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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2007-06-08 11:56:22 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2007-06-08 11:56:22 +0000
commit75b94dc35ca88fc72d0381c72c535180851bf08f (patch)
tree107dfea45855463eaa970ccff1b6074c305ac09a /man5
parentca7b3c180c14583f36bf24c7f31cc8ba342e23d8 (diff)
downloadman-pages-75b94dc35ca88fc72d0381c72c535180851bf08f.tar.gz
Change "e.g. " to "e.g., ", or in some cases, "for example, ".
Change "i.e. " to i.e.., ", or in some cases, "that is, ".
Diffstat (limited to 'man5')
-rw-r--r--man5/hosts.equiv.54
-rw-r--r--man5/proc.56
-rw-r--r--man5/resolv.conf.52
-rw-r--r--man5/utmp.55
4 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man5/hosts.equiv.5 b/man5/hosts.equiv.5
index 85b867ce4a..dfee023501 100644
--- a/man5/hosts.equiv.5
+++ b/man5/hosts.equiv.5
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
\fBr\fP command access to your system
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBhosts.equiv\fP file allows or denies hosts and users to use
-the \fBr\fP-commands (e.g. \fBrlogin\fP, \fBrsh\fP or \fBrcp\fP) without
+the \fBr\fP-commands (e.g., \fBrlogin\fP, \fBrsh\fP or \fBrcp\fP) without
supplying a password.
.PP
The file uses the following format:
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ character which means "any host" when the word
.I promiscuous
is added to the auth component line in your PAM file for
the particular service
-.RB "(e.g. " rlogin ).
+.RB "(e.g., " rlogin ).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR rhosts (5),
.BR rlogind (8),
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index e59bd43068..c3c4a9dae0 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ The last entry contains two zeros.
.I /proc/[number]/cmdline
This holds the complete command line for the process, unless the whole
process has been swapped out or the process is a zombie.
-In either of these latter cases, there is nothing in this file: i.e. a
-read on this file will return 0 characters.
+In either of these latter cases, there is nothing in this file:
+that is, a read on this file will return 0 characters.
The command line arguments appear in this file as a set of
null-separated strings, with a further null byte after the last string.
.TP
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ The default value in this file "/sbin/hotplug".
.IR /proc/sys/kernel/domainname " and " /proc/sys/kernel/hostname
can be used to set the NIS/YP domainname and the
hostname of your box in exactly the same way as the commands
-domainname and hostname, i.e.:
+domainname and hostname, that is:
.br
.br
diff --git a/man5/resolv.conf.5 b/man5/resolv.conf.5
index 05ee732ce6..e1c2e04477 100644
--- a/man5/resolv.conf.5
+++ b/man5/resolv.conf.5
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ amended on a per-process basis by setting the environment variable
as explained above under \fBoptions\fP.
.LP
The keyword and value must appear on a single line, and the keyword
-(e.g. \fBnameserver\fP) must start the line.
+(e.g., \fBnameserver\fP) must start the line.
The value follows the keyword, separated by white space.
.SH FILES
.IR /etc/resolv.conf ,
diff --git a/man5/utmp.5 b/man5/utmp.5
index 632d4d46d3..e3cd52866f 100644
--- a/man5/utmp.5
+++ b/man5/utmp.5
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ and some versions of
Neither of these programs creates the file, so if it is
removed, record-keeping is turned off.
.PP
-Note that on \fIbiarch\fP platforms, i.e. systems which can run both
+Note that on \fIbiarch\fP platforms, that is, systems which can run both
32-bit and 64-bit applications (x86-64, ppc64, s390x, etc.),
\fIut_tv\fP is the same size in 32-bit mode as in 64-bit mode.
The same goes for \fIut_session\fP and \fIut_time\fP if they are present.
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ many programs which assume BSD semantics and which do not modify utmp.
Linux uses the BSD conventions for line contents, as documented above.
.PP
System V only uses the type field to mark them and logs informative messages
-such as e.g.\& \fB"new time"\fP in the line field. \fBUT_UNKNOWN\fP seems
+such as \fB"new time"\fP in the line field.
+\fBUT_UNKNOWN\fP seems
to be a Linux invention.
System V has no \fIut_host\fP or \fIut_addr_v6\fP fields.
.PP