Fix typos

Copyright-paperwork-exempt: Yes

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 8d001157ba9a4e1bffa456fff450c8d573b5cef2..0ca62b0bdbde2a25abba2c9b565195b711afec97 100644 (file)
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Suggestions for improving GNU tar.
   It would be useful to be able to use '--remove-files' with '--diff',
   to remove all files that compare successfully, when verifying a backup.
 
-* Add tests for the new functonality.
+* Add tests for the new functionality.
 
 * Consider this:
 

diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi
index 8e6fc307fc371665e6f32350acdce48c9db53d57..3a8d6fea9a32578a60d6015eafef55d48ea9fe4e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/tar.texi
+++ b/doc/tar.texi
@@ -4973,7 +4973,7 @@ Books, ISBN 1-56884-203-1.}.  The two most common errors are:
 
 @enumerate
 @item
-Mistakingly using @code{create} instead of @code{extract}, when the
+Mistakenly using @code{create} instead of @code{extract}, when the
 intent was to extract the full contents of an archive.  This error
 is likely: keys @kbd{c} and @kbd{x} are right next to each other on
 the QWERTY keyboard.  Instead of being unpacked, the archive then

diff --git a/lib/xattr-at.h b/lib/xattr-at.h
index 82676726538901b6fb6d1b19261ac5633398cd7d..07fe6941eef316150bbb83fff233eec0b6f9047f 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/xattr-at.h
+++ b/lib/xattr-at.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int lsetxattrat (int dir_fd, const char *path, const char *name,
                  const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
 
 /* dir-fd-relative getxattr.  Operation gets the VALUE of the extended
-   attribute idenfified by NAME and associated with the given PATH in the
+   attribute identified by NAME and associated with the given PATH in the
    filesystem relatively to directory identified by DIR_FD.  For more info
    about all parameters see the getxattr(2) manpage. */
 ssize_t getxattrat (int dir_fd, const char *path, const char *name,

diff --git a/src/tar.c b/src/tar.c
index 414264cc6d976c8e111ab2a22fd24a1a3a26e287..c58a19fad021dd58d3ef55be7a9f6e281672bf1a 100644 (file)
--- a/src/tar.c
+++ b/src/tar.c
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ The version control may be set with --backup or VERSION_CONTROL, values are:\n\n
    -n may become available in the future.
 */
 
-/* Option group idenitfiers help in sorting options by category: */
+/* Option group identifiers help in sorting options by category: */
 enum
   {
     GRH_COMMAND,

diff --git a/tests/star/README b/tests/star/README
index 406b432ec824723c35e8331eb2550279b5288018..fa891be6b65eaa23e2ac60dc67b0d7025442ef51 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/star/README
+++ b/tests/star/README
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ format.
 
 * pax-big-10g.at
 
-Requires pax-big-10g.tar.bz2. It tests handling pax (POSIX.1-2001) archves
+Requires pax-big-10g.tar.bz2. It tests handling pax (POSIX.1-2001) archives
 containing very large files (in this case -- 10 GB).
 
 * quicktest.sh