From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
To: victory <victory.deb@gmail.com>
Cc: "Util-Linux" <util-linux@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: typo on login-utils/last.c?
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:23:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1382599391.27802.37870029.0813564C@webmail.messagingengine.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131024160236.a5103738efc152dad2be0213@gmail.com>
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013, at 9:02, victory wrote:
> login-utils/last.c:
> _(" -f, --file <file> use a specific file instead of %s\n"), _PATH_WTMP);
>
> specific looks like a typo of specified
Ehm... no, that English phrase is fine. However, it might
be more in line with other phrases of the same sort to say:
"use the specified file instead of %s", or maybe:
"use this <file> instead of %s".
Benno
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2013-10-24 7:02 typo on login-utils/last.c? victory
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