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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2009-04-03 15:50:26 +0400
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2009-04-03 15:50:26 +0400
commitd10a1e51548e79b59259fb4997e5528dbdc42ecc (patch)
tree2384152f7fdc366a427c89aca9750cc432b9dbeb /winsup/utils
parenteab96f6b22353141b4ff2c78828a36722c6026c4 (diff)
* utils.sgml: Various syntactical and semantical fixes.
* cygcheck.cc (usage): Fix --find-package explanation.
Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/utils')
-rw-r--r--winsup/utils/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--winsup/utils/cygcheck.cc2
-rw-r--r--winsup/utils/utils.sgml48
3 files changed, 30 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
index a21d0a9de..bb126b227 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-04-03 Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>
+
+ * utils.sgml: Various syntactical and semantical fixes.
+ * cygcheck.cc (usage): Fix --find-package explanation.
+
2009-03-26 Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@cygwin.com>
* utils.sgml (passwd -R): Remove references to CYGWIN="server".
diff --git a/winsup/utils/cygcheck.cc b/winsup/utils/cygcheck.cc
index 052707ffe..10738a145 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/cygcheck.cc
+++ b/winsup/utils/cygcheck.cc
@@ -1984,7 +1984,7 @@ At least one command option or a PROGRAM is required, as shown above.\n\
-r, --registry also scan registry for Cygwin settings (with -s)\n\
-k, --keycheck perform a keyboard check session (must be run from a\n\
plain console only, not from a pty/rxvt/xterm)\n\
- -f, --find-package find the package that FILE belongs to\n\
+ -f, --find-package find the package to which FILE belongs\n\
-l, --list-package list contents of PACKAGE (or all packages if none given)\n\
-p, --package-query search for REGEXP in the entire cygwin.com package\n\
repository (requires internet connectivity)\n\
diff --git a/winsup/utils/utils.sgml b/winsup/utils/utils.sgml
index 8593bd348..e78aa120d 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/utils.sgml
+++ b/winsup/utils/utils.sgml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ At least one command option or a PROGRAM is required, as shown above.
-r, --registry also scan registry for Cygwin settings (with -s)
-k, --keycheck perform a keyboard check session (must be run from a
plain console only, not from a pty/rxvt/xterm)
- -f, --find-package find the package that FILE belongs to
+ -f, --find-package find the package to which FILE belongs
-l, --list-package list contents of PACKAGE (or all packages if none given)
-p, --package-query search for REGEXP in the entire cygwin.com package
repository (requires internet connectivity)
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ ACL. For directories <command>getfacl</command> displays additionally the
default ACL. With no options specified, <command>getfacl</command> displays
the filename, the owner, the group, and both the ACL and the default ACL, if
it exists. For more information on Cygwin and Windows ACLs, see
-see <xref linkend="ntsec"></xref> in the Cygwin User's Guide.
+<xref linkend="ntsec"></xref> in the Cygwin User's Guide.
The format for ACL output is as follows:
<screen>
# file: filename
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ given signal, or a list of all signal names if no signal is given.</para>
<para>To send a specific signal, use the <literal>-signN</literal>
option, either with a signal number or a signal name (minus the "SIG"
-part), like these examples:</para>
+part), as shown in these examples:</para>
<example id="utils-kill-ex"><title>Using the kill command</title>
<screen>
@@ -560,14 +560,14 @@ With the <literal>-d/-D</literal> options the program contacts a Domain
Controller, which my be unreachable or have restricted access.
Comma-separated from the machine or domain, you can specify an offset
which is used as base added to the group's RID to compute the gid
-(offset + RID = gid). This allows to create the same gids every time you
+(offset + RID = gid). This allows you to create the same gids every time you
re-run <command>mkgroup</command>.
For very simple needs, an entry for the current user's group can be
created by using the option <literal>-c</literal> or <literal>-C</literal>.
If you want to use one of the <literal>-D</literal>, <literal>-L</literal>
or <literal>-C</literal> options, but you don't like the backslash as
domain/group separator, you can specify another separator using the
-<literal>-S</literal> option, for instance</para>
+<literal>-S</literal> option, for instance:</para>
<example id="utils-mkgroup-ex"><title>Setting up group entry for current user with different domain/group separator</title>
<screen>
@@ -580,11 +580,11 @@ DOMAIN+my_group:S-1-5-21-2913048732-1697188782-3448811101-1144:11144:
<para>The <literal>-o</literal> option allows for special cases
(such as multiple domains) where the GIDs might match otherwise.
The <literal>-g</literal> option only prints the information for one group.
-The <literal>-U</literal> option allows to enumerate the standard UNIX
+The <literal>-U</literal> option allows you to enumerate the standard UNIX
groups on a Samba machine. It's used together with
<literal>-l samba-server</literal> or <literal>-L samba-server</literal>.
The normal UNIX groups are usually not enumerated, but they can show
-up as group in <command>ls -l</command> output.
+up as a group in <command>ls -l</command> output.
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ option <literal>-c</literal> or <literal>-C</literal>.
If you want to use one of the <literal>-D</literal>, <literal>-L</literal>
or <literal>-C</literal> options, but you don't like the backslash as
domain/group separator, you can specify another separator using the
-<literal>-S</literal> option, simialar to the <command>mkgroup</command>.
+<literal>-S</literal> option, similar to the <command>mkgroup</command>.
The <literal>-o</literal> option allows for special cases
(such as multiple domains) where the UIDs might match otherwise.
The <literal>-m</literal> option bypasses the current
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ use the specified prefix instead of the account home dir or <literal>/home/
would put local users' home directories in the Windows 'Profiles' directory.
The <literal>-u</literal> option creates just an entry for
the specified user.
-The <literal>-U</literal> option allows to enumerate the standard UNIX
+The <literal>-U</literal> option allows you to enumerate the standard UNIX
users on a Samba machine. It's used together with
<literal>-l samba-server</literal> or <literal>-L samba-server</literal>.
The normal UNIX users are usually not enumerated, but they can show
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file.</para>
<para>
The <literal>-m</literal> option causes the <command>mount</command> utility
-to output the current mount table in a series of fstab entries. This allows
+to output the current mount table in a series of fstab entries.
You can save this output as a backup when experimenting with the mount table.
Copy the output to <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> to restore the old state.
It also makes moving your settings to a different machine much easier.</para>
@@ -1017,13 +1017,13 @@ running Windows services. When a privileged Cygwin application calls the
<command>set{e}uid(user_id)</command> system call, Cygwin checks if a
password for that user has been stored in this registry area. If so, it
uses this password to switch to this user account using that password.
-This allows to logon through, for instance, <command>ssh</command> with
-public key authentication and to get a full qualified user token with
+This allows you to logon through, for instance, <command>ssh</command> with
+public key authentication and get a full qualified user token with
all credentials for network access. However, the method has some
-drawbacks security-wise. This is explained in more detail in the
-<xref linkend="ntsec"></xref> section.</para>
+drawbacks security-wise. This is explained in more detail in
+<xref linkend="ntsec"></xref>.</para>
-<para>Please note that storing password in that registry area is a
+<para>Please note that storing passwords in that registry area is a
privileged operation which only administrative accounts are allowed to
do. If normal, non-admin users should be allowed to enter their
passwords using <command>passwd -R</command>, it's required to run
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ waiting to output.
</para>
<para>
-By default <command>ps</command> will only show processes owned by the
+By default, <command>ps</command> will only show processes owned by the
current user. With either the <literal>-a</literal> or <literal>-e</literal>
option, all user's processes (and system processes) are listed. There are
historical UNIX reasons for the synonomous options, which are functionally
@@ -1166,18 +1166,18 @@ Conversely, the <literal>-q</literal> option supresses error messages,
so you can use the exit status of the program to detect if a key
exists or not (for example).</para>
-<para>The <literal>-w</literal> option allows to access the 64 bit view
-on the registry. Several subkeys exist in a 32 bit and a 64 bit version
+<para>The <literal>-w</literal> option allows you to access the 64 bit view
+of the registry. Several subkeys exist in a 32 bit and a 64 bit version
when running on Windows 64. Since Cygwin is running in 32 bit mode, it
-has only access to the 32 bit view of these registry keys. When using
-the <literal>-w</literal> the 64 bit view is used and
+only has access to the 32 bit view of these registry keys. When using
+the <literal>-w</literal> switch, the 64 bit view is used and
<command>regtool</command> can access the entire registry.
This option is simply ignored when running on 32 bit Windows versions.
</para>
-<para>The <literal>-W</literal> option allows to access the 32 bit view
-on the registry. The purpose of this option is mainly symmetry. It
-allows to create OS agnostic scripts which would also work in a hypothetic
+<para>The <literal>-W</literal> option allows you to access the 32 bit view
+on the registry. The purpose of this option is mainly for symmetry. It
+permits creation of OS agnostic scripts which would also work in a hypothetical
64 bit version of Cygwin.</para>
<para>You must provide <command>regtool</command> with an
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ the action must be <literal>add</literal>, <literal>set</literal>,
<para>The <literal>add</literal> action adds a new key. The
<literal>check</literal> action checks to see if a key exists (the
exit code of the program is zero if it does, nonzero if it does not).
-The <literal>get</literal> action gets the value of a value of a key,
+The <literal>get</literal> action gets the value of a key,
and prints it (and nothing else) to stdout. Note: if the value
doesn't exist, an error message is printed and the program returns a
non-zero exit code. If you give <literal>-q</literal>, it doesn't