
- rules. Machine names must be suitable for use as host names
+ rules. Machine names must be suitable for use as hostnames
following a conservative subset of DNS and UNIX/Linux
semantics. Specifically, they must consist of one or more
non-empty label strings, separated by dots. No leading or trailing
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