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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] chattr.1: fix some grammatical errors
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 17:48:50 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191118014852.390686-5-ebiggers@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191118014852.390686-1-ebiggers@kernel.org>

From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>

- "can only be open" => "can only be opened"
- "is not candidate" => "is not a candidate"
- "written ... on the disk" => "written ... to the disk"

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
---
 misc/chattr.1.in | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/misc/chattr.1.in b/misc/chattr.1.in
index 1baacf17..cc751fe8 100644
--- a/misc/chattr.1.in
+++ b/misc/chattr.1.in
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ Set the file's version/generation number.
 .BI \-p " project"
 Set the file's project number.
 .SH ATTRIBUTES
-A file with the 'a' attribute set can only be open in append mode for writing.
-Only the superuser or a process possessing the CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE
-capability can set or clear this attribute.
+A file with the 'a' attribute set can only be opened in append mode for
+writing.  Only the superuser or a process possessing the
+CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE capability can set or clear this attribute.
 .PP
 When a file with the 'A' attribute set is accessed, its atime record is
 not modified.  This avoids a certain amount of disk I/O for laptop
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@ be fully stable.  If the 'C' flag is set on a directory, it will have no
 effect on the directory, but new files created in that directory will
 have the No_COW attribute set.)
 .PP
-A file with the 'd' attribute set is not candidate for backup when the
+A file with the 'd' attribute set is not a candidate for backup when the
 .BR dump (8)
 program is run.
 .PP
 When a directory with the 'D' attribute set is modified,
-the changes are written synchronously on the disk; this is equivalent to
+the changes are written synchronously to the disk; this is equivalent to
 the 'dirsync' mount option applied to a subset of the files.
 .PP
 The 'e' attribute indicates that the file is using extents for mapping
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ and written back to the disk.  Note: please make sure to read the bugs
 and limitations section at the end of this document.
 .PP
 When a file with the 'S' attribute set is modified,
-the changes are written synchronously on the disk; this is equivalent to
+the changes are written synchronously to the disk; this is equivalent to
 the 'sync' mount option applied to a subset of the files.
 .PP
 A file with the 't' attribute will not have a partial block fragment at
-- 
2.24.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-11-18  1:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-18  1:48 [e2fsprogs PATCH 0/6] chattr.1 updates Eric Biggers
2019-11-18  1:48 ` [PATCH 1/6] chattr.1: document the verity attribute Eric Biggers
2019-11-18  1:48 ` [PATCH 2/6] chattr.1: adjust documentation for encryption attribute Eric Biggers
2019-11-18  1:48 ` [PATCH 3/6] chattr.1: add casefold attribute to mode string Eric Biggers
2019-11-18  1:48 ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2019-11-18  1:48 ` [PATCH 5/6] chattr.1: clarify that ext4 doesn't support tail-merging either Eric Biggers
2019-11-18  1:48 ` [PATCH 6/6] chattr.1: say "cleared" instead of "reset" Eric Biggers
2019-11-18 17:20 ` [e2fsprogs PATCH 0/6] chattr.1 updates Theodore Y. Ts'o

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