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• util-linux.xml (modified) (22 diffs)

chapter08/gawk.xml

@@ -62 +62 @@
 
     <variablelist>
-      <title>The meaning of the overridden make variable:</title>
+      <title>The meaning of the make environment variable:</title>
 
       <varlistentry>

chapter08/util-linux.xml

@@ -78 +78 @@
 
     <para>The --disable and --without options prevent warnings about
-    building components that either require packages not in LFS, or are
+    building components that require packages not in LFS or are
     inconsistent with programs installed by other packages.</para>
 
@@ -93 +93 @@
     module.  Building it into the kernel will prevent booting.  For complete
     coverage, other BLFS packages must be installed.  If desired, this test can
-    be run by booting into the completed LFS system and running:</para>
+    be run after rebooting into the completed LFS system and running:</para>
 
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>bash tests/run.sh --srcdir=$PWD --builddir=$PWD</userinput></screen>
@@ -258 +258 @@
         chmem, choom, chrt, col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, delpart, dmesg,
         eject, fallocate, fdisk, fincore, findfs, findmnt, flock, fsck,
-        fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hardlink, hexdump, hwclock,
-        i386 (link to setarch), ionice, ipcmk, ipcrm, ipcs, irqtop, isosize, kill, last, 
-        lastb (link to last), ldattach, linux32 (link to setarch), linux64 (link to setarch),
-        logger, look, losetup, lsblk, lscpu, lsipc, lsirq, lsfd, lslocks, lslogins,
-        lsmem, lsns, mcookie, mesg, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap,
+        fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hexdump, hwclock,
+        i386, ionice, ipcmk, ipcrm, ipcs, irqtop, isosize, kill, last, lastb (link to
+        last), ldattach, linux32, linux64, logger, look, losetup, lsblk, lscpu,
+        lsipc, lsirq, lslocks, lslogins, lsmem, lsns, mcookie, mesg, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap,
         more, mount, mountpoint, namei, nsenter, partx, pivot_root, prlimit,
         readprofile, rename, renice, resizepart, rev, rfkill, rtcwake, script,
         scriptlive, scriptreplay, setarch, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, sulogin, swaplabel,
-        swapoff, swapon, switch_root, taskset, uclampset, ul,
-        umount, uname26 (link to setarch), unshare, utmpdump, uuidd, uuidgen, uuidparse,
-        wall, wdctl, whereis, wipefs, x86_64 (link to setarch), and zramctl</seg>
+        swapoff (link to swapon), swapon, switch_root, taskset, uclampset, ul,
+        umount, uname26, unshare, utmpdump, uuidd, uuidgen, uuidparse, wall, wdctl, whereis,
+        wipefs, x86_64, and zramctl</seg>
         <seg>libblkid.so, libfdisk.so, libmount.so,
         libsmartcols.so, and libuuid.so</seg>
@@ -331 +330 @@
         <term><command>blkzone</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Is used to manage zoned storage block devices</para>
+          <para>Runs zone command on the given block device</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkzone">
             <primary sortas="b-blkzone">blkzone</primary>
@@ -392 +391 @@
         <term><command>choom</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Displays and adjusts OOM-killer scores, used to determine
-          which process to kill first when Linux is Out Of Memory</para>
+          <para>Displays and adjusts OOM-killer score</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux choom">
             <primary sortas="b-choom">choom</primary>
@@ -525 +523 @@
         <term><command>findfs</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Finds a file system, either by label or Universally Unique Identifier
+          <para>Finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier
           (UUID)</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findfs">
@@ -537 +535 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>Is a command line interface to the libmount library
-          for working with mountinfo, fstab and mtab files</para>
+          for work with mountinfo, fstab and mtab files</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findmnt">
             <primary sortas="b-findmnt">findmnt</primary>
@@ -617 +615 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
-      
-      <varlistentry id="hardlink">
-        <term><command>hardlink</command></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Consolidates duplicate files by creating hard links</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hardlink">
-            <primary sortas="b-hardlink">hardlink</primary>
-          </indexterm>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry id="hexdump">
         <term><command>hexdump</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Dumps the given file in hexadecimal, decimal, octal,
-          or ascii</para>
+          <para>Dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given
+          format</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hexdump">
             <primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary>
@@ -835 +823 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
-      
-      <varlistentry id="lsfd">
-        <term><command>lsfd</command></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Displays information about open files; replaces <command>lsof</command></para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsfd">
-            <primary sortas="b-lsfd">lsfd</primary>
-          </indexterm>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry id="lsipc">
@@ -1016 +994 @@
         <term><command>namei</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Shows the symbolic links in the given paths</para>
+          <para>Shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux namei">
             <primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary>
@@ -1058 +1036 @@
         <term><command>prlimit</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Gets and sets a process's resource limits</para>
+          <para>Get and set a process' resource limits</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux prlimit">
             <primary sortas="b-prlimit">prlimit</primary>
@@ -1129 +1107 @@
         <term><command>rtcwake</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to enter a system sleep state until the specified wakeup
+          <para>Used to enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup
           time</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rtcwake">
@@ -1150 +1128 @@
         <term><command>scriptlive</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Re-runs session typescripts using timing information</para>
+          <para>Re-run session typescripts using timing information</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptlive">
             <primary sortas="b-scriptlive">scriptlive</primary>
@@ -1170 +1148 @@
         <term><command>setarch</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Changes reported architecture in a new program environment, and
+          <para>Changes reported architecture in a new program environment and
           sets personality flags</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setarch">
@@ -1223 +1201 @@
         <term><command>swaplabel</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Makes changes to the swap area's UUID and label</para>
+          <para>Allows to change swaparea UUID and label</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swaplabel">
             <primary sortas="b-swaplabel">swaplabel</primary>
@@ -1243 +1221 @@
         <term><command>swapon</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Enables devices and files for paging and swapping, and
+          <para>Enables devices and files for paging and swapping and
           lists the devices and files currently in use</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapon">
@@ -1264 +1242 @@
         <term><command>taskset</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Retrieves or sets a process's CPU affinity</para>
+          <para>Retrieves or sets a process' CPU affinity</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux taskset">
             <primary sortas="b-taskset">taskset</primary>
@@ -1274 +1252 @@
         <term><command>uclampset</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Manipulates the utilization clamping attributes of the
+          <para>Manipulate the utilization clamping attributes of the
           system or a process</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uclampset">
@@ -1326 +1304 @@
         <term><command>utmpdump</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Displays the content of the given login file in a
+          <para>Displays the content of the given login file in a more
           user-friendly format</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux utmpdump">
@@ -1348 +1326 @@
         <term><command>uuidgen</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID is a random number likely to be
+          <para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered
           unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
-          systems, in the past and in the future, with extremely high
-          probability (~340 trillion trillion trillion unique UUIDs are possible)</para>
+          systems, in the past and in the future</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidgen">
             <primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary>
@@ -1361 +1338 @@
         <term><command>uuidparse</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>A utility to parse unique identifiers</para>
+          <para>An utility to parse unique identifiers</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidparse">
             <primary sortas="b-uuidparse">uuidparse</primary>
@@ -1393 +1370 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page
-          files for the given command</para>
+          for the given command</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis">
             <primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary>