rodata cleanup. "unable to" == "cannot". -300 bytes

24 files changed, 65 insertions, 65 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/libcoreutils/cp_mv_stat.c b/coreutils/libcoreutils/cp_mv_stat.c
index 0849ebc6c..2e4f25e21 100644
--- a/coreutils/libcoreutils/cp_mv_stat.c
+++ b/coreutils/libcoreutils/cp_mv_stat.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ int cp_mv_stat2(const char *fn, struct stat *fn_stat, stat_func sf)
 {
 	if (sf(fn, fn_stat) < 0) {
 		if (errno != ENOENT) {
-			bb_perror_msg("unable to stat '%s'", fn);
+			bb_perror_msg("cannot stat '%s'", fn);
 			return -1;
 		}
 		return 0;
diff --git a/coreutils/mkdir.c b/coreutils/mkdir.c
index 1aee8b2b5..c4d267695 100644
--- a/coreutils/mkdir.c
+++ b/coreutils/mkdir.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int mkdir_main (int argc, char **argv)
 	if(opt & 1) {
 		mode = 0777;
 		if (!bb_parse_mode (smode, &mode)) {
-			bb_error_msg_and_die ("invalid mode `%s'", smode);
+			bb_error_msg_and_die ("invalid mode '%s'", smode);
 		}
 	}
 	if(opt & 2)
diff --git a/coreutils/rm.c b/coreutils/rm.c
index 490694a6e..5df7d5f65 100644
--- a/coreutils/rm.c
+++ b/coreutils/rm.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int rm_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			const char *base = bb_get_last_path_component(*argv);
 
 			if ((base[0] == '.') && (!base[1] || ((base[1] == '.') && !base[2]))) {
-				bb_error_msg("cannot remove `.' or `..'");
+				bb_error_msg("cannot remove '.' or '..'");
 			} else if (remove_file(*argv, flags) >= 0) {
 				continue;
 			}
diff --git a/coreutils/rmdir.c b/coreutils/rmdir.c
index 05ea0e9ff..c61bae795 100644
--- a/coreutils/rmdir.c
+++ b/coreutils/rmdir.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int rmdir_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 		do {
 			if (rmdir(path) < 0) {
-				bb_perror_msg("`%s'", path);	/* Match gnu rmdir msg. */
+				bb_perror_msg("'%s'", path);	/* Match gnu rmdir msg. */
 				status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 			} else if (flags) {
 				/* Note: path was not empty or null since rmdir succeeded. */
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int rmdir_main(int argc, char **argv)
 				/* Path is now just the parent component.  Note that dirname
 				 * returns "." if there are no parents.  We must distinguish
 				 * this from the case of the original path starting with '.'.
-		 */
+				 */
 				if (do_dot || (*path != '.') || path[1]) {
 					continue;
 				}
diff --git a/coreutils/stty.c b/coreutils/stty.c
index 8c16c27a9..22784a260 100644
--- a/coreutils/stty.c
+++ b/coreutils/stty.c
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ end_option:
 			new_mode.c_cflag &= (~CIBAUD);
 			if (speed_was_set || memcmp(&mode, &new_mode, sizeof(mode)) != 0)
 #endif
-				perror_on_device_and_die ("%s: unable to perform all requested operations");
+				perror_on_device_and_die("%s: cannot perform all requested operations");
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
index 6d3877a7c..f52352995 100644
--- a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
+++ b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
@@ -315,5 +315,5 @@ int start_stop_daemon_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 #endif
 	execv(startas, argv);
-	bb_perror_msg_and_die ("unable to start %s", startas);
+	bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot start %s", startas);
 }
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/e2fsck.c b/e2fsprogs/e2fsck.c
index 4920cd0f4..ea5b08ccc 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/e2fsck.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/e2fsck.c
@@ -13377,7 +13377,7 @@ restart:
 				 * happen, unless the hardware or
 				 * device driver is being bogus.
 				 */
-				bb_error_msg(_("unable to set superblock flags on %s"), ctx->device_name);
+				bb_error_msg(_("cannot set superblock flags on %s"), ctx->device_name);
 				bb_error_msg_and_die(0);
 			}
 			retval = e2fsck_run_ext3_journal(ctx);
diff --git a/include/usage.h b/include/usage.h
index ccdfef74a..9b2d11a4d 100644
--- a/include/usage.h
+++ b/include/usage.h
@@ -425,11 +425,11 @@
 	"Displays the current time in the given FORMAT, or sets the system date.\n" \
 	"\nOptions:\n" \
 	"\t-R\t\tOutputs RFC-822 compliant date string\n" \
-	"\t-d STRING\tDisplays time described by STRING, not `now'\n" \
+	"\t-d STRING\tDisplays time described by STRING, not 'now'\n" \
 USE_FEATURE_DATE_ISOFMT( \
 	"\t-I[TIMESPEC]\tOutputs an ISO-8601 compliant date/time string\n" \
-	"\t\t\tTIMESPEC=`date' (or missing) for date only,\n" \
-	"\t\t\t`hours', `minutes', or `seconds' for date and,\n" \
+	"\t\t\tTIMESPEC='date' (or missing) for date only,\n" \
+	"\t\t\t'hours', 'minutes', or 'seconds' for date and,\n" \
 	"\t\t\ttime to the indicated precision\n" \
 	"\t-D hint\t\tUse 'hint' as date format, via strptime()\n" \
 ) \
@@ -774,8 +774,8 @@ USE_FEATURE_DATE_ISOFMT( \
 	"\t                            or 0\n" \
 	"\tlength STRING               length of STRING\n" \
 	"\tquote TOKEN                 interpret TOKEN as a string, even if\n" \
-	"\t                            it is a keyword like `match' or an\n" \
-	"\t                            operator like `/'\n" \
+	"\t                            it is a keyword like 'match' or an\n" \
+	"\t                            operator like '/'\n" \
 	"\t( EXPRESSION )              value of EXPRESSION\n\n" \
 	"Beware that many operators need to be escaped or quoted for shells.\n" \
 	"Comparisons are arithmetic if both ARGs are numbers, else\n" \
@@ -980,11 +980,11 @@ USE_FEATURE_DATE_ISOFMT( \
 	"while true ; do\n" \
 	" case $1 in\n" \
 	"   -a|--a-long) echo \"Option a\" ; shift ;;\n" \
-	"   -b|--b-long) echo \"Option b, argument `$2'\" ; shift 2 ;;\n" \
+	"   -b|--b-long) echo \"Option b, argument '$2'\" ; shift 2 ;;\n" \
 	"   -c|--c-long)\n" \
 	"     case \"$2\" in\n" \
 	"       \"\") echo \"Option c, no argument\"; shift 2 ;;\n" \
-	"       *)  echo \"Option c, argument `$2'\" ; shift 2 ;;\n" \
+	"       *)  echo \"Option c, argument '$2'\" ; shift 2 ;;\n" \
 	"     esac ;;\n" \
 	"   --) shift ; break ;;\n" \
 	"   *) echo \"Internal error!\" ; exit 1 ;;\n" \
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ USE_FEATURE_DATE_ISOFMT( \
 	"\t-s\tLog to stderr as well as the system log\n" \
 	"\t-t TAG\tLog using the specified tag (defaults to user name)\n" \
 	"\t-p PRIORITY\tEnter the message with the specified priority\n" \
-	"\t\tThis may be numerical or a ``facility.level'' pair"
+	"\t\tThis may be numerical or a 'facility.level' pair"
 #define logger_example_usage \
 	"$ logger \"hello\"\n"
 
@@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ USE_FEATURE_MDEV_CONFIG( \
 	"[-dq] TEMPLATE"
 #define mktemp_full_usage \
 	"Creates a temporary file with its name based on TEMPLATE.\n" \
-	"TEMPLATE is any name with six `Xs' (i.e., /tmp/temp.XXXXXX).\n\n" \
+	"TEMPLATE is any name with six 'Xs' (i.e., /tmp/temp.XXXXXX).\n\n" \
 	"Options:\n" \
 	"\t-d\t\tMake a directory instead of a file\n" \
 	"\t-q\t\tFail silently if an error occurs"
@@ -3125,7 +3125,7 @@ USE_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY( \
 	"\t-m max_ttl\tSet the max time-to-live (max number of hops)\n" \
 	"\t-p port#\tSet the base UDP port number used in probes\n" \
 	"\t\t(default is 33434)\n" \
-	"\t-q nqueries\tSet the number of probes per ``ttl'' to nqueries\n" \
+	"\t-q nqueries\tSet the number of probes per 'ttl' to nqueries\n" \
 	"\t\t(default is 3)\n" \
 	"\t-s src_addr\tUse the following IP address as the source address\n" \
 	"\t-t tos\tSet the type-of-service in probe packets to the following value\n" \
diff --git a/libbb/remove_file.c b/libbb/remove_file.c
index 509aa6a6d..ab159a481 100644
--- a/libbb/remove_file.c
+++ b/libbb/remove_file.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ int remove_file(const char *path, int flags)
 
 	if (lstat(path, &path_stat) < 0) {
 		if (errno != ENOENT) {
-			bb_perror_msg("unable to stat `%s'", path);
+			bb_perror_msg("cannot stat '%s'", path);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int remove_file(const char *path, int flags)
 
 	if (!path_exists) {
 		if (!(flags & FILEUTILS_FORCE)) {
-			bb_perror_msg("cannot remove `%s'", path);
+			bb_perror_msg("cannot remove '%s'", path);
 			return -1;
 		}
 		return 0;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ int remove_file(const char *path, int flags)
 		if ((!(flags & FILEUTILS_FORCE) && access(path, W_OK) < 0 &&
 					isatty(0)) ||
 				(flags & FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE)) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s: descend into directory `%s'? ", applet_name,
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: descend into directory '%s'? ", applet_name,
 					path);
 			if (!bb_ask_confirmation())
 				return 0;
@@ -75,18 +75,18 @@ int remove_file(const char *path, int flags)
 		}
 
 		if (closedir(dp) < 0) {
-			bb_perror_msg("unable to close `%s'", path);
+			bb_perror_msg("cannot close '%s'", path);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
 		if (flags & FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s: remove directory `%s'? ", applet_name, path);
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: remove directory '%s'? ", applet_name, path);
 			if (!bb_ask_confirmation())
 				return status;
 		}
 
 		if (rmdir(path) < 0) {
-			bb_perror_msg("unable to remove `%s'", path);
+			bb_perror_msg("cannot remove '%s'", path);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ int remove_file(const char *path, int flags)
 					!S_ISLNK(path_stat.st_mode) &&
 					isatty(0)) ||
 				(flags & FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE)) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s: remove `%s'? ", applet_name, path);
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: remove '%s'? ", applet_name, path);
 			if (!bb_ask_confirmation())
 				return 0;
 		}
 
 		if (unlink(path) < 0) {
-			bb_perror_msg("unable to remove `%s'", path);
+			bb_perror_msg("cannot remove '%s'", path);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
diff --git a/libbb/run_parts.c b/libbb/run_parts.c
index c1a45e3d9..fae91813c 100644
--- a/libbb/run_parts.c
+++ b/libbb/run_parts.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int run_parts(char **args, const unsigned char test_mode, char **env)
 		if (test_mode & 2) {
 			return(2);
 		}
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("unable to open `%s'", arg0);
+		bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot open '%s'", arg0);
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < entries; i++) {
diff --git a/libbb/xconnect.c b/libbb/xconnect.c
index 7cf9d00e9..21ec2761a 100644
--- a/libbb/xconnect.c
+++ b/libbb/xconnect.c
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ void xconnect(int s, const struct sockaddr *s_addr, socklen_t addrlen)
 	if (connect(s, s_addr, addrlen) < 0) {
 		if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP) close(s);
 		if (s_addr->sa_family == AF_INET)
-			bb_perror_msg_and_die("unable to connect to remote host (%s)",
+			bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot connect to remote host (%s)",
 				inet_ntoa(((struct sockaddr_in *)s_addr)->sin_addr));
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("unable to connect to remote host");
+		bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot connect to remote host");
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/libbb/xfuncs.c b/libbb/xfuncs.c
index 352515af4..44a551639 100644
--- a/libbb/xfuncs.c
+++ b/libbb/xfuncs.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ DIR *warn_opendir(const char *path)
 	DIR *dp;
 
 	if ((dp = opendir(path)) == NULL) {
-		bb_perror_msg("unable to open `%s'", path);
+		bb_perror_msg("cannot open '%s'", path);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	return dp;
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ DIR *xopendir(const char *path)
 	DIR *dp;
 
 	if ((dp = opendir(path)) == NULL)
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("unable to open `%s'", path);
+		bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot open '%s'", path);
 	return dp;
 }
 
diff --git a/loginutils/login.c b/loginutils/login.c
index 2ad52c63e..263a5a0a5 100644
--- a/loginutils/login.c
+++ b/loginutils/login.c
@@ -260,11 +260,11 @@ int login_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		USE_FEATURE_UTMP(
 			safe_strncpy(utent.ut_host, opt_host, sizeof(utent.ut_host));
 		)
-		snprintf(fromhost, sizeof(fromhost)-1, " on `%.100s' from "
-					"`%.200s'", short_tty, opt_host);
+		snprintf(fromhost, sizeof(fromhost)-1, " on '%.100s' from "
+					"'%.200s'", short_tty, opt_host);
 	}
 	else
-		snprintf(fromhost, sizeof(fromhost)-1, " on `%.100s'", short_tty);
+		snprintf(fromhost, sizeof(fromhost)-1, " on '%.100s'", short_tty);
 
 	bb_setpgrp;
 
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ auth_failed:
 		bb_do_delay(FAIL_DELAY);
 		puts("Login incorrect");
 		if (++count == 3) {
-			syslog(LOG_WARNING, "invalid password for `%s'%s",
+			syslog(LOG_WARNING, "invalid password for '%s'%s",
 						username, fromhost);
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ auth_failed:
 		security_context_t old_tty_sid, new_tty_sid;
 
 		if (get_default_context(username, NULL, &user_sid)) {
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("unable to get SID for %s",
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("cannot get SID for %s",
 					username);
 		}
 		if (getfilecon(full_tty, &old_tty_sid) < 0) {
diff --git a/miscutils/crond.c b/miscutils/crond.c
index b18e27489..fa7964e4e 100644
--- a/miscutils/crond.c
+++ b/miscutils/crond.c
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ static void SynchronizeDir(void)
 
 	remove(CRONUPDATE);
 	if (chdir(CDir) < 0) {
-		crondlog("\311unable to find %s\n", CDir);
+		crondlog("\311cannot find %s\n", CDir);
 	}
 	{
 		DIR *dir = opendir(".");
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ static void SynchronizeDir(void)
 			}
 			closedir(dir);
 		} else {
-			crondlog("\311Unable to open current dir!\n");
+			crondlog("\311cannot open current dir!\n");
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ ForkJob(const char *user, CronLine * line, int mailFd,
 			close(mailFd);
 		}
 		execl(prog, prog, cmd, arg, NULL);
-		crondlog("\024unable to exec, user %s cmd %s %s %s\n", user, prog, cmd, arg);
+		crondlog("\024cannot exec, user %s cmd %s %s %s\n", user, prog, cmd, arg);
 		if (mailf) {
 			fdprintf(1, "Exec failed: %s -c %s\n", prog, arg);
 		}
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ static void RunJob(const char *user, CronLine * line)
 			line->cl_Shell);
 		line->cl_MailPos = lseek(mailFd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
 	} else {
-		crondlog("\024unable to create mail file user %s file %s, output to /dev/null\n", user, mailFile);
+		crondlog("\024cannot create mail file user %s file %s, output to /dev/null\n", user, mailFile);
 	}
 
 	ForkJob(user, line, mailFd, DEFAULT_SHELL, "-c", line->cl_Shell, mailFile);
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ static void RunJob(const char *user, CronLine * line)
 #endif
 
 		execl(DEFAULT_SHELL, DEFAULT_SHELL, "-c", line->cl_Shell, NULL);
-		crondlog("\024unable to exec, user %s cmd %s -c %s\n", user,
+		crondlog("\024cannot exec, user %s cmd %s -c %s\n", user,
 				 DEFAULT_SHELL, line->cl_Shell);
 		exit(0);
 	} else if (pid < 0) {
diff --git a/miscutils/crontab.c b/miscutils/crontab.c
index 6ae1b020c..743ac74ae 100644
--- a/miscutils/crontab.c
+++ b/miscutils/crontab.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int crontab_main(int ac, char **av)
 	if (repFile) {
 		repFd = GetReplaceStream(caller, repFile);
 		if (repFd < 0)
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("unable to read replacement file");
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("cannot read replacement file");
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ int crontab_main(int ac, char **av)
 				close(fd);
 				rename(path, pas->pw_name);
 			} else {
-				bb_error_msg("unable to create %s/%s", CDir, path);
+				bb_error_msg("cannot create %s/%s", CDir, path);
 			}
 			close(repFd);
 		}
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ int crontab_main(int ac, char **av)
 			/* loop */
 		}
 		if (fo == NULL) {
-			bb_error_msg("unable to append to %s/%s", CDir, CRONUPDATE);
+			bb_error_msg("cannot append to %s/%s", CDir, CRONUPDATE);
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/modutils/insmod.c b/modutils/insmod.c
index 49b823d0e..ff96736af 100644
--- a/modutils/insmod.c
+++ b/modutils/insmod.c
@@ -4299,12 +4299,12 @@ int insmod_ng_main( int argc, char **argv)
 	len = st.st_size;
 	map = mmap(NULL, len, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
 	if (map == MAP_FAILED) {
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot mmap `%s'", filename);
+		bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot mmap '%s'", filename);
 	}
 
 	ret = syscall(__NR_init_module, map, len, options);
 	if (ret != 0) {
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot insert `%s': %s (%li)",
+		bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot insert '%s': %s (%li)",
 				filename, moderror(errno), ret);
 	}
 
diff --git a/networking/ether-wake.c b/networking/ether-wake.c
index aaed4a0ff..cc2fb62a3 100644
--- a/networking/ether-wake.c
+++ b/networking/ether-wake.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static inline int get_wol_pw(const char *ethoptarg, unsigned char *wol_passwd)
 		byte_cnt = sscanf(ethoptarg, "%d.%d.%d.%d",
 		                  &passwd[0], &passwd[1], &passwd[2], &passwd[3]);
 	if (byte_cnt < 4) {
-		bb_error_msg("unable to read the Wake-On-LAN pass");
+		bb_error_msg("cannot read Wake-On-LAN pass");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/networking/nameif.c b/networking/nameif.c
index 385e7fb71..52aad2873 100644
--- a/networking/nameif.c
+++ b/networking/nameif.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int nameif_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 		while (*a) {
 			if (strlen(*a) > IF_NAMESIZE)
-				bb_error_msg_and_die("interface name `%s' "
+				bb_error_msg_and_die("interface name '%s' "
 					    "too long", *a);
 			ch = xzalloc(sizeof(mactable_t));
 			ch->ifname = xstrdup(*a++);
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int nameif_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			ch = xzalloc(sizeof(mactable_t));
 			ch->ifname = xstrndup(line_ptr, name_length);
 			if (name_length > IF_NAMESIZE)
-				bb_error_msg_and_die("interface name `%s' "
+				bb_error_msg_and_die("interface name '%s' "
 						"too long", ch->ifname);
 			line_ptr += name_length;
 			line_ptr += strspn(line_ptr, " \t");
diff --git a/procps/sysctl.c b/procps/sysctl.c
index 297a12a85..49754489b 100644
--- a/procps/sysctl.c
+++ b/procps/sysctl.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static const char ERR_UNKNOWN_READING[] =
 static const char ERR_PERMISSION_DENIED[] =
 	"error: permission denied on key '%s'\n";
 static const char ERR_PRELOAD_FILE[] =
-	"error: unable to open preload file '%s'\n";
+	"error: cannot open preload file '%s'\n";
 static const char WARN_BAD_LINE[] =
 	"warning: %s(%d): invalid syntax, continuing...\n";
 
diff --git a/shell/msh.c b/shell/msh.c
index 6c805b53e..c0f013e98 100644
--- a/shell/msh.c
+++ b/shell/msh.c
@@ -2786,7 +2786,7 @@ forkexec(struct op *t, int *pin, int *pout, int act, char **wp)
 		newpid = vfork();
 
 		if (newpid == -1) {
-			DBGPRINTF(("FORKEXEC: ERROR, unable to vfork()!\n"));
+			DBGPRINTF(("FORKEXEC: ERROR, cannot vfork()!\n"));
 			return (-1);
 		}
 
diff --git a/util-linux/fdisk.c b/util-linux/fdisk.c
index e47406b3c..bd2f1e87f 100644
--- a/util-linux/fdisk.c
+++ b/util-linux/fdisk.c
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ static const struct systypes i386_sys_types[] = {
 	{ "\x07" "HPFS/NTFS" },        /* OS/2 IFS, eg, HPFS or NTFS or QNX */
 	{ "\x0a" "OS/2 Boot Manager" },/* OS/2 Boot Manager */
 	{ "\x0b" "Win95 FAT32" },
-	{ "\x0c" "Win95 FAT32 (LBA)" },/* LBA really is `Extended Int 13h' */
+	{ "\x0c" "Win95 FAT32 (LBA)" },/* LBA really is 'Extended Int 13h' */
 	{ "\x0e" "Win95 FAT16 (LBA)" },
 	{ "\x0f" "Win95 Ext'd (LBA)" },
 	{ "\x11" "Hidden FAT12" },
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ read_extended(int ext)
 		if (partitions >= MAXIMUM_PARTS) {
 			/* This is not a Linux restriction, but
 			   this program uses arrays of size MAXIMUM_PARTS.
-			   Do not try to `improve' this test. */
+			   Do not try to 'improve' this test. */
 			struct pte *pre = &ptes[partitions-1];
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
 			printf(_("Warning: deleting partitions after %d\n"),
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ change_sysid(void)
 			printf(_("Type 0 means free space to many systems\n"
 				   "(but not to Linux). Having partitions of\n"
 				   "type 0 is probably unwise. You can delete\n"
-				   "a partition using the `d' command.\n"));
+				   "a partition using the 'd' command.\n"));
 			/* break; */
 		}
 
@@ -2434,7 +2434,7 @@ new_partition(void)
 			}
 			else
 				printf(_("Invalid partition number "
-					 "for type `%c'\n"), c);
+					 "for type '%c'\n"), c);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/util-linux/fdisk_sgi.c b/util-linux/fdisk_sgi.c
index 8d6837f77..9d444c0be 100644
--- a/util-linux/fdisk_sgi.c
+++ b/util-linux/fdisk_sgi.c
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ sgi_add_partition(int n, int sys)
 			first = read_int(0, 0, last-1, 0, mesg);
 			if (first != 0) {
 				printf(_("It is highly recommended that eleventh partition\n"
-						"covers the entire disk and is of type `SGI volume'\n"));
+						"covers the entire disk and is of type 'SGI volume'\n"));
 			}
 		} else {
 			first = freelist[0].first;
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ sgi_add_partition(int n, int sys)
 		last = last; /* align to cylinder if You know how ... */
 	if ( (sys == SGI_VOLUME) && (first != 0 || last != sgi_get_lastblock() ) )
 		printf(_("It is highly recommended that eleventh partition\n"
-			"covers the entire disk and is of type `SGI volume'\n"));
+			"covers the entire disk and is of type 'SGI volume'\n"));
 	sgi_set_partition(n, first, last-first, sys);
 }
 
diff --git a/util-linux/fsck_minix.c b/util-linux/fsck_minix.c
index 3ebc58b1f..9c831bd59 100644
--- a/util-linux/fsck_minix.c
+++ b/util-linux/fsck_minix.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static void read_block(unsigned int nr, char *addr)
 		return;
 	}
 	if (BLOCK_SIZE * nr != lseek(IN, BLOCK_SIZE * nr, SEEK_SET)) {
-		printf("%s: unable to seek to block in file '%s'\n",
+		printf("%s: cannot seek to block in file '%s'\n",
 				bb_msg_read_error, current_name);
 		errors_uncorrected = 1;
 		memset(addr, 0, BLOCK_SIZE);
diff --git a/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c b/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
index b154f4ab9..5cdbfead9 100644
--- a/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
+++ b/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
@@ -312,17 +312,17 @@ static void write_tables(void)
 	if (lseek(DEV, 0, SEEK_SET))
 		bb_error_msg_and_die("seek to boot block failed in write_tables");
 	if (512 != write(DEV, boot_block_buffer, 512))
-		bb_error_msg_and_die("unable to clear boot sector");
+		bb_error_msg_and_die("cannot clear boot sector");
 	if (BLOCK_SIZE != lseek(DEV, BLOCK_SIZE, SEEK_SET))
 		bb_error_msg_and_die("seek failed in write_tables");
 	if (BLOCK_SIZE != write(DEV, super_block_buffer, BLOCK_SIZE))
-		bb_error_msg_and_die("unable to write super-block");
+		bb_error_msg_and_die("cannot write super-block");
 	if (IMAPS * BLOCK_SIZE != write(DEV, inode_map, IMAPS * BLOCK_SIZE))
-		bb_error_msg_and_die("unable to write inode map");
+		bb_error_msg_and_die("cannot write inode map");
 	if (ZMAPS * BLOCK_SIZE != write(DEV, zone_map, ZMAPS * BLOCK_SIZE))
-		bb_error_msg_and_die("unable to write zone map");
+		bb_error_msg_and_die("cannot write zone map");
 	if (INODE_BUFFER_SIZE != write(DEV, inode_buffer, INODE_BUFFER_SIZE))
-		bb_error_msg_and_die("unable to write inodes");
+		bb_error_msg_and_die("cannot write inodes");
 
 }
 
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static void setup_tables(void)
 	 * /sbin/mkfs.minix -i 200 test.fs
 	 * */
 	if (i >= 999) {
-		bb_error_msg_and_die("unable to allocate buffers for maps");
+		bb_error_msg_and_die("cannot allocate buffers for maps");
 	}
 	FIRSTZONE = NORM_FIRSTZONE;
 	inode_map = xmalloc(IMAPS * BLOCK_SIZE);
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ goodbye:
 	strcpy(tmp + 2, ".badblocks");
 	DEV = xopen(device_name, O_RDWR);
 	if (fstat(DEV, &statbuf) < 0)
-		bb_error_msg_and_die("unable to stat %s", device_name);
+		bb_error_msg_and_die("cannot stat %s", device_name);
 	if (!S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode))
 		check = 0;
 	else if (statbuf.st_rdev == 0x0300 || statbuf.st_rdev == 0x0340)