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04/08/2001 02:35:02 AM (23 years ago)
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  • appendixa/bison-desc.xml

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    1313Bison is a parser generator, a replacement for YACC. YACC stands for Yet
    1414Another Compiler Compiler. What is Bison then? It is a program that
    15 generates a program that analyses the structure of a textfile. Instead
     15generates a program that analyzes the structure of a text file. Instead
    1616of
    1717writing the actual program a user specifies how things should be connected
    1818and with
    19 those rules a program is constructed that analyses the textfile.
     19those rules a program is constructed that analyzes the text file.
    2020</para>
    2121
    2222<para>
    23 There are alot of examples where structure is needed and one of them is
     23There are a lot of examples where structure is needed and one of them is
    2424the
    2525calculator.
    … …  
    3737A human can easily come to the result 7. Why? Because of the structure.
    3838Our brain knows
    39 how to interpretet the string. The computer doesn't know that and Bison
     39how to interpret the string. The computer doesn't know that and Bison
    4040is a
    4141tool to help it understand by presenting the string in the following way

  • appendixa/diffutils-desc.xml

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    2222
    2323<para>
    24 The difference between diff and diff3 is that diff comprares 2 files,
     24The difference between diff and diff3 is that diff compares 2 files,
    2525diff3 compares 3 files.
    2626</para>

  • appendixa/flex-desc.xml

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    1111
    1212<para>
    13 Flex is a tool for generating programs which regognize patterns in text.
     13Flex is a tool for generating programs which recognizes patterns in text.
    1414Pattern recognition is very useful in many applications. A user sets up rules
    1515what to look for and flex will make a program that looks for those

  • appendixa/gcc-desc.xml

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    2525
    2626<para>
    27 A preprocessor preprocesses a source file, such as including
     27A preprocessor pre-processes a source file, such as including
    2828the contents of header files into the source file. It's a good idea to
    2929not

  • appendixa/glibc-desc.xml

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    1818
    1919<para>
    20 The C library (actually almost every library) come in two flavours:
     20The C library (actually almost every library) come in two flavors:
    2121dynamic ones and static ones. In short when a program uses a static C
    2222library, the code from the C library will be copied into the executable

  • appendixa/groff-desc.xml

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    5151<para>
    5252groff is a front-end to the groff document formatting system. Normally it
    53 runs the troff program and a postprocessor appropriate for the selected
     53runs the troff program and a post-processor appropriate for the selected
    5454device.
    5555</para>
    … …  
    8787
    8888<para>
    89 grops translates the output of GNU troff to PostScript.
     89grops translates the output of GNU troff to Postscript.
    9090</para>
    9191
    … …  
    159159
    160160<para>
    161 pfbtops translates a PostScript font in .pfb format to ASCII.
     161pfbtops translates a Postscript font in .pfb format to ASCII.
    162162</para>
    163163
    … …  
    176176
    177177<para>
    178 psbb reads a file which should be a PostScript document conforming to the
     178psbb reads a file which should be a Postscript document conforming to the
    179179Document Structuring conventions and looks for a %%BoundingBox comment.
    180180</para>
    … …  
    226226troff is highly compatible with Unix troff. Usually it should be invoked
    227227using the groff command, which will also run preprocessors and
    228 postprocessors in the appropriate order and with the appropriate options.
     228post-processors in the appropriate order and with the appropriate options.
    229229</para>
    230230

  • appendixa/gzip-desc.xml

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    8484<para>
    8585Zmore is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text
    86 files one screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal (similar to the
     86files one screen at a time on a soft-copy terminal (similar to the
    8787more program).
    8888</para>
    … …  
    9393
    9494<para>
    95 Znew recompresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format.
     95Znew re-compresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format.
    9696</para>
    9797

  • appendixa/kbd-desc.xml

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    134134
    135135<para>
    136 A screenshot utility for the console.
     136A screen shot utility for the console.
    137137</para>
    138138
    … …  
    161161
    162162<para>
    163 setleds sets the keyboard leds. Many people find it useful to have numlock
     163setleds sets the keyboard LEDs. Many people find it useful to have numlock
    164164enabled by default, and it is by using this program that you can achieve this.
    165165</para>

  • appendixa/m4-desc.xml

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    1313<para>
    1414M4 is a macro processor. It copies input to output expanding macros as it
    15 goes. Macros are either builtin or user-defined and can take any number
    16 of arguments. Besides just doing macro expansion m4 has builtin functions
     15goes. Macros are either built-in or user-defined and can take any number
     16of arguments. Besides just doing macro expansion m4 has built-in functions
    1717for including named files, running UNIX commands, doing integer arithmetic,
    1818manipulating text in various ways, recursion, etc. M4 can be used either

  • appendixa/man-desc.xml

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    4242<para>
    4343makewhatis reads all the manual pages contained in given sections of
    44 manpath or the preformatted pages contained in the given sections of
     44manpath or the pre-formatted pages contained in the given sections of
    4545catpath. For  each  page, it writes a line in the whatis database; each
    4646line consists of the name of the page  and  a  short  description,

  • appendixa/nettools-desc.xml

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    8585
    8686<para>
    87 slattach attaches a network interface to a serial line, ie. puts a normal
     87slattach attaches a network interface to a serial line, i.e.. puts a normal
    8888terminal line into one of several "network" modes.
    8989</para>

  • appendixa/procps-desc.xml

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    108108
    109109<para>
    110 watch runs command repeatedly, displaying its output (the first screenfull).
     110watch runs command repeatedly, displaying its output (the first screen full).
    111111</para>
    112112

  • appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml

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    2626
    2727<para>
    28 chfn changes user fullname, office number, office extension, and home
     28chfn changes user full name, office number, office extension, and home
    2929phone number information for a user's account.
    3030</para>
    … …  
    127127
    128128<para>
    129 dpasswd adds, deletes, and updates dialup passwords for user login shells.
     129dpasswd adds, deletes, and updates dial-up passwords for user login shells.
    130130</para>
    131131
    … …  
    204204
    205205<para>
    206 newusers reads a file of user name and cleartext password pairs and uses
     206newusers reads a file of user name and clear text password pairs and uses
    207207this information to update a group of existing users or to create new users.
    208208</para>

  • appendixa/sysvinit-desc.xml

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    143143sulogin is invoked by init when the system goes into single user mode
    144144(this is done through an entry in /etc/inittab). Init also tries to
    145 execute sulogin when it is passed the -b flag from the bootmonitor (eg, LILO).
     145execute sulogin when it is passed the -b flag from the boot loader (eg, LILO).
    146146</para>
    147147

  • appendixa/tar-desc.xml

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    1414<para>
    1515tar is an archiving program designed to store and extract files from
    16 an archive file known as a tarfile.
     16an archive file known as a tar file.
    1717</para>
    1818

  • appendixa/utillinux-desc.xml

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    5050
    5151<para>
    52 more is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time.
     52more is a filter for paging through text one screen full at a time.
    5353</para>
    5454
    … …  
    115115
    116116<para>
    117 elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per blockdevice queue basis.
     117elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue basis.
    118118</para>
    119119
    … …  
    346346
    347347<para>
    348 ipcs provides information on ipc facilities.
     348ipcs provides information on IPC facilities.
    349349</para>
    350350
    … …  
    454454
    455455<para>
    456 ul reads a file and translates occurences of underscores to the sequence
     456ul reads a file and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
    457457which indicates underlining for the terminal in use.
    458458</para>
    … …  
    528528
    529529<para>
    530 tunelp sets various parameters for the lp device.
     530tunelp sets various parameters for the LP device.
    531531</para>
    532532

  • appendixa/vim-desc.xml

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    2727etags does the same as ctags but it can generate cross reference files
    2828which list information about the various source objects found in a set
    29 of lanugage files.
     29of language files.
    3030</para>
    3131
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