svn commit: r232712 - head/sbin/adjkerntz
Eitan Adler
eadler at FreeBSD.org
Fri Mar 9 01:32:06 UTC 2012
Author: eadler
Date: Fri Mar 9 01:32:05 2012
New Revision: 232712
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/232712
Log:
Fix a variety of grammar and style nits
PR: docs/165841
Submitted by: Robert Simmons <rsimmons0 at gmail.com>
Approved by: brd
MFC after: 1 week
Modified:
head/sbin/adjkerntz/adjkerntz.8
Modified: head/sbin/adjkerntz/adjkerntz.8
==============================================================================
--- head/sbin/adjkerntz/adjkerntz.8 Fri Mar 9 00:53:54 2012 (r232711)
+++ head/sbin/adjkerntz/adjkerntz.8 Fri Mar 9 01:32:05 2012 (r232712)
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd April 4, 1996
+.Dd March 8, 2012
.Dt ADJKERNTZ 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm adjkerntz
-.Nd "adjust local time CMOS clock to reflect time zone changes and keep current timezone offset for the kernel"
+.Nd adjust the local time CMOS clock to reflect time zone changes and keep the current timezone offset for the kernel
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Fl i
@@ -39,23 +39,21 @@
The
.Nm
utility maintains the proper relationship between the kernel clock, which
-is always set to UTC, and the CMOS clock, which may be set to local
-time.
+is always set to UTC and the CMOS clock, which may be set to local time.
The
.Nm
-utility also informs the kernel about machine timezone shifts to
+utility also informs the kernel about machine timezone shifts in order to
maintain proper timestamps for local time file systems such as the MS-DOS
file system.
-The main purpose of this thing is not general fixing of
-initially broken MS-DOS file timestamp idea but keeping
-the same timestamps between
+The main purpose of maintaining these timestamps properly is to keep the
+timestamps of a
.Fx
-MS-DOS file system
-and MS-DOS operating system installed on the same
-machine.
+MS-DOS file system and an MS-DOS operating system synchronized when they are
+installed on the same system rather than fixing broken MS-DOS file
+timestamps.
If the file
.Pa /etc/wall_cmos_clock
-exists, it means that CMOS clock keeps local time (MS-DOS and MS-Windows
+exists, it means that the CMOS clock keeps local time (MS-DOS and MS-Windows
compatible mode).
If that file does not exist, it means that the CMOS clock keeps UTC time.
The
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ reads the local time from it
and sets the kernel clock to the corresponding UTC time.
The
.Nm
-utility also stores the local time zone offset into the
+utility also stores the local time zone offset in the
.Pa machdep.adjkerntz
kernel variable, for use by subsequent invocations of
.Em "'adjkerntz -a'"
@@ -94,7 +92,7 @@ and by local time file systems.
.Pp
For a local time CMOS clock
.Em "'adjkerntz -i'"
-pauses, and remains inactive as a background daemon until it
+pauses and remains inactive as a background daemon until it
receives a SIGTERM.
The SIGTERM will normally be sent by
.Xr init 8
@@ -120,7 +118,7 @@ time zone offset, and the changed time z
calculate a new time zone offset.
It stores the new offset into the
.Pa machdep.adjkerntz
-kernel variable, and updates the wall CMOS clock to the new local time.
+kernel variable and updates the wall CMOS clock to the new local time.
If
.Em "'adjkerntz -a'"
was started at a nonexistent time (during a timezone change), it exits
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