From: Krónos Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1993 23:00:00 +0000 (+0100) Subject: man-pages 1.2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3c23040573650f36a3f2778a3629f4ae7e6c10ab;p=thirdparty%2Fman-pages.git man-pages 1.2 Link: Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar --- diff --git a/man-pages-1.3.Announce b/man-pages-1.2.Announce similarity index 69% rename from man-pages-1.3.Announce rename to man-pages-1.2.Announce index 40b72b6dbd..e7f0e4adee 100644 --- a/man-pages-1.3.Announce +++ b/man-pages-1.2.Announce @@ -3,19 +3,7 @@ The Linux Documentation Project proudly announces. . . - man-pages-1.3.tar.gz - section 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9 man pages for Linux - -Differences from version 1.2: - Lots of bugs fixed by Jens Schweikhardt (The Typo Terminator): - man3/fget3.c renamed to man3/fgetc.3 - Fixed some .so problems (getnetbyname and friends) - About a dozen cases of word doubling corrected - About half a dozen semantic typos corrected - Ran all files through ispell and corrected >200 spelling typos - (If you ever write a man page, use ispell, I mean it!) - Explicitly tested all files whether they run through groff - Hard linked identical files (the ones with just .so foo/bar.1) thus - saving 115 disk blocks and 115 inodes. + man-pages-1.2.tar.gz - section 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9 man pages for Linux Differences from version 1.0: Thanks to Giorgio Ciucci for the following *NEW* man pages: @@ -40,17 +28,14 @@ Differences from version 1.0: Here is a breakdown of what this distribution contains: -Section 1 = user commands (intro only) Section 2 = system calls Section 3 = libc calls Section 4 = devices (e.g., hd, sd) Section 5 = file formats (e.g., wtmp, /etc/passwd) -Section 6 = games (intro only) Section 7 = macro packages, etc. (e.g., nroff, ascii) -Section 8 = system administration (intro only) Section 9 = internal kernel routines (for kernel hackers) -(There are no section 1, 6 and 8 man pages because these should be +(There are no section 1 or section 8 man pages because these should be distributed with the binaries they are written for.) Note that only Section 2 is really complete, but Section 3 contains several @@ -72,7 +57,6 @@ David Metcalfe Drew Eckhardt Giorgio Ciucci Ian Jackson -Jens Schweikhardt Luigi P. Bai Michael Haardt Mitchum DSouza diff --git a/man-pages-1.3.lsm b/man-pages-1.2.lsm similarity index 85% rename from man-pages-1.3.lsm rename to man-pages-1.2.lsm index 0d215a7458..48adf8fe7c 100644 --- a/man-pages-1.3.lsm +++ b/man-pages-1.2.lsm @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Begin2 Title = Section 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9 man pages for Linux -Version = 1.3 +Version = 1.2 Desc1 = Man pages for Linux. Mostly section 2 is complete. Section Desc2 = 3 has over 200 man pages, but it still far from being finished. Author = Linux Documentation Project @@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ Maintainer = Rik Faith MaintEmail = faith@cs.unc.edu Site1 = ftp.cs.unc.edu Path1 = /pub/faith/linux -File1 = man-pages-1.3.tar.gz -FileSize1 = 170k +File1 = man-pages-1.2.tar.gz +FileSize1 = 150k Site2 = sunsite.unc.edu Path2 = /pub/Linux/? Site3 = tsx-11.mit.edu Path3 = /pub/linux/docs/man CopyPolicy1 = GPL, Public Domain, or otherwise freely copyable Keywords = man pages -Entered = Mon Jun 19 16:23:35 1994 +Entered = Mon Nov 29 16:23:35 1993 EnteredBy = Rik Faith CheckedEmail = faith@cs.unc.edu End diff --git a/man2/_exit.2 b/man2/_exit.2 index 79b4645f3b..b317990f6c 100644 --- a/man2/_exit.2 +++ b/man2/_exit.2 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" You may distribute it under the terms of the GNU General .\" Public Licence. It comes with NO WARRANTY. .\" -.\" Modified Wed Jul 21 23:02:38 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" Modified Wed Jul 21 23:02:38 1993 by Rik Fiath (faith@cs.unc.edu) .\" .TH _EXIT 2 "21 July 1993" Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME diff --git a/man2/accept.2 b/man2/accept.2 index 8890c8646a..bfba018cc5 100644 --- a/man2/accept.2 +++ b/man2/accept.2 @@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ such as or .BR DATAKIT , .B accept -can be thought of as merely dequeuing the next connection request and not +can be thought of as merely dequeueing the next connection request and not implying confirmation. Confirmation can be implied by a normal read or -write on the new file descriptor, and rejection can be implied by closing +write on the new file desciptor, and rejection can be implied by closing the new socket. One can obtain user connection request data without confirming diff --git a/man2/access.2 b/man2/access.2 index ff3cbaa849..2ff22fb0ec 100644 --- a/man2/access.2 +++ b/man2/access.2 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ access \- check user's permissions for a file .SH DESCRIPTION .B access checks whether the process would be allowed to read, -write or test for existence of the file (or other file system +write or test for existance of the file (or other filesystem object) whose name is .IR pathname . diff --git a/man2/acct.2 b/man2/acct.2 index efa4bc8a6e..a3e8215862 100644 --- a/man2/acct.2 +++ b/man2/acct.2 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ to If acctkit is installed the function performs 'as advertised'. -When called with the name of an existing file as argument, accounting is +When called with the name of an exisitng file as argument, accounting is turned on, records for each terminating process are appended to \fIfilename\fP as it terminates. An argument of \fBNULL\fP causes accounting to be turned off. diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2 index 77d8c89baf..1bc317d054 100644 --- a/man2/clone.2 +++ b/man2/clone.2 @@ -1 +1,2 @@ .so man2/undocumented.2 + diff --git a/man2/connect.2 b/man2/connect.2 index 68d27c91be..cf881ec47f 100644 --- a/man2/connect.2 +++ b/man2/connect.2 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ connect \- initiate a connection on a socket .SH SYNOPSIS .B #include .br -.B #include +.B #incluse .sp .BI "int connect(int " sockfd ", struct sockaddr *" serv_addr ", int .BI " addrlen ); @@ -83,4 +83,4 @@ The function call first appeared in BSD 4.2. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR accept "(2), " bind "(2), " listen "(2), " -.BR socket "(2), " getsockname (2) +.BR socket "(2), " getsokname (2) diff --git a/man2/fcntl.2 b/man2/fcntl.2 index 59f6efa41f..0942a6bd6d 100644 --- a/man2/fcntl.2 +++ b/man2/fcntl.2 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ On success, the new descriptor is returned. .TP F_GETFD Read the close-on-exec flag. If the low-order bit is 0, the file will -remain open across +remaind open across .BR exec , otherwise it will be closed. .TP @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ F_GETFD Value of flag. .TP F_GETFL -Value of flags. +Value of falgs. .TP F_GETOWN Value of descriptor owner. @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ is negative or is greater than the maximum allowable value. .B EINVAL For .BR F_DUPFD , -the process already has the maximum number of file descriptors open. +the process already has the masimum number of file descriptors open. .SH NOTES The errors returned by .B dup2 diff --git a/man2/flock.2 b/man2/flock.2 index 28c8d05c22..0e96847279 100644 --- a/man2/flock.2 +++ b/man2/flock.2 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ A single file may not simultaneously have both shared and exclusive locks. A file is locked (i.e., the inode), .I not -the file descriptor. So, +the file description. So, .BR dup (2) and .BR fork (2) diff --git a/man2/fork.2 b/man2/fork.2 index 3eef3e7bec..2be47c7776 100644 --- a/man2/fork.2 +++ b/man2/fork.2 @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ PID, and in the fact that resource utilizations are set to 0. .PP Under Linux, .B fork -is implemented using copy-on-write pages, so the only penalty incurred by +is implemented using copy-on-write pages, so the only penalty incured by fork is the time and memory required to duplicate the parent's page tables, and to create a unique task structure for the child. .SH "RETURN VALUE" diff --git a/man2/getdtablesize.2 b/man2/getdtablesize.2 index d6e96cbdfc..41be195556 100644 --- a/man2/getdtablesize.2 +++ b/man2/getdtablesize.2 @@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ getdtablesize \- get descriptor table size .sp .B int getdtablesize(void); .SH DESCRIPTION -.B getdtablesize +.B gettablesize returns the maximum number of files a process can have open. .SH NOTES -.B getdtablesize +.B gettablesize is implemented as a library function in DLL 4.4.1. This function returns .B OPEN_MAX (set to 256 in Linux 0.99.11) if diff --git a/man2/getgid.2 b/man2/getgid.2 index 2403cf6ddd..0c3ef1f729 100644 --- a/man2/getgid.2 +++ b/man2/getgid.2 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ returns the real group ID of the current process. .B getegid returns the effective group ID of the current process. -The real ID corresponds to the ID of the calling process. The effective ID +The real ID corresonds to the ID of the calling process. The effective ID corresponds to the set ID bit on the file being executed. .SH ERRORS These functions are always successful. diff --git a/man2/getgroups.2 b/man2/getgroups.2 index 3032d27e31..7c1ef85bbe 100644 --- a/man2/getgroups.2 +++ b/man2/getgroups.2 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ getgroups, setgroups \- get/set group access list .B getgroups Up to .I size -supplemental groups are returned in +supplemental gorups are returned in .IR list . If .I size @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ process is returned. .TP .B setgroups Sets the supplemental groups for the process. Only the super-user may use -this function. +this funciton. .SH "RETURN VALUE" .TP .B getgroups diff --git a/man2/getitimer.2 b/man2/getitimer.2 index 635c723aa8..9808972559 100644 --- a/man2/getitimer.2 +++ b/man2/getitimer.2 @@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ and are significant in determining the duration of a timer. .LP Timers will never expire before the requested time, -instead expiring some short, constant time afterwards, dependent +instead expiring some short, constant time afterwards, dependant on the system timer resolution (currently 10ms). Upon expiration, a signal will be generated and the timer reset. If the timer expires while the process is active (always true for .BR ITIMER_VIRT ) the signal will be delivered immediately when generated. Otherwise the -delivery will be offset by a small time dependent on the system loading. +delivery will be offset by a small time dependant on the system loading. .LP .SH "RETURN VALUE" On success, zero is returned. On error, \-1 is returned, and diff --git a/man2/getsockopt.2 b/man2/getsockopt.2 index f84d2e706d..955448d7c5 100644 --- a/man2/getsockopt.2 +++ b/man2/getsockopt.2 @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ facilities. Instead, messages are directed to the appropriate network interface according to the network portion of the destination address. .B SO_LINGER -controls the action taken when unsent messages +controls the action taken when unsent messags are queued on socket and a .BR close (2) is performed. diff --git a/man2/gettimeofday.2 b/man2/gettimeofday.2 index 860791e313..9dba0af368 100644 --- a/man2/gettimeofday.2 +++ b/man2/gettimeofday.2 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ can set the time as well as a timezone. .I tv is a .B timeval -struct, as specified in /usr/include/sys/time.h: +struct, as specififed in /usr/include/sys/time.h: .sp .nf struct timeval { diff --git a/man2/getuid.2 b/man2/getuid.2 index 7933f8d34d..e27e66890f 100644 --- a/man2/getuid.2 +++ b/man2/getuid.2 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ returns the real user ID of the current process. .B geteuid returns the effective user ID of the current process. -The real ID corresponds to the ID of the calling process. The effective ID +The real ID corresonds to the ID of the calling process. The effective ID corresponds to the set ID bit on the file being executed. .SH ERRORS These functions are always successful. diff --git a/man2/gtty.2 b/man2/gtty.2 index 77d8c89baf..1bc317d054 100644 --- a/man2/gtty.2 +++ b/man2/gtty.2 @@ -1 +1,2 @@ .so man2/undocumented.2 + diff --git a/man2/intro.2 b/man2/intro.2 index 28025f849d..7a7f8cdeaf 100644 --- a/man2/intro.2 +++ b/man2/intro.2 @@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ .\" This file may be distributed under the GNU General Public License. .\" .\" Tue Jul 6 12:42:46 MDT 1993 (dminer@nyx.cs.du.edu) -.\" Added "Calling Directly" and supporting paragraphs +.\" Added "Calling Directly" and supporting paragraphcs .\" .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 15:19:12 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .\" .TH INTRO 2 .SH NAME -intro \- Introduction to system calls +into \- Introduction to system calls .SH DESCRIPTION This chapter describes Linux system calls. .SS "Calling Directly" In most cases, it is unnecessary to invoke a system call directly, but there -are times with the Standard C library does not implement a nice function call +are times with the Standand C library does not implement a nice function call for you. .SS "Synopsis" #include diff --git a/man2/kill.2 b/man2/kill.2 index 59009d4197..ff357227eb 100644 --- a/man2/kill.2 +++ b/man2/kill.2 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" Copyright (c) 1992 Drew Eckhardt (drew@cs.colorado.edu), March 28, 1992 .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License. .\" Modified by Michael Haardt (u31b3hs@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de) -.\" Modified by Thomas Koenig (ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de) +.\" Modified by Thomas Koengig (ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de) .\" Modified Fri Jul 23 21:51:36 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .\" Modified Sun Jul 25 10:53:24 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .TH KILL 2 "23 July 1993" "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The pid or process group does not exist. .B EPERM The effective userid of the process calling .B kill() -is not equal to the effective userid of +is not equal to the effctive userid of \fIpid\fP, unless the superuser called \fBkill()\fP. diff --git a/man2/lseek.2 b/man2/lseek.2 index ee2f2397ff..466f444afd 100644 --- a/man2/lseek.2 +++ b/man2/lseek.2 @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ The .B lseek function allows the file offset to be set beyond the end of the existing end-of-file of the file. If data is later written at this point, subsequent -reads of the data in the gap return bytes of zeros (until data is actually +reads of the data in the gap return bytes of zeros (until data is actualy written into the gap). Some devices are incapable of seeking. The value of the pointer @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ associated with such a device is undefined. Upon successful completion, .B lseek returns the resulting offset location as measured in bytes from the -beginning of the file. Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and +begining of the file. Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and .I errno is set to indicate the error. .SH ERRORS diff --git a/man2/mkdir.2 b/man2/mkdir.2 index d421b2aa80..1f15be0c0c 100644 --- a/man2/mkdir.2 +++ b/man2/mkdir.2 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The directory .I path is created with the access permissions specified by .I mode -and restricted by the +and restricted by the the .BR umask (2) of the calling process. @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ placed cannot be extended because there is no space left on the file system containing the directory. .TP .B ENOSPC -The new directory cannot be created because there is no space +The new directory cannot be created because there there is no space left on the file system that will contain the directory. .TP .B ENOSPC diff --git a/man2/mount.2 b/man2/mount.2 index ca4362e03a..6622fde8c3 100644 --- a/man2/mount.2 +++ b/man2/mount.2 @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ attaches the filesystem specified by to the directory specified by .IR dir . -.B umount -removes the attachment of the filesystem specified by +.B unmount +removes the attachement of the filesystem specified by .IR specialfile . Only the super-user may mount and unmount filesystems. @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ On success, zero is returned. On error, \-1 is returned, and .I errno is set appropriately. .SH ERRORS -The errors are far too numerous to be completely list here. Further, each +The errors are far too numerous to completely list here. Further, each filesystem type may have its own special errors and its own special behavior. See the kernel source code for details. diff --git a/man2/msgctl.2 b/man2/msgctl.2 index eb786ab2b8..d786b1cb49 100644 --- a/man2/msgctl.2 +++ b/man2/msgctl.2 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ are: Copy info from the message queue data structure into the structure pointed to by .IR buf . -The user must have read access privileges on the message queue. +The user must have read access priviledges on the message queue. .TP .B IPC_SET Write the values of some members of the @@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ value beyond the system parameter .BR MSGMNB . .TP .B IPC_RMID -Remove immediately the message queue and its data structures -awakening all waiting reader and writer processes (with an error +Remove immediatly the message queue and its data structures +awakening all waiting reader and writer processess (with an error return and .B errno set to @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ has value or .B IPC_RMID but the calling process effective user\-ID has insufficient -privileges to execute the command. +priviledges to execute the command. Note this is also the case of a non super\-user process trying to increase the .B msg_qbytes diff --git a/man2/msgget.2 b/man2/msgget.2 index 5d6249d8ea..b89037cfe9 100644 --- a/man2/msgget.2 +++ b/man2/msgget.2 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ msgget \- get a message queue identifier .BI "int msgget ( key_t " key , .BI "int "msgflg " )" .SH DESCRIPTION -The function returns the message queue identifier associated +The function returns the messsage queue identifier associated to the value of the .I key argument. diff --git a/man2/msgop.2 b/man2/msgop.2 index 5c1dbd98bc..a9263f36bd 100644 --- a/man2/msgop.2 +++ b/man2/msgop.2 @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ argument. .PP The argument .I msgflg -specifies the system call behaviour if enqueuing the new message +specifies the system call behaviour if enqueueing the new message will require more than .B msg_qbytes in the queue. @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ system call succeeds), or the queue is removed (in which case the system call fails with .B errno -set to +seto to .BR EIDRM ), or the process receives a signal that has to be caught (in which case the system call fails @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ as follows: is set to the process-\ID of the calling process. .IP .B msg_qnum -is incremented by 1. +is incremente by 1. .IP .B msg_stime is set to the current time. @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ as follows: is set to the process-\ID of the calling process. .IP .B msg_qnum -is decremented by 1. +is decremente by 1. .IP .B msg_rtime is set to the current time. @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ Maximum size for a message text: the implementation set this value to 4080 bytes. .TP .B MSGMNB -Default maximum size in bytes of a message queue: policy dependent. +Default maximum syze in bytes of a message queue: policy dependent. The super\-user can increase the size of a message queue beyond .B MSGMNB by a diff --git a/man2/pause.2 b/man2/pause.2 index 7d6710f11d..662b44bf9a 100644 --- a/man2/pause.2 +++ b/man2/pause.2 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pause \- wait for signal .B int pause(void); .SH DESCRIPTION .B pause -causes the process to sleep until a signal is received. +causes the process to sleep until a signal is recieved. .SH "RETURN VALUE" .B pause always returns \-1, and diff --git a/man2/phys.2 b/man2/phys.2 index 33ac7b2094..d9eef978cd 100644 --- a/man2/phys.2 +++ b/man2/phys.2 @@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ to \fBphys\fP maps arbitrary physical memory into a process's virtual address space. \fIphysnum\fP is number (0\(en3) that specifies which -of the 4 physical spaces to set up. Up to 4 \fBphys\fP calls can be -active at any one time. \fIvirtaddr\fP is the process's virtual address. +of the 4 ohysical spaces to set up. Up to 4 \fBphys\fP calls can be +active at any one time. \fIvirtaddr\fP is the process's vitual address. \fIsize\fP is the number of bytes to map in. \fIphysaddr\fP is the physical address to map in. .PP -Valid \fIvirtaddr\fP and \fIphysaddr\fP values are constrained by +Valid \fIvirtaddr\fP and \fIphysaddr\fP values are constarined by hardware and must be at an address multiple of the resolution of the CPU's memory management scheme. If \fIsize\fP is non zero, \fIsize\fP is rounded up to the next MMU resolution boundary. If \fIsize\fP is -zero, any previous \fBphys\fP(2) mapping for that \fIphysnum\fP is +zero, any previous \fBphys\fP(2) mapping for that \fIphsynum\fP is nullified. .SH "RETURN VALUE" On success, zero is returned. On error, \-1 is returned, and diff --git a/man2/profil.2 b/man2/profil.2 index 7b2f793c23..d34b972edb 100644 --- a/man2/profil.2 +++ b/man2/profil.2 @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ a user-space implementation. .I Buf points to -.I bufsiz +.I bufsize bytes of core. Every virtual microsecond, the user's program counter (PC) is examined: .I offset diff --git a/man2/read.2 b/man2/read.2 index 3324d8ae3c..1c0805e6ae 100644 --- a/man2/read.2 +++ b/man2/read.2 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" You may distribute it under the terms of the GNU General .\" Public Licence. It comes with NO WARRANTY. .\" -.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 00:06:00 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 00:06:00 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.ucn.edu) .\" .TH READ 2 "23 July 1993" Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bytes from file descriptor into the buffer starting at .I buf. .SH "RETURN VALUE" -On success, the number of bytes read are returned (zero indicates end of +On success, the number of bytes read are returned (zero indicated end of file). On error, \-1 is returned, and .I errno is set appropriately. diff --git a/man2/recv.2 b/man2/recv.2 index c203d9c0b4..e1d5f61189 100644 --- a/man2/recv.2 +++ b/man2/recv.2 @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ The argument is an invalid descriptor. .TP .B ENOTCONN -The socket is associated with a connection-oriented protocol +The socket is assoicated with a connection-oriented protocol and has not been connected (see .BR connect (2) and diff --git a/man2/select.2 b/man2/select.2 index 074ad54847..3479bc66ca 100644 --- a/man2/select.2 +++ b/man2/select.2 @@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ causes the calling process to sleep until a file descriptor in .IR writefds , or .I exceptfds -becomes available for reading, writing, or has +becomes availble for reading, writing, or has an exception raised respectively, or until the time limit set by -.I timeout +.I timout has elapsed. On exit, diff --git a/man2/semctl.2 b/man2/semctl.2 index 109a34d664..15e7636587 100644 --- a/man2/semctl.2 +++ b/man2/semctl.2 @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ into the structure pointed to by The argument .I semnum is ignored. -The calling process must have read access privileges on the semaphore set. +The calling process must have read access priviledges on the semaphore set. .TP .B IPC_SET Write the values of some members of the @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ to the semaphore set data structure, updating also its .B sem_ctime member. Considered members from the user supplied -.B "struct semid_ds" +.B "struc semid_ds" pointed to by .IB arg .buf are @@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ The argument is ignored. .TP .B IPC_RMID -Remove immediately the semaphore set and its data structures -awakening all waiting processes (with an error return and +Remove immediatly the semaphore set and its data structures +awakening all waiting processess (with an error return and .B errno set to .BR EIDRM ). @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ for all semaphores of the set into The argument .I semnum is ignored. -The calling process must have read access privileges on the semaphore set. +The calling process must have read access priviledges on the semaphore set. .TP .B GETNCNT The system call returns the value of @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ semaphore of the set for the .IR semno \-th semaphore of the set). -The calling process must have read access privileges on the semaphore set. +The calling process must have read access priviledges on the semaphore set. .TP .B GETPID The system call returns the value of @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ semaphore of the set call for the .IR semno \-th semaphore of the set). -The calling process must have read access privileges on the semaphore set. +The calling process must have read access priviledges on the semaphore set. .TP .B GETVAL The system call returns the value of @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ The system call returns the value of for the .IR semno \-th semaphore of the set. -The calling process must have read access privileges on the semaphore set. +The calling process must have read access priviledges on the semaphore set. .TP .B GETZCNT The system call returns the value of @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ semaphore of the set of the .IR semno \-th semaphore of the set to become 0). -The calling process must have read access privileges on the semaphore set. +The calling process must have read access priviledges on the semaphore set. .TP .B SETALL Set @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ becomes 0 or increases. The argument .I semnum is ignored. -The calling process must have alter access privileges on the semaphore set. +The calling process must have alter access priviledges on the semaphore set. .TP .B SETVAL Set the value of @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ Undo entry is cleared for altered semaphore in all processes. Processes sleeping on the wait queue are awakened if .B semval becomes 0 or increases. -The calling process must have alter access privileges on the semaphore set. +The calling process must have alter access priviledges on the semaphore set. .SH "RETURN VALUE" On fail the system call returns .B \-1 @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ has value or .B IPC_RMID but the calling process effective user\-ID has insufficient -privileges to execute the command. +priviledges to execute the command. .TP .B ERANGE The argument diff --git a/man2/semget.2 b/man2/semget.2 index 6928c3ea32..5bd13caa61 100644 --- a/man2/semget.2 +++ b/man2/semget.2 @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Otherwise .I nsems must be greater than .B 0 -and less or equal to the maximum number of semaphores per semid, +and less or equal to the maximun number of semaphores per semid, .RB ( SEMMSL ). .PP If the semaphore set already exists, the access permissions are diff --git a/man2/semop.2 b/man2/semop.2 index 86a3b6a9ba..927a37624c 100644 --- a/man2/semop.2 +++ b/man2/semop.2 @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ set to Otherwise .B semzcnt is incremented by one and the process sleeps until -one of the following occurs: +one of the following occours: .IP .RS .IP \(bu @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ set to Otherwise .B semncnt is incremented by one and the process sleeps until -one of the following occurs: +one of the following occours: .IP .RS .IP \(bu @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ at which time the value of .B semncnt is decremented, the absolute value of .B sem_op -is subtracted from +is subctracted from .B semval and, if .B SEM_UNDO @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ For some operation .B semop+semval is greater than .BR SEMVMX , -the implementation dependent maximum value for +the implementaion dependent maximun value for .BR semval . .SH NOTES The @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ Maximum allowable value for implementation dependent (32767). .PP The implementation has no intrinsic limits for -the adjust on exit maximum value +the adjust on exit maximun value .RB ( SEMAEM ), the system wide maximum number of undo structures .RB ( SEMMNU ) @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ The system maintains a per process structure for each semaphore altered by the process with undo requests. Those structures are free at process exit. One major cause for unhappiness with the undo mechanism is that it -does not fit in with the notion of having an atomic set of operations +does not fit in with the notion of having an atomic set of operations an an array of semaphores. The undo requests for an array and each semaphore therein may have been accumulated over many @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ Should the process sleep when exiting, or should all undo operations be applied with the .B IPC_NOWAIT flag in effect? -Currently those undo operations which go through immediately are applied, +Currently those undo operations which go through immediatly are applied, and those that require a wait are ignored silently. Thus harmless undo usage is guaranteed with private semaphores only. .SH "SEE ALSO" diff --git a/man2/setgid.2 b/man2/setgid.2 index 9e7ee26294..ecf9e555a3 100644 --- a/man2/setgid.2 +++ b/man2/setgid.2 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source. .\" .\" Copyright 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) -.\" Portions extracted from linux/kernel/sys.c: +.\" Poritions extracted from linux/kernel/sys.c: .\" Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License .TH SETUID 2 "24 July 1993" "Linux 0.99.11" "Linux Programmer's Manual" @@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ sets the real group ID of the current process. .B setegid sets the effective group ID of the current process. -The real ID corresponds to the ID of the calling process. The effective ID +The real ID corresonds to the ID of the calling process. The effective ID corresponds to the set ID bit on the file being executed. .SH "NOTES FROM THE KERNEL SOURCE" Under Linux 0.99.11, .B setgid -is implemented like SysV w/ SAVED_IDS +is implemeneted like SysV w/ SAVED_IDS .SH "RETURN VALUE" On success, zero is returned. On error, \-1 is returned, and .I errno diff --git a/man2/setpgid.2 b/man2/setpgid.2 index f031d1ae98..98b9085cc7 100644 --- a/man2/setpgid.2 +++ b/man2/setpgid.2 @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ return zero. On error, \-1 is returned, and is set appropriately. .I getpgrp -always returns the current process group. +always returns the current proccess group. .SH ERRORS .TP 0.8i .B EINVAL diff --git a/man2/setregid.2 b/man2/setregid.2 index ed36fd6f61..cc2c18ad11 100644 --- a/man2/setregid.2 +++ b/man2/setregid.2 @@ -32,13 +32,14 @@ .\" @(#)setregid.2 6.4 (Berkeley) 3/10/91 .\" .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 09:08:49 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) -.\" Portions extracted from linux/kernel/sys.c: +.\" Poritions extracted from linux/kernel/sys.c: .\" Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License .\" .\" .TH SETREGID 2 "24 July 1993" "Linux 0.99.11" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME +.Sh NAME setregid \- set real and effective group ID .SH SYNOPSIS .B #include diff --git a/man2/setreuid.2 b/man2/setreuid.2 index 147b0528fd..97b3f9bbbe 100644 --- a/man2/setreuid.2 +++ b/man2/setreuid.2 @@ -32,13 +32,14 @@ .\" @(#)setregid.2 6.4 (Berkeley) 3/10/91 .\" .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 09:08:49 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) -.\" Portions extracted from linux/kernel/sys.c: +.\" Poritions extracted from linux/kernel/sys.c: .\" Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License .\" .\" .TH SETREUID 2 "24 July 1993" "Linux 0.99.11" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME +.Sh NAME setreuid \- set real and effective user ID .SH SYNOPSIS .B #include diff --git a/man2/setuid.2 b/man2/setuid.2 index 6195e864fa..1a9d167286 100644 --- a/man2/setuid.2 +++ b/man2/setuid.2 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source. .\" .\" Copyright 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) -.\" Portions extracted from linux/kernel/sys.c: +.\" Poritions extracted from linux/kernel/sys.c: .\" Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License .TH SETUID 2 "24 July 1993" "Linux 0.99.11" "Linux Programmer's Manual" @@ -20,19 +20,19 @@ sets the real user ID of the current process. .B seteuid sets the effective user ID of the current process. -The real ID corresponds to the ID of the calling process. The effective ID +The real ID corresonds to the ID of the calling process. The effective ID corresponds to the set ID bit on the file being executed. .SH "NOTES FROM THE KERNEL SOURCE" Under Linux 0.99.11, .B setuid -is implemented like SysV w/ SAVED_IDS +is implemeneted like SysV w/ SAVED_IDS Note that SAVED_ID's is deficient in that a setuid root program like sendmail, for example, cannot set its uid to be a normal user and then switch back, because if you're root, .B setuid sets the saved uid too. If you don't like this, blame the bright people in -the POSIX committee and/or USG. Note that the BSD-style +the POSIX commmittee and/or USG. Note that the BSD-style .B setreuid will allow a root program to temporarily drop privileges and be able to regain them by swapping the real and effective uid. diff --git a/man2/setup.2 b/man2/setup.2 index 6f13a0f205..7ce971e81c 100644 --- a/man2/setup.2 +++ b/man2/setup.2 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ is defined, from within .IR linux/include/linux/config.h , the value provided by .I BIOS -is overridden. Otherwise, The structure pointed to by +is overided. Otherwise, The structure pointed to by .I BIOS is assumed to be a one or two element array of .B hd_i_struct diff --git a/man2/shmget.2 b/man2/shmget.2 index d1fad930a2..06404cc7be 100644 --- a/man2/shmget.2 +++ b/man2/shmget.2 @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ is the effective minimum size). System wide maximum number of shared memory segments: implementation dependent (currently 4096). .PP -The implementation has no specific limits for the per process maximum +The implementation has no specific limits for the per process maximun number of shared memory segments .RB ( SHMSEG ). .SH BUGS diff --git a/man2/shmop.2 b/man2/shmop.2 index b39cf41b89..1cb1eb9fbc 100644 --- a/man2/shmop.2 +++ b/man2/shmop.2 @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ to a multiple of .BR SHMLBA . Otherwise .I shmaddr -must be a page aligned address at which the attach occurs. +must be a page aligned address at which the attach occours. .PP If .B SHM_RDONLY @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ type. .B EINVAL Invalid .I shmid -value, unaligned (i.e., not page-aligned and \fBSHM_RND\fP was not +value, unaligned (i.e., not page-aligned and fBSHM_RND\fP was not specified) or invalid .I shmaddr value, or failing attach at @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ will be set to .SH NOTES On executing a .BR fork (2) -system call, the child inherits all the attached shared memory segments. +system call, the child inherites all the attached shared memory segments. .PP The shared memory segments attached to a process executing an .BR exec (2) diff --git a/man2/stat.2 b/man2/stat.2 index 4b8c58838f..4cc35b3b4d 100644 --- a/man2/stat.2 +++ b/man2/stat.2 @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ S_IFDIR 0040000 directory .TP S_IFCHR -0020000 character device +0020000 chracter device .TP S_IFIFO 0010000 fifo diff --git a/man2/statfs.2 b/man2/statfs.2 index 6e3a257f25..9ab1b3f0cc 100644 --- a/man2/statfs.2 +++ b/man2/statfs.2 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 11:27:31 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .\" -.TH STATFS 2 "24 July 1993" "Linux 0.99.11" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH STASFS 2 "24 July 1993" "Linux 0.99.11" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .Sh NAME statfs, fstatfs \- get file system statistics .SH SYNOPSIS diff --git a/man2/swapon.2 b/man2/swapon.2 index c3608f8ad2..024378ef10 100644 --- a/man2/swapon.2 +++ b/man2/swapon.2 @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ .\" .TH SWAPON 2 "24 July 1993" "Linux 0.99.11" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME -swapon, swapoff \- start/stop swapping to file/device +swapon, swapoff \- start/stop swaping to file/device .SH SYNOPSIS .B #include .sp diff --git a/man2/sync.2 b/man2/sync.2 index 4e0a4e2fd0..76c99c94cc 100644 --- a/man2/sync.2 +++ b/man2/sync.2 @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ first commits inodes to buffers, and then buffers to disk. .SH "RETURN VALUE" .B sync always returns 0. -.SH "CONFORMING TO" +.SH "CONFOMRING TO" SVID, AT&T, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3 .SH BUGS \fBsync()\fP only schedules the writes, so it may return before the actual diff --git a/man2/sysinfo.2 b/man2/sysinfo.2 index 2a9e43d30d..d83fe1985f 100644 --- a/man2/sysinfo.2 +++ b/man2/sysinfo.2 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct sysinfo { .RE .B sysinfo -provides a simple way of getting overall system statistics. This is more +procides a simple way of getting overall system statistics. This is more portable than reading \fI/dev/kmem\fP. .SH "RETURN VALUE" On success, zero is returned. On error, \-1 is returned, and diff --git a/man2/time.2 b/man2/time.2 index b604328776..98317491c1 100644 --- a/man2/time.2 +++ b/man2/time.2 @@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ time \- get time in seconds .sp .BI "time_t time(time_t *" t ); .SH DESCRIPTION -\fBtime\fP returns the time since 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970, +\Btime\fP returns the time since 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970, measured in seconds. If .I t -is non null, +is nonnull, the return value is also stored in the memory pointed to by .IR t . .SH "CONFORMING TO" diff --git a/man2/undocumented.2 b/man2/undocumented.2 index 826068c074..a2042d6264 100644 --- a/man2/undocumented.2 +++ b/man2/undocumented.2 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .TH UNDOCUMENTED 2 "25 July 1993" "Linux 0.99.11" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME break, stty, gtty, prof, ulimit, setsid, siggetmask, sigsetmask, -socketcall, klog, sigreturn, clone, syslog \- undocumented system calls +socketcall, klog, sigreturn, clone, syslog \- undocumented system call .SH SYNOPSIS None. .SH DESCRIPTION diff --git a/man2/uselib.2 b/man2/uselib.2 index 37fdba2272..37107d48c4 100644 --- a/man2/uselib.2 +++ b/man2/uselib.2 @@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ is not readable. .SH "CONFORMING TO" \fBuselib()\fP is Linux specific. .SH "SEE ALSO" -.BR open "(2), " mmap "(2), " ldd "(1), " gcc "(1), " ar "(1), " ld (1) +.BR open "(2), mmap "(2), " ldd "(1), " gcc "(1), " ar "(1), " ld (1) diff --git a/man2/wait.2 b/man2/wait.2 index ee633b78e5..4d493be2a5 100644 --- a/man2/wait.2 +++ b/man2/wait.2 @@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ by the child are freed. The .B waitpid -function suspends execution of the current process until a +function function suspends execution of the current process until a child as specified by the .I pid -argument has exited, or until a signal is delivered whose action is to +argument has exited, or until a signal is deliverd whose action is to terminate the current process or to call a signal handling function. If a child as requested by .I pid @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ store status information in the location pointed to by This status can be evaluated with the following macros: .TP 0.8i -.BI WIFEXITED(* status ) +.BI WIFEXIDED(* status ) is non \-zero if the child exited normally. .TP .BI WEXITSTATUS(* status ) diff --git a/man2/wait4.2 b/man2/wait4.2 index ce23da7852..a79dd97801 100644 --- a/man2/wait4.2 +++ b/man2/wait4.2 @@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ by the child are freed. The .B wait4 -function suspends execution of the current process until a +function function suspends execution of the current process until a child as specified by the .I pid -argument has exited, or until a signal is delivered whose action is to +argument has exited, or until a signal is deliverd whose action is to terminate the current process or to call a signal handling function. If a child as requested by .I pid @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ store status information in the location pointed to by .PP This status can be evaluated with the following macros: .TP -.BI WIFEXITED(* status ) +.BI WIFEXIDED(* status ) is non \-zero if the child exited normally. .TP .BI WEXITSTATUS(* status ) diff --git a/man2/write.2 b/man2/write.2 index 131e62acdd..f9ccd1cd80 100644 --- a/man2/write.2 +++ b/man2/write.2 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ write \- write to a file descriptor .br .B #include .sp -.BI "size_t write(int " fd ", const char *" buf ", size_t " count ); +.BI "ssize_t write(int " fd ", const char *" buf ", size_t " count ); .SH DESCRIPTION .B write writes up to @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bytes from file descriptor from the buffer starting at .I buf. .SH "RETURN VALUE" -On success, the number of bytes written are returned (zero indicates end of +On success, the number of bytes written are returned (zero indicated end of file). On error, \-1 is returned, and .I errno is set appropriately. @@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ is set appropriately. .TP 0.8i .B EBADF .I fd -is not a valid file descriptor or is not open for writing. +is not a valid file descriptor or is not open for reading. .TP .B EINVAL .I fd -is attached to an object which is unsuitable for writing. +is attached to an object which is unsuitable for reading. .TP .B EFAULT .I buf diff --git a/man3/assert.3 b/man3/assert.3 index 2e0c35c3da..bbdfcd84d8 100644 --- a/man3/assert.3 +++ b/man3/assert.3 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ANSI - C .SH "BUGS" .B assert() is implemented as a macro; if the expression tested has side - effects, -program behaviour will be different depending on whether +program behaviour will be different depending on wether .B NDEBUG is defined. This may create Heisenbugs which go away when debugging is turned on. .SH "SEE ALSO" diff --git a/man3/byteorder.3 b/man3/byteorder.3 index 6685955a77..d552fc076b 100644 --- a/man3/byteorder.3 +++ b/man3/byteorder.3 @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ byte order .sp .BI "unsigned short int ntohs(unsigned short int " netshort ); .fi -.SH DESCRIPTION +.SH DESCRIPTIO The \fBhtonl()\fP function converts the long integer \fIhostlong\fP from host byte order to network byte order. .PP diff --git a/man3/clearerr.3 b/man3/clearerr.3 index 3a95cca9fd..196ef922de 100644 --- a/man3/clearerr.3 +++ b/man3/clearerr.3 @@ -1 +1 @@ -.so man3/ferror.3 +man3/ferror.3 diff --git a/man3/confstr.3 b/man3/confstr.3 index babbbc3846..d8efc5a52c 100644 --- a/man3/confstr.3 +++ b/man3/confstr.3 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ is not zero, .B confstr() copies the value of the string to .I buf -truncated to +truncuated to .I len \- 1 characters if necessary, with a null character as termination. This can be detected by comparing the return value of diff --git a/man3/endnetent.3 b/man3/endnetent.3 index 70f5670dc7..2b4ca4140c 100644 --- a/man3/endnetent.3 +++ b/man3/endnetent.3 @@ -1 +1 @@ -.so man3/getnetent.3 +.so man3/getnetbyname.3 diff --git a/man3/feof.3 b/man3/feof.3 index 3a95cca9fd..196ef922de 100644 --- a/man3/feof.3 +++ b/man3/feof.3 @@ -1 +1 @@ -.so man3/ferror.3 +man3/ferror.3 diff --git a/man3/ferror.3 b/man3/ferror.3 index a298abab5f..fa0f6915cf 100644 --- a/man3/ferror.3 +++ b/man3/ferror.3 @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ The function .B fileno examines the argument .I stream -and returns its integer descriptor. +and returns its integer desciptor. .SH ERRORS These functions should not fail and do not set the external variable .IR errno . diff --git a/man3/fgetc.3 b/man3/fget3.c similarity index 100% rename from man3/fgetc.3 rename to man3/fget3.c diff --git a/man3/fileno.3 b/man3/fileno.3 index 3a95cca9fd..196ef922de 100644 --- a/man3/fileno.3 +++ b/man3/fileno.3 @@ -1 +1 @@ -.so man3/ferror.3 +man3/ferror.3 diff --git a/man3/fnmatch.3 b/man3/fnmatch.3 index 340b9e9654..48abcbc0eb 100644 --- a/man3/fnmatch.3 +++ b/man3/fnmatch.3 @@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ argument modifies the behaviour; it is the bitwise OR of zero or more of the following flags: .TP .B FNM_NOESCAPE -If this flag is set, treat backslash as an ordinary character, -instead of an escape character. +If this flag is set, treat backslash as an ordinary charachter, +instead of an escape charachter. .TP .B FNM_PATHNAME If this flag is set, match a slash in .I string only with a slash in .I pattern -and not, for example, with a [] \- sequence containing a slash. +and not, for example, with a [] \- sequence containting a slash. .TP .B FNM_PERIOD If flag this is set, a leading period in diff --git a/man3/fpathconf.3 b/man3/fpathconf.3 index 624e674ce4..8d432c02c5 100644 --- a/man3/fpathconf.3 +++ b/man3/fpathconf.3 @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ generates an error. The corresponding macro is .BR _POSIX_NO_TRUNC . .TP .B _PC_VDISABLE -returns nonzero if special character processing can be disabled, where +returns nonyero if special character processing can be disabled, where .I filedes or .I path @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ equal to .B _PC_NAME_MAX may exist in the given directory. .PP -Some returned values may be huge; they are not suitable for allocating +Some returned vaules may be huge; they are not suitable for allocating memory. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR getconf "(1), " statfs "(2), " open "(2), " sysconf (3) diff --git a/man3/fseek.3 b/man3/fseek.3 index 77dd4c7e16..ca1f54902d 100644 --- a/man3/fseek.3 +++ b/man3/fseek.3 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fgetpos, fseek, fsetpos, ftell, rewind \- reposition a stream .SH SYNOPSIS .B #include .sp -.BI "int fseek( FILE *" stream ", long " offset ", int " whence ); +.BI "int fseek( FILE *" stream ", long " offset ", int" whence ); .br .BI "long ftell( FILE *" stream ); .br diff --git a/man3/ftok.3 b/man3/ftok.3 index be20293c98..b16dfe7da1 100644 --- a/man3/ftok.3 +++ b/man3/ftok.3 @@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ The generated .B key_t value is obtained .BR stat \-ing -the disk file corresponding to +the disk file correspondig to .I pathname in order to get its i\-node number and the minor device number of the filesystem on which the disk file resides, then by combining the 8 bit .I proj -value along with the lower 16 bits of the i\-node number, +value along with the the lower 16 bits of the i\-node number, along with the 8 bits of the minor device number. The algorithm does not guarantee a unique key value. In fact diff --git a/man3/ftw.3 b/man3/ftw.3 index bedb82915d..d448b4d7ac 100644 --- a/man3/ftw.3 +++ b/man3/ftw.3 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ failure, in which case it will return \-1. .PP Because \fBftp()\fP uses dynamic data structures, the only safe way to exit out of a tree walk is to return a non-zero value. To handle -interrupts, for example, mark that the interrupt occurred and return a +interrupts, for example, mark that the interrupt occured and return a non-zero value\(emdon't use .BR longjmp (3) unless the program is going to terminate. diff --git a/man3/gethostbyname.3 b/man3/gethostbyname.3 index 2b10f308ab..2ad96f5ab7 100644 --- a/man3/gethostbyname.3 +++ b/man3/gethostbyname.3 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ host entry .sp .BI "struct hostent *gethostbyaddr(const char *" addr ", int " len ", int " type ); .sp -.BI "void sethostent(int " stayopen ); +.IB "void sethostent(int " stayopen ); .sp .B void endhostent(void); .sp @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ The type of address; always AF_INET at present. The length of the address in bytes. .TP .I h_addr_list -A zero-terminated array of network addresses for the host in network byte +A zero-terminated array of network addresses for thw host in network byte order. .TP .I h_addr diff --git a/man3/getnetbyaddr.3 b/man3/getnetbyaddr.3 index 70f5670dc7..2b4ca4140c 100644 --- a/man3/getnetbyaddr.3 +++ b/man3/getnetbyaddr.3 @@ -1 +1 @@ -.so man3/getnetent.3 +.so man3/getnetbyname.3 diff --git a/man3/getnetbyname.3 b/man3/getnetbyname.3 index 70f5670dc7..2b4ca4140c 100644 --- a/man3/getnetbyname.3 +++ b/man3/getnetbyname.3 @@ -1 +1 @@ -.so man3/getnetent.3 +.so man3/getnetbyname.3 diff --git a/man3/glob.3 b/man3/glob.3 index 1b6e3d4a0c..c3f19a923c 100644 --- a/man3/glob.3 +++ b/man3/glob.3 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ slots will be reserved at the beginning of the list of strings in .BR pglob->pathv , .TP .B GLOB_NOCHECK -which means that, if no pattern matches, to return the original pattern, +which means that, if no pattern matches, to return the original patttern, .TP .B GLOB_APPEND which means to append to the results of a previous call. Do not set @@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ this flag on the first invocation of .BR glob() . .TP .B GLOB_NOESCAPE -which means that meta characters cannot be quoted by backspaces, and +which means that metacharacters cannot be quoted by backspaces, and .TP .B GLOB_PERIOD -which means that a leading period can be matched by meta characters. +which means that a leading period can be matched by metacharacters. .PP If .I errfunc diff --git a/man3/isalpha.3 b/man3/isalpha.3 index edf87a558f..0d5b21d6ce 100644 --- a/man3/isalpha.3 +++ b/man3/isalpha.3 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ isspace, isupper, isxdigit \- character classification routines .BI "int isxdigit (int " "c" ");" .fi .SH DESCRIPTION -These functions check whether +These functions check wether .IR c , which must have the value of an .B unsigned char diff --git a/man3/killpg.3 b/man3/killpg.3 index 2bc2dfbfd0..138247dd62 100644 --- a/man3/killpg.3 +++ b/man3/killpg.3 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ for a process group which does not exist, and .TP .B EPERM if the userid of the calling process is not equal to that of the -process the signal is sent to, and the userid is not that of the +process the signal ist sent to, and the userid is not that of the superuser. .SH "CONFORMS TO" ??? diff --git a/man3/localeconv.3 b/man3/localeconv.3 index e8e6107cb0..f593b9fd8f 100644 --- a/man3/localeconv.3 +++ b/man3/localeconv.3 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The .B localeconf() function returns a string to a .B struct lconv -for the current locale. +vor the current locale. .SH "CONFORMS TO" ANSI C, POSIX.1 .SH "BUGS" @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Support for other locales will be there Real Soon Now. .PP The .B printf() -family of functions may or may not honor the current locale. +family of functions may or may not honour the current locale. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR locale "(1), " localedef "(1), " strcoll "(3), " isalpha (3), .BR setlocale "(3), " strftime "(3), " locale (7) diff --git a/man3/malloc.3 b/man3/malloc.3 index f97d8c399a..b0b8fed840 100644 --- a/man3/malloc.3 +++ b/man3/malloc.3 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The memory is set to zero. allocates .I size bytes and returns a pointer to the allocated memory. -The memory is not cleared. +The memory ist not cleared. .PP .B free() frees the memory space pointed to by diff --git a/man3/mblen.3 b/man3/mblen.3 index 83b609aa7d..39fa80cb4c 100644 --- a/man3/mblen.3 +++ b/man3/mblen.3 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ .\" Linux libc source code .\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991) .\" 386BSD man pages -.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 18:59:43 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" Modfied Sat Jul 24 18:59:43 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .TH MBLEN 3 "March 29, 1993" "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME mblen \- determine the number of bytes in a character diff --git a/man3/opendir.3 b/man3/opendir.3 index d152c913ad..f94133c4e9 100644 --- a/man3/opendir.3 +++ b/man3/opendir.3 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ opendir \- open a directory .BI "DIR *opendir(const char *" name ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION -The \fBopendir()\fP function opens a directory stream corresponding to the +The \fBopendir()\fP function opens a directory stream corrsponding to the directory \fIname\fP, and returns a pointer to the directory stream. The stream is positioned at the first entry in the directory. .SH "RETURN VALUE" diff --git a/man3/puts.3 b/man3/puts.3 index 9fa328882d..07f34eed98 100644 --- a/man3/puts.3 +++ b/man3/puts.3 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ fputc, fputs, putc, putchar, puts \- output of characters and strings .sp .BI "int fputc(int " c ", FILE *" stream ");" .nl -.BI "int fputs(const char *" "s" ", FILE *" "stream" ");" +.BI "char *fputs(const char *" "s" ", FILE *" "stream" ");" .nl .BI "int putc(int " c ", FILE *" stream ");" .nl diff --git a/man3/setlocale.3 b/man3/setlocale.3 index aec6ab779e..87acc4c46f 100644 --- a/man3/setlocale.3 +++ b/man3/setlocale.3 @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ for the decimal character. for .BR strftime() . .B NULL -if the request cannot not be honored. +if the request cannot not be honoured. This string may be allocated in static storage. .PP A program may be made portable to all locales by calling @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Support for other locales will be there Real Soon Now. .PP The .B printf() -family of functions may or may not honor the current locale. +family of functions may or may not honour the current locale. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR locale "(1), " localedef "(1), " strcoll "(3), " isalpha (3), .BR localeconv "(3), " strftime "(3), " locale (7) diff --git a/man3/setnetent.3 b/man3/setnetent.3 index 70f5670dc7..2b4ca4140c 100644 --- a/man3/setnetent.3 +++ b/man3/setnetent.3 @@ -1 +1 @@ -.so man3/getnetent.3 +.so man3/getnetbyname.3 diff --git a/man3/setstate.3 b/man3/setstate.3 index 6e34104e2f..dd00260dba 100644 --- a/man3/setstate.3 +++ b/man3/setstate.3 @@ -1 +1,2 @@ .so man3/random.3 + diff --git a/man3/stdio.3 b/man3/stdio.3 index a48fe2c124..a4192d5062 100644 --- a/man3/stdio.3 +++ b/man3/stdio.3 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdio \- standard input/output library functions .B FILE *stderr; .SH DESCRIPTION The standard I/O library provides a simple and efficient buffered stream -I/O interface. Input and output is mapped into logical data streams and the +I/O interface. Input and ouput is mapped into logical data streams and the physical I/O characteristics are concealed. The functions and macros are listed below; more information is available from the individual man pages. .PP @@ -58,21 +58,21 @@ causes its former contents to be discarded. If a file can support positioning requests (such as a disk file, as opposed to a terminal) then a .I file position indicator associated with the stream is positioned at the start of the file (byte -zero), unless the file is opened with append mode. If append mode is used, +zero), unless the file is opened with appened mode. If append mode is used, the position indicator will be placed the end-of-file. The position indicator is maintained by subsequent reads, writes and positioning requests. All input occurs as if the characters were read by successive calls to the .BR fgetc (3) -function; all output takes place as if all characters were read by +function; all ouput takes place as if all characters were read by successive calls to the .BR fputc (3) function. .PP A file is disassociated from a stream by .I closing -the file. Output streams are flushed (any unwritten buffer contents are -transferred to the host environment) before the stream is disassociated from +the file. Ouput streams are flushed (any unwritten buffer contents are +transfered to the host environment) before the stream is disassociated from the file. The value of a pointer to a .B FILE object is indeterminate after a file is closed (garbage). @@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ do not bother about closing files properly. At program startup, three text streams are predefined and need not be opened explicitly \(em .I standard input -(for reading conventional input), \(em +(for reading converntional input), \(em .I standard output -(for writing conventional input), and +(for writing converntional input), and .I standard error (for writing diagnostic output). These streams are abbreviated .IR stdin , stdout diff --git a/man3/string.3 b/man3/string.3 index 59c2dbbc60..36e8141dfd 100644 --- a/man3/string.3 +++ b/man3/string.3 @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ .\" Modified Sun Jul 25 10:54:31 1993, Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .TH STRING 3 "April 9, 1993" "" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME -strcasecmp, strcat, strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn, +string: strcasecmp, strcat, strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn, strdup, strfry, strlen, strncat, strncmp, strncpy, strncasecmp, strpbrk, strrchr, strsep, strspn, strstr, strtok, strxfrm, index, rindex \- string operations diff --git a/man3/strpbrk.3 b/man3/strpbrk.3 index 7a150ba2b7..30b699d679 100644 --- a/man3/strpbrk.3 +++ b/man3/strpbrk.3 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ strpbrk \- search a string for any of a set of characters .BI "char *strpbrk(const char *" s ", const char *" accept ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION -The \fBstrpbrk()\fP function locates the first occurrence in the +The \fBstrpbrk()\fP function locates the first occurence in the string \fIs\fP of any of the characters in the string \fIaccept\fP. .SH "RETURN VALUE" The \fBstrpbrk()\fP function returns a pointer to the character in diff --git a/man3/strspn.3 b/man3/strspn.3 index 5084ac4666..808c3cc966 100644 --- a/man3/strspn.3 +++ b/man3/strspn.3 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ the initial segment of \fIs\fP which consist only of characters from \fIaccept\fP. .PP The \fBstrcspn()\fP function returns the number of characters in -the initial segment of \fIs\fP which are not in the string +the inital segment of \fIs\fP which are not in the string \fIreject\fP. .SH "CONFORMING TO" SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899 diff --git a/man3/strtoul.3 b/man3/strtoul.3 index 97a557ac5e..5ee1a0720a 100644 --- a/man3/strtoul.3 +++ b/man3/strtoul.3 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ all, \fBstrtoul()\fP stores the original value of \fInptr\fP in is `\\0' on return, the entire string is invalid.) .SH "RETURN VALUE" The \fBstrtoul()\fP function returns either the result of the conversion -or, if there was a leading minus sign, the negation of the result of the +or, if there was aleading minus sign, the negation of the result of the conversion, unless the original (non-negated) value would overflow; in the latter case, \fBstrtoul()\fP returns ULONG_MAX and sets the global variable \fIerrno\fP to ERANGE. diff --git a/man3/sysconf.3 b/man3/sysconf.3 index 42712e50cf..af28bee615 100644 --- a/man3/sysconf.3 +++ b/man3/sysconf.3 @@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ the corresponding macro is .BR _POSIX_OPEN_MAX . .TP .B _SC_JOB_CONTROL -This indicates whether POSIX \- style job control is supported, the +This indicates wether POSIX \- style job control is supported, the corresponding macro is .BR _POSIX_JOB_CONTROL . .TP .B _SC_SAVED_IDS -This indicates whether a process has a saved set-user-ID and a saved +This indicates wether a process has a saved set-user-ID and a saved set-group-ID; the corresponding macro is .BR _POSIX_SAVED_IDS . .TP @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ The corresponding macro is .BR LINE_MAX . .TP .B _SC_RE_DUP_MAX -The maximum number of repeated occurrences of a regular expression when +The maximum number of repeated occurences of a regular expression when the interval notation .B \e{m,n\e} is used. The value of the corresponding macro is @@ -145,29 +145,29 @@ YYYYMML. The corresponding macro is .BR POSIX2_VERSION . .TP .B _SC_2_DEV -indicates whether the POSIX.2 C language development facilities are +indicates wether the POSIX.2 C language development facilities are supported. The corresponding macro is .BR POSIX2_C_DEV . .TP .B _SC_2_FORT_DEV -indicates whether the POSIX.2 FORTRAN development utilities are +indicates wether the POSIX.2 FORTRAN development utilities are supported. The corresponding macro is .BR POSIX2_FORT_RUN . .TP .B _SC_2_FORT_RUN -indicates whether the POSIX.2 FORTRAN runtime utilities are supported. +indicates wether the POSIX.2 FORTRAN runtime utilities are supported. The corresponding macro is .BR POSIX2_FORT_RUN . .TP .B POSIX2_LOCALEDEF -indicates whether the POSIX.2 creation of locates via +indicates wether the POSIX.2 creation of locates via .BR locale (1) is supported. The corresponding macro is .BR POSIX2_LOCALEDEF . .TP .B _SC_2_SW_DEV -indicates whether the POSIX.2 software development utilities option is +indicates wether the POSIX.2 software development utilities option is supported. The corresponding macro is .BR POSIX2_SW_DEV . diff --git a/man3/system.3 b/man3/system.3 index 3d09425680..d902c773f6 100644 --- a/man3/system.3 +++ b/man3/system.3 @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ ANSI C, POSIX.1, proposed POSIX.2, BSD 4.3 Do not use .B system() from a program with suid or sgid privileges, because strange values for -some environment variables might be used to subvert system integrity. +some environment variables might be used to subvert system ingetrity. Use the .BR exec (2) family of functions instead, but not diff --git a/man4/fd.4 b/man4/fd.4 index ddd722e1b5..e9b60249f0 100644 --- a/man4/fd.4 +++ b/man4/fd.4 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 16:55:26 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .TH FD 4 "17 December 1992" "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME -fd \- floppy disk device +fd \- floppy disk devive .SH DESCRIPTION \fBFd\fP are block devices to access the floppy disk drives in raw mode. .LP diff --git a/man4/hd.4 b/man4/hd.4 index 14adf81536..dcd9bb2e7d 100644 --- a/man4/hd.4 +++ b/man4/hd.4 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 16:56:20 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .TH HD 4 "17 December 1992" "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME -hd \- MFM/IDE hard disk device +hd \- MFM/IDE hard disk devive .SH DESCRIPTION \fBHd*\fP are block devices to access the MFM/IDE hard disk drives in raw mode. .LP diff --git a/man4/lp.4 b/man4/lp.4 index 40f8927204..877a981bad 100644 --- a/man4/lp.4 +++ b/man4/lp.4 @@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ lp \- line printer devices They are typically created by: .RS .sp -mknod -m 620 /dev/lp0 c 6 0 # base address 0x03bc +mknod -m 620 /dev/lp0 c 6 0 # baseaddress 0x03bc .br -mknod -m 620 /dev/lp1 c 6 1 # base address 0x0378 +mknod -m 620 /dev/lp1 c 6 1 # baseaddress 0x0378 .br -mknod -m 620 /dev/lp2 c 6 2 # base address 0x0278 +mknod -m 620 /dev/lp2 c 6 2 # baseaddress 0x0278 .br chown root.daemon /dev/lp* .sp diff --git a/man4/mem.4 b/man4/mem.4 index a74419263a..a0ee71c77e 100644 --- a/man4/mem.4 +++ b/man4/mem.4 @@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ that is an image of the main memory of the computer. It may be used, for example, to examine (and even patch) the system. .LP -Byte addresses in mem are interpreted as physical memory addresses. +Byte adresses in mem are interpreted as physical memory adresses. References to non-existent locations cause errors to be returned. .LP -Examining and patching is likely to lead to unexpected results +Examining and patching is likely to lead to unexpected results when when read-only or write-only bits are present. .LP It is typically created by: diff --git a/man4/ram.4 b/man4/ram.4 index fdc213a45d..a26ffc5d6b 100644 --- a/man4/ram.4 +++ b/man4/ram.4 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 17:01:11 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .TH RAM 4 "21 November 1992" "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME -ram \- ram disk device +ram \- ram disk devive .SH DESCRIPTION \fBRam\fP is a block device to access the ram disk in raw mode. .LP diff --git a/man4/sd.4 b/man4/sd.4 index ae229df375..9d4112076a 100644 --- a/man4/sd.4 +++ b/man4/sd.4 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ is the number of the physical drive in order of detection, and .I partition_number is as follows: .sp -partition 0 is the whole drive +parition 0 is the whole drive .br partitions 1-4 are the DOS "primary" partitions .br diff --git a/man4/ttys.4 b/man4/ttys.4 index f554f59302..99a8cea0a8 100644 --- a/man4/ttys.4 +++ b/man4/ttys.4 @@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ ttys \- serial terminal lines They are typically created by: .RS .sp -mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS0 c 4 64 # base address 0x03f8 +mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS0 c 4 64 # baseaddress 0x03f8 .br -mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS1 c 4 65 # base address 0x02f8 +mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS1 c 4 65 # baseaddress 0x02f8 .br -mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS2 c 4 66 # base address 0x03e8 +mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS2 c 4 66 # baseaddress 0x03e8 .br -mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS3 c 4 67 # base address 0x02e8 +mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS3 c 4 67 # baseaddress 0x02e8 .br chown root.tty /dev/ttyS[0-3] .sp diff --git a/man5/environ.5 b/man5/environ.5 index 960c750653..d8937c20e3 100644 --- a/man5/environ.5 +++ b/man5/environ.5 @@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ environ \- user environment .SH DESCRIPTION An array of strings called the `environment' is made available by \fBexec\fP(2) when a process begins. By conventions these strings have -the form `\fIname\fP\fB=\fP\fIvalue\fP'. The following names are used +the form `\fIname\fP\fB=\fP\fIvalue\fP'. Thw following names are used by various commands: .IP \fBPATH\fP The sequence of directory prefixes that \fBsh\fP(1) and many other programs apply in searching for a file known by an incomplete path name. -The prefixes are separated by `\fB:\fP'. +The prefixes are seperated by `\fB:\fP'. .IP \fBHOME\fP A user's login directory, set by \fBlogin\fP(1) from the password file \fBpasswd\fP(5). diff --git a/man5/ipc.5 b/man5/ipc.5 index 9e0a9ec61b..01212f79fb 100644 --- a/man5/ipc.5 +++ b/man5/ipc.5 @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ interprocess communication mechanisms: message queues, semaphore sets and shared memory segments. In the following, the word .B resource -means an instantiation of one among such mechanisms. +means an istantiation of one among such mechanisms. .SS Resource Access Permissions For each resource the system uses a common structure of type .BR "struct ipc_perm" @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ Number of processes suspended awaiting for to increase. .TP .B semznt -Number of processes suspended awaiting for +Number of processes supended awaiting for .B semval to become zero. .SS Shared Memory Segments diff --git a/man5/passwd.5 b/man5/passwd.5 index ee2cedc0f7..1a2319b148 100644 --- a/man5/passwd.5 +++ b/man5/passwd.5 @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ the (optional) comment field (often a full user name). the user's $HOME directory. .TP .B shell -the program to run at login (if empty, use /bin/sh). +the program to run at logon (if empty, use /bin/sh). .RE .SH FILES /etc/passwd diff --git a/man5/shells.5.orig b/man5/shells.5.orig new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..53145b83eb --- /dev/null +++ b/man5/shells.5.orig @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (u31b3hs@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de), Thu May 20 20:45:48 MET DST 1993 +.\" This file may be distributed under the GNU General Public License. +.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 17:11:07 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.TH SHELLS 5 "May 20, 1993" "" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +shells \- pathnames of valid login shells +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B /etc/shells +is a text file which contains the full pathnames of valid login shells. +.SH EXAMPLES +.B /etc/shells may contain the following paths: +.sp +.RS +/bin/sh +.br +/bin/csh +.RE +.SH FILES +/etc/shells +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR chsh (1) diff --git a/man5/termcap.5 b/man5/termcap.5 index fc62e090bd..c4e89e6434 100644 --- a/man5/termcap.5 +++ b/man5/termcap.5 @@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ ug Underline glitch @8 enter key @9 exit key al Insert one line -AL Insert #1 lines -ac Pairs of block graphic characters +AL Indert #1 lines +ac Pairs of block grafic characters ae End alternative character set -as Start alternative character set for block graphic characters +as Start alternative character set for block grafic characters bl Bell cd Clear to end of screen ce Clear to end of line @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ UP Cursor up #1 lines us Start underlining vb Visible bell ve Normal cursor visible -vi Cursor invisible +vi Cursor unvisible vs Standout cursor wi Set window from line #1 to #2 and column #3 to #4 .fi @@ -171,15 +171,15 @@ wi Set window from line #1 to #2 and column #3 to #4 .LP There are several ways of defining the control codes for string capabilities: .LP -Normal Characters except '^','\\' and '%' represent themselves. +Normal Characters except '^','\\' and '%' repesent themself. .LP A '^x' means Control-x. Control-A equals 1 decimal. .LP -\\x means a special code. x can be one of the following characters: +\\x means a special code. x can be one of the following charaters: .RS E Escape (27) .br -n Line feed (10) +n Linefeed (10) .br r Carriage return (13) .br @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ f Form feed (12) 0 Null character. A \\xxx specifies the octal character xxx. .RE .IP i -Increments parameters by one. +Increments paramters by one. .IP r Single parameter capability .IP + @@ -208,16 +208,16 @@ If you use binary output, then you should avoid the null character because it terminates the string. You should reset tabulator expansion if a tabulator can be the binary output of a parameter. .IP Warning: -The above meta-characters for parameters may be wrong, they document Minix +The above metacharacters for parameters may be wrong, they document Minix termcap which may not be compatible with Linux termcap. .LP -The block graphic characters can be specified by three string capabilities: +The block grafic characters can be specified by three string capabilities: .IP as start the alternative charset .IP ae end it .IP ac -pairs of characters. The first character is the name of the block graphic +pairs of characters. The first character is the name of the block grafic symbol and the second characters is its definition. .LP The following names are available: diff --git a/man5/utmp.5 b/man5/utmp.5 index 0ae09f58d3..6b5604a418 100644 --- a/man5/utmp.5 +++ b/man5/utmp.5 @@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ declared in the include file: struct utmp { short ut_type; /* type of login */ pid_t ut_pid; /* pid of process */ - char ut_line[12]; /* device name of tty -"/dev/" */ + char ut_line[12]; /* devicename of tty -"/dev/" */ char ut_id[2]; /* init id or abbrev. ttyname */ - time_t ut_time; /* login time */ - char ut_user[8]; /* user name, not null-term */ - char ut_host[16]; /* host name for remote login */ + time_t ut_time; /* logintime */ + char ut_user[8]; /* username, not null-term */ + char ut_host[16]; /* hostname for remote login */ long ut_addr; /* IP addr of remote host */ }; .sp @@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ The .B wtmp file records all logins and logouts. Its format is exactly like .B utmp -except that a null user name indicates a logout on the associated -terminal. Furthermore, the terminal name ``~'' with user name +execpt that a null user name indicates a logout on the associated +terminal. Furthermore, the terminal name ``~'' with username ``shutdown'' or ``reboot'' indicates a system shutdown or reboot. .LP .B Wtmp diff --git a/man7/hier.7 b/man7/hier.7 index bd31642376..bb4815f22a 100644 --- a/man7/hier.7 +++ b/man7/hier.7 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ This is used by some installations scripts to keep track of which packages have been installed. .TP .I /lib -Frequently\-used object code libraries, including dynamic libraries, +Frequently\-used object code libaries, including dynamic libraries, which are linked at the time an executable starts up, plus some executables which usually are not called directly. .TP @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ This is a link to the directory associated with the calling process. .TP .I /tmp This directory contains temporary files which may be deleted with no -notice, such as by a regular job or at system boot up. +notice, such as by a regular job or at system bootup. .TP .I /user This often is an empty directory, which can be used as a mount point @@ -110,16 +110,16 @@ configuration files. Often, there is a symbolic link from to this directory. .TP .I /usr/adm -This often contains various log files. +This often contains various logfiles. .TP .I /usr/bin This contains binaries which are not needed so often, or are not -needed for bringing the system up or repairing it. The decision -whether to put something in +needed for bringing the system up or repairing it. The descision +wether to put something in .I /bin or .I /usr/bin -should be guided by the simple consideration: "If I put it in +shoud be guided by the simple consideration: "If I put it in .I /usr/bin and .I /usr @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ This contains the home directories for normal users. Include files for the C compiler. .TP .I /usr/include/X11 -Include files for the C compiler and the X\-Windows system. +Incude files for the C compiler and the X\-Windows system. .TP .I /usr/include/asm Include files which declare some assembler functions. This should be a @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ These directories contain preformatted manual pages according to their manpage section. .TP .I /usr/man/man[1-9] -These directories contain manual pages which are in source code form. +These directories contain manual pagaes which are in source code form. .TP .I /usr/openwin Files associated with the Open Windows Window manager for X go there. @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ An alternative place to store temporary files; often used if the files will be huge. .TP .I /var -On some systems with more of a BSD flavour to them, this directory +On soqme systems with more of a BSD flavour to them, this directory contains all the files which may change in size, such as spool and log files, and .I /usr diff --git a/man7/locale.7 b/man7/locale.7 index 721db8e8e2..a29a15cab2 100644 --- a/man7/locale.7 +++ b/man7/locale.7 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ to set the current locale, and .B localeconv() to get information about number formatting. .PP -There are different categories for local information a program might +There are different categories for local informaton a program might need; they are declared as macros. Using them as the first argument to the .B setlocale() @@ -125,18 +125,18 @@ struct lconv char frac_digits; /* Local fractional digits. */ /* 1 if currency_symbol precedes a positive value, 0 if succeeds. */ char p_cs_precedes; - /* 1 if a space separates currency_symbol from a positive value. */ + /* 1 iff a space separates currency_symbol from a positive value. */ char p_sep_by_space; /* 1 if currency_symbol precedes a negative value, 0 if succeeds. */ char n_cs_precedes; - /* 1 if a space separates currency_symbol from a negative value. */ + /* 1 iff a space separates currency_symbol from a negative value. */ char n_sep_by_space; /* Positive and negative sign positions: 0 Parentheses surround the quantity and currency_symbol. 1 The sign string precedes the quantity and currency_symbol. - 2 The sign string succeeds the quantity and currency_symbol. + 2 The sign string succedes the quantity and currency_symbol. 3 The sign string immediately precedes the currency_symbol. - 4 The sign string immediately succeeds the currency_symbol. */ + 4 The sign string immediately succedes the currency_symbol. */ char p_sign_posn; char n_sign_posn; }; diff --git a/man7/signal.7 b/man7/signal.7 index 1b1ef23bf7..c5ca578920 100644 --- a/man7/signal.7 +++ b/man7/signal.7 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SIGHUP 1 A Hangup detected SIGINT 2 A Interrupt from keyboard SIGQUIT 3 A Quit from keyboard SIGILL 4 A Illegal Instruction -SIGTRAP 5 CG Trace/breakpoint trap +SIGTRAP 5 CG Trace/breakpont trap SIGABRT 6 C Abort SIGUNUSED 7 AG Unused signal SIGFPE 8 C Floating point exception @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ SIGCHLD 17 B Child terminated SIGCONT 18 Continue if stopped SIGTSTOP 19 DEF Stop process SIGTSTP 20 D Stop typed at tty -SIGTTIN 21 D tty input for background process +SIGTTIN 21 D tty input for backgroud process SIGTTOU 22 D tty output for background process SIGIO 23 AG I/O error SIGXCPU 24 AG CPU time limit exceeded diff --git a/man7/suffixes.7 b/man7/suffixes.7 index 14ee9867fb..f891348f08 100644 --- a/man7/suffixes.7 +++ b/man7/suffixes.7 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Suffix File type .F FORTRAN source with cpp(1) directives .S Assembler source with cpp(1) directives .Z File compressed using compress(1) - .[0-9]+pk TeX font files + .[0-9]+pk TeX fontfiles .[1-9] Manual page for the corresponding section .[1-9][a-z] Manual page for section plus subsection .a static object code library @@ -39,19 +39,19 @@ Suffix File type .cat Message catalog files .cf configuration file .conf configuration file - .config configuration file + .config cofiguration file .cweb Donald Knuth's WEB for C .dat data file .def Modula-2 source for definition modules .def other definition files .diff ASCII File differences - .doc documentation file + .doc documenation file .dvi TeX device independent output .el EMACS lisp source .elc compiled EMACS lisp - .eps encapsulated postscript + .eps encapsulated prostscript .f FORTRAN source - .fas pre-compiled common Lisp + .fas precompiled common Lisp .fi FORTRAN include files .gif Graphics Interchange Format .gsf Ghostscript fonts @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Suffix File type .ln Files for use with lint(1) .lsp Common Lisp source .man Manual page - .mf Metafont (font generator for TeX) source + .mf Metafont (fontgenerator for TeX) source .mm Sources for groff(1) in mm - format .mod Modula-2 source for implementation modules .o object file @@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ Suffix File type .tpz Tar archive compressed with gzip(1) .txt Text file .uue Binary file encoded with uuencode(1) - .web Donald Knuth's WEB + .web Donald Kuth's WEB .y yacc(1) or bison(1) (parser generator) files - .z File compressed using gzip(1) + .z File compressed using gnuzip(1) .zoo ZOO archive ~ EMACS or patch backup file rc Startup file, e.g. .newsrc diff --git a/man9/ctrl-alt-del.9 b/man9/ctrl-alt-del.9 index 9dbb029294..45812b31f7 100644 --- a/man9/ctrl-alt-del.9 +++ b/man9/ctrl-alt-del.9 @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ .\" If you modify this file, please put a date stamp and HOW you .\" changed this file. Thanks. -DM .\" -.TH CTRL_ALT_DEL 9 "July 6, 1993" "Linux 0.99.10" "Kernel Reference Guide" +.TH CRTL_ALT_DEL 9 "July 6, 1993" "Linux 0.99.10" "Kernel Reference Guide" .SH NAME ctrl_alt_del \- routes the keyboard interrupt .B ctrl-alt-del diff --git a/man9/filesystems.9 b/man9/filesystems.9 index 8bcaaac754..6c71a6faf1 100644 --- a/man9/filesystems.9 +++ b/man9/filesystems.9 @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ specific filesystem, e.g. "ext2" or "minix". .PP The final member, int \fIrequires_dev\fP, is a boolean value. If it is true then the filesystem requires a block device (?). For false, it -is unclear what happens but an unnamed device is used, e.g. proc and +is unclear what happens but an unname device is used, e.g. proc and nfs is this way. .SH AUTHOR Linus Torvalds diff --git a/man9/kernel_mktime.9 b/man9/kernel_mktime.9 index 80ee07e0d6..6e74375b43 100644 --- a/man9/kernel_mktime.9 +++ b/man9/kernel_mktime.9 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ converts \fIstruct\ mktime\fP .SS "Conversion Method" First an array, \fImonth[12]\fP, is created holding how many seconds has passed to reach a peculiar month, for a \fIleap\fP year. -Next, it subtracts 70 from the current year, making 1970 the beginning year. +Next, it substracts 70 from the current year, making 1970 the beginning year. It is math magic after this point, please look yourself. If you know why it does this, then send email (see nroff source). .SH "RETURN VALUE" diff --git a/man9/proc_sel.9 b/man9/proc_sel.9 index d21e3f5975..260017dd58 100644 --- a/man9/proc_sel.9 +++ b/man9/proc_sel.9 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ .\" .TH PROC_SEL 9 "July 7, 1993" "Linux 0.99.10" "Kernel Reference Guide" .SH NAME -proc_sel \- select a process by a criteria +proc_sel \- select a process by a critria .SH SYNOPSIS .nf linux/kernel/sys.c @@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ linux/kernel/sys.c .SH DESCRIPTION Compares a task \fIp\fP to supplied information or the current task -in some aspect of priority. If \fIwho\fP is zero then the comparison +in some aspect of priority. If \fIwho\fP is zero then the comparsion is task \fIp\fP and the current task. Otherwise, \fIwho\fP and \fI*p\fP are -the supplied information for the comparison. +the supplied information for the comparsion. .SH OPTIONS Valid values of \fIwhich\fP: .RS @@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ There is an exception here. If .I who is not zero and task .I p -is the current task then true is \fBalways\fP returned. +is the current task then true is \fBalways\fP retured. .IP PRIO_PGRP Compares process group leader numbers .IP PRIO_USER -Compares user id numbers +Compares user id numners .SH "RETURN VALUE" Returns truth values (0, 1) .SH AUTHOR