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Re: spelling errors in coreutils-faq.html
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Bob Proulx |
Subject: |
Re: spelling errors in coreutils-faq.html |
Date: |
Sat, 20 May 2006 00:01:57 -0600 |
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Justin Pryzby wrote:
> Hello Bob,
>
> I just ran aspell on coreutils-faq; here is the result (although
> "backwords" is arguable :).
The use of "backwords" to describe reversed words is intentional.
However the others were not intentional. I installed those changes.
Thanks for the corrections!
Bob
> --- coreutils-faq.html.bak 2005-09-29 18:31:45.000000000 -0400
> +++ coreutils-faq.html 2006-05-19 11:33:27.000000000 -0400
> @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
> problem is resolved there. (A note for Cygwin users. The MS-Windows
> platform requires special handling. For Cygwin I recommend using the
> latest precompiled binaries from the Cygwin site. They do an
> -excellent job of handling the pecularities and deficiencies of that
> +excellent job of handling the peculiarities and deficiencies of that
> platform.)
>
> <p>Patches for bugs and enhancements are always appreciated. Please
> @@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
> they own the file or directory. The reason this is important is that if
> chown is allowed then /tmp is another place that file could be created
> by a user, chowned, and then could not be removed by the user. A sticky
> -/tmp and a rectricted chown policy go together. If you have one then
> +/tmp and a restricted chown policy go together. If you have one then
> you should have the other as well.
>
> <li>People have used this to avoid disk space quota restrictions. Give
> @@ -885,7 +885,7 @@
> can't do yourself? Very little in this particular case. You might as
> well use <span class="command">echo</span> for listing and then you can use
> the
> <span class="command">fmt</span> command to word wrap to your screen. You
> can also use
> -<span class="command">tr</span> and <span class="command">grep</span> to
> finish the job. Suddeny using ls
> +<span class="command">tr</span> and <span class="command">grep</span> to
> finish the job. Suddenly using ls
> for this seems more convenient. Especially when coupled with the -l
> option!
>
> @@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@
> <p>The -x option outputs short integers, note integers which is a word
> and not a byte, in the machine's short integer format. If you are
> operating on a little endian machine such as an x86 then the bytes
> -appear in 'backwords' order. Here is what the –help says.
> +appear in 'backwards' order. Here is what the –help says.
>
> <pre class="example"> `-x'
> Output as hexadecimal shorts. Equivalent to `-tx2'.
>
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