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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2006-05-29 01:20:08 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2006-05-29 01:20:08 +0000
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Spelling fixes.
Diffstat (limited to 'man3')
-rw-r--r--man3/ctermid.32
-rw-r--r--man3/dbopen.32
-rw-r--r--man3/errno.32
-rw-r--r--man3/inet.32
-rw-r--r--man3/rcmd.32
-rw-r--r--man3/rtnetlink.32
-rw-r--r--man3/sem_open.32
7 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man3/ctermid.3 b/man3/ctermid.3
index 385e6c2615..8ff52a0662 100644
--- a/man3/ctermid.3
+++ b/man3/ctermid.3
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ terminal; it may, for example, be
.PP
It is not assured that the program can open the terminal.
.\" in glibc 2.3.x, x >= 4, the glibc headers threw an error
-.\" if ctermid() was fiven an argument; fixed in 2.4.
+.\" if ctermid() was given an argument; fixed in 2.4.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ttyname (3)
diff --git a/man3/dbopen.3 b/man3/dbopen.3
index 7e16e32f14..8fd0cf8486 100644
--- a/man3/dbopen.3
+++ b/man3/dbopen.3
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ for any of the errors specified for the library routine
Margo Seltzer, Michael Olson, USENIX proceedings, Winter 1992.
.SH BUGS
The typedef DBT is a mnemonic for ``data base thang'', and was used
-because noone could think of a reasonable name that wasn't already used.
+because no-one could think of a reasonable name that wasn't already used.
.PP
The file descriptor interface is a kludge and will be deleted in a
future version of the interface.
diff --git a/man3/errno.3 b/man3/errno.3
index 9db9e6e50a..6a327a5b81 100644
--- a/man3/errno.3
+++ b/man3/errno.3
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ No such file or directory (POSIX.1)
Exec format error (POSIX.1)
.TP
.BR ENOKEY
-Reuired key not available
+Required key not available
.TP
.BR ENOLCK
No locks available (POSIX.1)
diff --git a/man3/inet.3 b/man3/inet.3
index 87a60e66bd..225c1055ad 100644
--- a/man3/inet.3
+++ b/man3/inet.3
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Internet, is Most Significant Byte first (big endian).
.SH NOTE
When you using numbers-and-dots notation for addresses,
be aware that each number will be interpreted as octal
-if preceeded by a 0 and as hexadecimal if preceeded by 0x.
+if preceded by a 0 and as hexadecimal if preceded by 0x.
For example, \fBinet_aton("226.000.000.037", &t)\fP will
interpret the address as \fI266.0.0.31\fP and not \fI226.0.0.37\fP.
.SH "GLIBC NOTES"
diff --git a/man3/rcmd.3 b/man3/rcmd.3
index 8dc5885a35..d51672879b 100644
--- a/man3/rcmd.3
+++ b/man3/rcmd.3
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ in the local user's home directory is checked to see if the request for
service is allowed.
.Pp
If this file does not exist, is not a regular file, is owned by anyone
-other than the user or the superuser, or is writeable by anyone other
+other than the user or the superuser, or is writable by anyone other
than the owner, the check automatically fails.
Zero is returned if the machine name is listed in the
.Dq Pa hosts.equiv
diff --git a/man3/rtnetlink.3 b/man3/rtnetlink.3
index 85120d3689..9deb2524cd 100644
--- a/man3/rtnetlink.3
+++ b/man3/rtnetlink.3
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
.\" $Id: rtnetlink.3,v 1.2 1999/05/18 10:35:10 freitag Exp $
.TH RTNETLINK 3 1999-05-14 "Linux Man Page" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
-rtnetlink \- Macros to manipuate rtnetlink messages
+rtnetlink \- Macros to manipulate rtnetlink messages
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <asm/types.h>
.br
diff --git a/man3/sem_open.3 b/man3/sem_open.3
index c8df87ec5e..357338df71 100644
--- a/man3/sem_open.3
+++ b/man3/sem_open.3
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ is specified in
.IR oflag ,
then the semaphore is created if
it does not already exist.
-The owner (user ID) of the seamphore is set to the effective
+The owner (user ID) of the semaphore is set to the effective
user ID of the calling process.
The group ownership (group ID) is set to the effective group ID
of the calling process.