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authorEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2001-05-23 20:32:09 +0000
committerEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2001-05-23 20:32:09 +0000
commit77d9268892b0d9624ab95bb551cbfe7a745d2666 (patch)
tree68208146cb391cdc03aaaa89c63f4cdecf70255a /applets
parentbdd4eced8475919c9768c5aa1396e674397c63fd (diff)
downloadbusybox-77d9268892b0d9624ab95bb551cbfe7a745d2666.tar.gz
Patch from larry to fix some grammar errors.
Diffstat (limited to 'applets')
-rw-r--r--applets/busybox.c2
-rw-r--r--applets/usage.h20
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/applets/busybox.c b/applets/busybox.c
index 9cc884854..f3d0c4c2f 100644
--- a/applets/busybox.c
+++ b/applets/busybox.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
#ifdef BB_SH
/* Add in a special case hack -- whenever **argv == '-'
- * (i.e. '-su' or '-sh') always invoke the shell */
+ * (i.e., '-su' or '-sh') always invoke the shell */
if (**argv == '-' && *(*argv+1)!= '-') {
applet_name = "sh";
}
diff --git a/applets/usage.h b/applets/usage.h
index aa66d3733..da09c72c6 100644
--- a/applets/usage.h
+++ b/applets/usage.h
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
#define dc_full_usage \
"This is a Tiny RPN calculator that understands the\n" \
"following operations: +, -, /, *, and, or, not, eor.\n" \
- "i.e. 'dc 2 2 add' -> 4, and 'dc 8 8 \\* 2 2 + /' -> 16"
+ "i.e., 'dc 2 2 add' -> 4, and 'dc 8 8 \\* 2 2 + /' -> 16"
#define dc_example_usage \
"$ dc 2 2 +\n" \
"4\n" \
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
"\n\t-h\tprint sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 243M 2G )\n" \
"\t-m\tprint sizes in megabytes\n" \
"\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(default)") USAGE_NOT_HUMAN_READABLE( \
- "\n\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(compatability)")
+ "\n\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(compatibility)")
#define df_example_usage \
"$ df\n" \
"Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on\n" \
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
"\t-f\tDisplay control field name starting with [argument]\n" \
"\t-I\tDisplay the control filenamed [argument]\n" \
"\t-t\tExtract filesystem tree to stdout in tar format\n" \
- "\t-x\tExctract packages filesystem tree to directory\n" \
+ "\t-x\tExtract packages filesystem tree to directory\n" \
"\t-X\tVerbose extract"
#define dpkg_deb_example_usage \
"$ dpkg-deb -X ./busybox_0.48-1_i386.deb /tmp\n"
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
"\n\t-h\tprint sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 243M 2G )\n" \
"\t-m\tprint sizes in megabytes\n" \
"\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(default)") USAGE_NOT_HUMAN_READABLE( \
- "\n\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(compatability)")
+ "\n\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(compatibility)")
#define du_example_usage \
"$ du\n" \
"16 ./CVS\n" \
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
"[FILE]"
#define dutmp_full_usage \
"Dump utmp file format (pipe delimited) from FILE\n" \
- "or stdin to stdout. (i.e. 'dutmp /var/run/utmp')"
+ "or stdin to stdout. (i.e., 'dutmp /var/run/utmp')"
#define dutmp_example_usage \
"$ dutmp /var/run/utmp\n" \
"8|7||si|||0|0|0|955637625|760097|0\n" \
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
"Prints the specified ARGs to stdout\n\n" \
"Options:\n" \
"\t-n\tsuppress trailing newline\n" \
- "\t-e\tinterpret backslash-escaped characters (i.e. \\t=tab etc)\n" \
+ "\t-e\tinterpret backslash-escaped characters (i.e., \\t=tab)\n" \
"\t-E\tdisable interpretation of backslash-escaped characters"
#define echo_example_usage \
"$ echo "Erik is cool"\n" \
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@
" sysinit actions are completed before continuing. Following the\n" \
" completion of all sysinit actions, all 'wait' actions are run.\n" \
" 'wait' actions, like 'sysinit' actions, cause init to wait until\n" \
-" the specified task completes. 'once' actions are asyncronous,\n" \
+" the specified task completes. 'once' actions are asynchronous,\n" \
" therefore, init does not wait for them to complete. 'ctrlaltdel'\n" \
" actions are run when the system detects that someone on the system\n" \
" console has pressed the CTRL-ALT-DEL key combination. Typically one\n" \
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@
USAGE_HUMAN_READABLE( \
"\t-h\tprint sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 243M 2G )\n" \
"\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(default)") USAGE_NOT_HUMAN_READABLE( \
- "\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(compatability)")
+ "\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(compatibility)")
#define lsmod_trivial_usage \
""
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@
"[-q] 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)."
+ "TEMPLATE is any name with six `Xs' (i.e., /tmp/temp.XXXXXX)."
#define mktemp_example_usage \
"$ mktemp /tmp/temp.XXXXXX\n" \
"/tmp/temp.mWiLjM\n" \
@@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@
"\nFlags:\n" "\t-a\tUnmount all file systems" \
USAGE_MTAB(" in /etc/mtab\n\t-n\tDon't erase /etc/mtab entries") \
"\n\t-r\tTry to remount devices as read-only if mount is busy" \
- USAGE_MOUNT_FORCE("\n\t-f\tForce umount (i.e. unreachable NFS server)") \
+ USAGE_MOUNT_FORCE("\n\t-f\tForce umount (i.e., unreachable NFS server)") \
USAGE_MOUNT_LOOP("\n\t-l\tDo not free loop device (if a loop device has been used)")
#define umount_example_usage \
"$ umount /dev/hdc1 \n"