From: Ondrej Oprala <ooprala@redhat.com>
To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 05/10] utmpdump: minor man page improvements
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 09:48:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1396943329-22347-6-git-send-email-ooprala@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1396943329-22347-1-git-send-email-ooprala@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ondrej Oprala <ooprala@redhat.com>
---
login-utils/utmpdump.1 | 24 ++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/login-utils/utmpdump.1 b/login-utils/utmpdump.1
index 7069159..7a7442a 100644
--- a/login-utils/utmpdump.1
+++ b/login-utils/utmpdump.1
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
.\" Copyright (C) 2010 Michael Krapp
.\"
.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
.\" (at your option) any later version.
.\"
.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
.\"
.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ utmpdump [\-frohV] [ filename ]
is a simple program to dump UTMP and WTMP files in raw format, so they
can be examined.
.B utmpdump
-eads from stdin unless a
+reads from stdin unless a
.I filename
is passed.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-follow\fP"
Output appended data as the file grows.
.IP "\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reverse\fP
-Undump, write back edited login information into utmp or wtmp files.
+Undump, write back edited login information into the utmp or wtmp files.
.IP "\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fP \fIfile\fR
-Write command output to file instead of standard output.
+Write command output to \fIfile\fR instead of standard output.
.IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fP"
Display help text and exit.
.IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fP"
@@ -42,25 +42,25 @@ Display version information and exit.
.SH NOTES
.B utmpdump
can be useful in cases of corrupted utmp or wtmp entries. It can dump
-out utmp/wtmp to an ASCII file, then that file can be edited to remove
+out utmp/wtmp to an ASCII file, whic can then be edited to remove
bogus entries and reintegrated, using
-.PP
+.PP
.RS
utmpdump -r < ascii_file > wtmp
.RE
.PP
-but be warned as
+but be warned, as
.B utmpdump
-was written for debugging purpose only.
+was written for debugging purposes only.
.SH BUGS
You may
.B not
-use the option
+use the
.B \-r
-as the format for the utmp/wtmp files strongly depends on the input
+option, as the format for the utmp/wtmp files strongly depends on the input
format. This tool was
.B not
-written for normal use but for debugging.
+written for normal use, but for debugging only.
.SH AUTHOR
Michael Krapp
.SH "SEE ALSO"
--
1.8.5.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-08 7:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-08 7:48 [PATCH 00/10] Man page corrections v1.0 Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 01/10] last: fix minor typos in the man page Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 02/10] runuser: " Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 03/10] su: " Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 04/10] sulogin: minor man page improvements Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` Ondrej Oprala [this message]
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 06/10] nologin: " Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 07/10] vipw: " Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 08/10] addpart: " Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 09/10] cfdisk: " Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-08 7:48 ` [PATCH 10/10] delpart: " Ondrej Oprala
2014-04-14 11:46 ` [PATCH 00/10] Man page corrections v1.0 Karel Zak
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