Changeset 695ae0bc for appendixa/findutils-desc.xml

Timestamp:

09/24/2002 04:52:43 AM (22 years ago)

Author:

Timothy Bauscher <timothy@…>

Branches:

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Children:

9a34139

Parents:

4a71710

Message:

Applied Bill's chapter 5 fixes patch.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2133 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• appendixa/findutils-desc.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

appendixa/findutils-desc.xml

@@ -29 +29 @@
 
 <sect4><title>locate</title>
-<para>locate scans a database which contain all files and directories on a
+<para>locate scans a database which contains all files and directories on a
 filesystem. This program lists the files and directories in this
 database matching a certain criteria. If a user is looking for a file this
 program will scan the database and tell him exactly where the files he
 requested are located. This only makes sense if the locate database is
-fairly up-to-date else it will provide out-of-date information.</para></sect4>
+fairly up-to-date, else it will provide out-of-date information.</para></sect4>
 
 <sect4><title>updatedb</title>
 <para>The updatedb program updates the locate database. It scans the entire
-file system (including other file system that are currently mounted
+file system (including other file systems that are currently mounted
 unless it is told not to do so) and puts every directory and file it finds
-into the database that's used by the locate program which retrieves this
+into the database that's used by the locate program, which retrieves this
 information. It's good practice to update this database once a day to
 have it up-to-date whenever it is needed.</para></sect4>
@@ -46 +46 @@
 <sect4><title>xargs</title>
 <para>The xargs command applies a command to a list of files. If there is 
-a need to perform the same command on multiple files, a file can be created 
-that contains all these files (one per line) and use xargs to perform that
-command on the list.</para></sect4>
+a need to perform the same command on multiple files, a list can be created 
+that names all those files (one per line) and xargs can perform that
+command on those files.</para></sect4>
 
 </sect3>