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From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org
Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
	linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] intro.1: ffix
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 14:47:13 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <54F9AFE1.9080206@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1425646053-7294-3-git-send-email-saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>

On 03/06/2015 01:47 PM, saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org wrote:
> From: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>

Thanks, Stéphane. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael


> Filenames in italic
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man1/intro.1 | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man1/intro.1 b/man1/intro.1
> index 0caa0c4..216445e 100644
> --- a/man1/intro.1
> +++ b/man1/intro.1
> @@ -200,14 +200,21 @@ Here it finds Maja's telephone number.
>  Files live in a large tree, the file hierarchy.
>  Each has a
>  .I "pathname"
> -describing the path from the root of the tree (which is called /)
> +describing the path from the root of the tree (which is called
> +.IR / )
>  to the file.
> -For example, such a full pathname might be /home/aeb/tel.
> +For example, such a full pathname might be
> +.IR /home/aeb/tel .
>  Always using full pathnames would be inconvenient, and the name
>  of a file in the current directory may be abbreviated by giving
>  only the last component.
> -That is why "/home/aeb/tel" can be abbreviated
> -to "tel" when the current directory is "/home/aeb".
> +That is why
> +.I /home/aeb/tel
> +can be abbreviated
> +to 
> +.I tel
> +when the current directory is
> +.IR /home/aeb .
>  .LP
>  The command
>  .I pwd
> @@ -231,7 +238,10 @@ The command
>  (with a rather baroque syntax) will find files with given name
>  or other properties.
>  For example, "find . \-name tel" would find
> -the file "tel" starting in the present directory (which is called ".").
> +the file
> +.I tel
> +starting in the present directory (which is called
> +.IR . ).
>  And "find / \-name tel" would do the same, but starting at the root
>  of the tree.
>  Large searches on a multi-GB disk will be time-consuming,
> 


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-03-06 13:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-06 12:47 [PATCH 1/6] intro.1: ffix saulery-GANU6spQydw
     [not found] ` <1425646053-7294-1-git-send-email-saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-06 12:47   ` [PATCH 2/6] intro.1: Add cross references cited saulery-GANU6spQydw
     [not found]     ` <1425646053-7294-2-git-send-email-saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-06 13:46       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-03-06 12:47   ` [PATCH 3/6] intro.1: ffix saulery-GANU6spQydw
     [not found]     ` <1425646053-7294-3-git-send-email-saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-06 13:47       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message]
2015-03-06 12:47   ` [PATCH 4/6] " saulery-GANU6spQydw
     [not found]     ` <1425646053-7294-4-git-send-email-saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-06 13:48       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-03-06 12:47   ` [PATCH 5/6] " saulery-GANU6spQydw
     [not found]     ` <1425646053-7294-5-git-send-email-saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-06 13:48       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-03-06 12:47   ` [PATCH 6/6] intro.1: Prompt is not % but $ saulery-GANU6spQydw
     [not found]     ` <1425646053-7294-6-git-send-email-saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-06 13:48       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-03-06 13:46   ` [PATCH 1/6] intro.1: ffix Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

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