docs/143454: [patch] mtree.8 man page errors

Warren Block wblock at wonkity.com
Mon Feb 1 21:20:01 UTC 2010


>Number:         143454
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] mtree.8 man page errors
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Feb 01 21:20:00 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Warren Block
>Release:        8-STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD lightning 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #0: Sun Jan 31 11:43:29 MST 2010     root at lightning:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LIGHTNING  i386
>Description:
Missing words and confused tenses in the mtree(8) man page.
>How-To-Repeat:
man 8 mtree
>Fix:
Patch attached.  Beyond this, someone more familiar with mtree could improve this man page by adding a simple example of creating a spec and comparing it.

Patch attached with submission follows:

--- mtree.8.orig	2010-02-01 13:25:32.000000000 -0700
+++ mtree.8	2010-02-01 14:07:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 specification.
 .It Fl i
 Indent the output 4 spaces each time a directory level is descended when
-create a specification with the
+creating a specification with the
 .Fl c
 option.
 This does not affect either the /set statements or the comment before each
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 except a status of 2 is returned if the file hierarchy did not match
 the specification.
 .It Fl w
-Make some errorconditions non-fatal warnings.
+Make some error conditions non-fatal warnings.
 .It Fl x
 Do not descend below mount points in the file hierarchy.
 .It Fl f Ar file
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 .Pp
 If this option is specified twice, the two specifications are compared
 to each other rather than to the file hierarchy.
-The specifications be sorted like output generated using
+The specifications will be sorted like output generated using
 .Fl c .
 The output format in this case is somewhat remniscent of
 .Xr comm 1 ,


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