Changeset 6a9875d for appendixa


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Timestamp:
10/06/2002 03:50:25 PM (22 years ago)
Author:
Timothy Bauscher <timothy@…>
Branches:
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Children:
a47ad43
Parents:
6b8e9e9
Message:

Applied Bill Maltby's grammatic-fixes patch.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2164 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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appendixa
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10 edited

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  • appendixa/bootscripts-desc.xml

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    1818<sect4><title>cleanfs</title>
    1919<para>The cleanfs script removes files that shouldn't be preserved between
    20 reboots, such as /var/run/*, /var/lock/*, it re-creates /var/run/utmp and
    21 removes the possible present /etc/nologin, /fastboot and /forcefsck
     20reboots, such as /var/run/* and /var/lock/*. It re-creates /var/run/utmp and
     21removes the possibly present /etc/nologin, /fastboot and /forcefsck
    2222files.</para></sect4>
    2323
    2424<sect4><title>functions</title>
    25 <para>The functions script contains shared functions among different
     25<para>The functions script contains functions shared among different
    2626scripts such as error checking, status checking, etc.</para></sect4>
    2727
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    3434
    3535<sect4><title>loadkeys</title>
    36 <para>The loadkeys script loads the proper keymap table that matches your
    37 keyboard layout.</para></sect4>
     36<para>The loadkeys script loads the keymap table you specified as proper for
     37your keyboard layout.</para></sect4>
    3838
    3939<sect4><title>localnet</title>
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    4949
    5050<sect4><title>network</title>
    51 <para>The network script sets up network interfaces (such as network cards)
     51<para>The network script sets up network interfaces, such as network cards,
    5252and sets up the default gateway where applicable.</para></sect4>
    5353
    5454<sect4><title>rc</title>
    55 <para>The rc script is the master runlevel control script which is
     55<para>The rc script is the master runlevel control script. It is
    5656responsible for running all the other scripts one-by-one in a specific
    5757sequence.</para></sect4>
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    7373
    7474<sect4><title>sysklogd</title>
    75 <para>The sysklogd script start and stops the system and kernel log
     75<para>The sysklogd script starts and stops the system and kernel log
    7676daemons.</para></sect4>
    7777

  • appendixa/make-desc.xml

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    99
    1010<sect4><title>make</title>
    11 <para>make determines automatically which pieces of a large program need to be
    12 recompiled, and issues the commands to recompile them.</para></sect4>
     11<para>make determines, automatically, which pieces of a large program need to be
     12recompiled and issues the commands to recompile them.</para></sect4>
    1313
    1414</sect3>

  • appendixa/netkitbase-desc.xml

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    99
    1010<sect4><title>inetd</title>
    11 <para>inetd is the mother of all daemons. It listens for connections, and
     11<para>inetd is the mother of all daemons. It listens for connections and
    1212transfers the call to the appropriate daemon.</para></sect4>
    1313

  • appendixa/patch-desc.xml

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    1010<sect4><title>patch</title>
    1111<para>The patch program modifies a file according to a patch file. A patch
    12 file usually is a list created by the diff program that contains
     12file usually is a list, created by the diff program, that contains
    1313instructions on how an original file needs to be modified. Patch is used
    1414a lot for source code patches since it saves time and space. Imagine
    1515a package that is 1 MB in size. The next version of that package
    1616only has changes in two files of the first version. It can be shipped as an
    17 entirely new package of 1 MB or just as a patch file of 1 KB which will
     17entirely new package of 1 MB or just as a patch file of 1 KB, which will
    1818update the first version to make it identical to the second version. So
    1919if the first version was downloaded already, a patch file avoids

  • appendixa/procps-desc.xml

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    3838<sect4><title>tload</title>
    3939<para>tload prints a graph of the current system load average to the
    40 specified tty (or the tty of the tload process if
    41 none is specified).</para></sect4>
     40specified tty or, if none is specified, the tty of the tload
     41process.</para></sect4>
    4242
    4343<sect4><title>top</title>
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    4747<sect4><title>vmstat</title>
    4848<para>vmstat reports information about processes, memory, paging, block IO,
    49 traps, and cpu activity.</para></sect4>
     49traps and cpu activity.</para></sect4>
    5050
    5151<sect4><title>w</title>
    52 <para>w displays information about the users currently on the machine, and
    53 their processes.</para></sect4>
     52<para>w displays information about the users, and their processes,
     53currently on the machine.</para></sect4>
    5454
    5555<sect4><title>watch</title>

  • appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml

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    3030
    3131<sect4><title>dpasswd</title>
    32 <para>dpasswd adds, deletes, and updates dial-up passwords for
     32<para>dpasswd adds, deletes and updates dial-up passwords for
    3333user login shells.</para></sect4>
    3434
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    3737
    3838<sect4><title>faillog</title>
    39 <para>faillog formats the contents of the failure log,/var/log/faillog, and
     39<para>faillog formats the contents of the failure log, /var/log/faillog, and
    4040maintains failure counts and limits.</para></sect4>
    4141
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    7373<sect4><title>lastlog</title>
    7474<para>lastlog formats and prints the contents of the last login log,
    75 /var/log/lastlog. The login-name, port, and last login time will be
     75/var/log/lastlog. The login-name, port and last login time will be
    7676printed.</para></sect4>
    7777
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    115115
    116116<sect4><title>useradd</title>
    117 <para>useradd creates a new user or update default new user
     117<para>useradd creates a new user or updates default new user
    118118information.</para></sect4>
    119119

  • appendixa/sysklogd-desc.xml

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    1414<sect4><title>syslogd</title>
    1515<para>syslogd provides the kind of logging that many modern programs use. Every
    16 logged message contains at least a time and a hostname field, normally a
    17 program name field, too, but that depends on how trusty the logging
     16logged message contains at least a time and a hostname field and, normally, a
     17program name field, too. But that depends on how trusty the logging
    1818program is.</para></sect4>
    1919

  • appendixa/sysvinit-desc.xml

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    1212
    1313<sect4><title>halt</title>
    14 <para>halt notes that the system is being brought down in the file
    15 /var/log/wtmp, and then either tells the kernel to halt, reboot or
     14<para>halt notes, in the file /var/log/wtmp, that the system is being
     15brought down and then tells the kernel to either halt, reboot or
    1616poweroff the system. If halt or reboot is called when the system is not
    1717in runlevel 0 or 6, shutdown will be invoked instead (with
    … …  
    2121<para>init is the parent of all processes. Its primary role is to create
    2222processes from a script stored in the file /etc/inittab. This
    23 file usually has entries which cause init to spawn gettys on each line that
    24 users can log in. It also controls autonomous processes required by any
     23file usually has entries which cause init to spawn gettys on each line from
     24which users can log in. It also controls autonomous processes required by any
    2525particular system.</para></sect4>
    2626
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    5757
    5858<sect4><title>runlevel</title>
    59 <para>runlevel reads the system utmp file (typically /var/run/utmp) to locate
    60 the runlevel record, and then prints the previous and current system
     59<para>runlevel reads the system utmp file (usually /var/run/utmp), locates
     60the runlevel record and prints the previous and current system
    6161runlevel on its standard output, separated by a single space.</para></sect4>
    6262
    6363<sect4><title>shutdown</title>
    6464<para>shutdown brings the system down in a secure way. All logged-in users are
    65 notified that the system is going down, and login is blocked.</para></sect4>
     65notified that the system is going down and login is blocked.</para></sect4>
    6666
    6767<sect4><title>sulogin</title>
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    7373<sect4><title>telinit</title>
    7474<para>telinit sends appropriate signals to init, telling it which runlevel to
    75 change to.</para></sect4>
     75enter.</para></sect4>
    7676
    7777<sect4><title>utmpdump</title>
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    8080
    8181<sect4><title>wall</title>
    82 <para>wall sends a message to everybody logged in with their mesg permission
     82<para>wall sends a message to logged in users that have their mesg permission
    8383set to yes.</para></sect4>
    8484

  • appendixa/tar-desc.xml

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    99
    1010<sect4><title>rmt</title>
    11 <para>rmt is a program used by the remote dump and restore programs in
    12 manipulating a magnetic tape drive through an interprocess communication
     11<para>rmt is a program used by the remote dump and restore programs to
     12manipulate a magnetic tape drive through an interprocess communication
    1313connection.</para></sect4>
    1414

  • appendixa/utillinux-desc.xml

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    6565
    6666<sect4><title>elvtune</title>
    67 <para>elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue
     67<para>elvtune lets you tune the I/O elevator per block device queue
    6868basis.</para></sect4>
    6969
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    9090
    9191<sect4><title>hwclock</title>
    92 <para>hwclock queries and sets the hardware clock (Also called the RTC or BIOS
     92<para>hwclock queries and sets the hardware clock (also called the RTC or BIOS
    9393clock).</para></sect4>
    9494
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    100100
    101101<sect4><title>isosize</title>
    102 <para>isosize outputs the length of a iso9660 file system.</para></sect4>
     102<para>isosize outputs the length of an iso9660 file system.</para></sect4>
    103103
    104104<sect4><title>line</title>
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    123123
    124124<sect4><title>mkfs.bfs</title>
    125 <para>mkfs.bfs creates a SCO bfs file system on a device, usually a harddisk
     125<para>mkfs.bfs creates an SCO bfs file system on a device, usually a harddisk
    126126partition.</para></sect4>
    127127
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    141141
    142142<sect4><title>mount</title>
    143 <para>mount mounts a filesystem from a device to a directory (mount
    144 point).</para></sect4>
     143<para>mount mounts, from many possible sources, filesystems or directories
     144on a directory (mount point).</para></sect4>
    145145
    146146<sect4><title>namei</title>
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    164164
    165165<sect4><title>rdev</title>
    166 <para>rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size, or
     166<para>rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size or
    167167video mode.</para></sect4>
    168168
    … …  
    184184
    185185<sect4><title>script</title>
    186 <para>script makes typescript of terminal session.</para></sect4>
     186<para>script makes a typescript of terminal session.</para></sect4>
    187187
    188188<sect4><title>setfdprm</title>
    189 <para>setfdprm sets user-provides floppy disk parameters.</para></sect4>
     189<para>setfdprm sets user-provided floppy disk parameters.</para></sect4>
    190190
    191191<sect4><title>setsid</title>
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    212212
    213213<sect4><title>umount</title>
    214 <para>umount unmounts a mounted filesystem.</para></sect4>
     214<para>umount unmounts a mounted filesystem or directory.</para></sect4>
    215215
    216216<sect4><title>vidmode</title>
    … …  
    222222
    223223<sect4><title>write</title>
    224 <para>write sends a message to another user.</para></sect4>
     224<para>write sends a message to another user, if that user has writing
     225enabled (usually by using mesg).</para></sect4>
    225226
    226227</sect3>
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