Package: procps
Version: 1:3.2.5-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Found some typos in '/usr/share/man/man1/ps.1.gz', see attached '.diff'.
Hope this helps...
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Versions of packages procps depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.5-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
Versions of packages procps recommends:
ii psmisc 21.6-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
-- no debconf information
--- - 2005-10-19 04:48:53.609842000 -0400
+++ /tmp/ps1.gz.3417 2005-10-19 04:48:53.000000000 -0400
@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@
This version of \fBps\fR accepts several kinds of options:
.PD 0
.IP 1 4
-UNIX options, which may be grouped and must be preceeded by a dash.
+UNIX options, which may be grouped and must be preceded by a dash.
.IP 2 4
BSD options, which may be grouped and must not be used with a dash.
.IP 3 4
-GNU long options, which are preceeded by two dashes.
+GNU long options, which are preceded by two dashes.
.PD
.PP
Options of different types may be freely mixed, but conflicts can appear.
-There are some synonomous options, which are functionally identical, due
+There are some synonymous options, which are functionally identical, due
to the many standards and \fBps\fR implementations that this \fBps\fR is
compatible with.
.P
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
and thus should not be relied upon.
.P
By default, \fBps\fR selects all processes with the same effective user
-ID (EUID) as the curent user and associated with the same terminal as the
+ID (EUID) as the current user and associated with the same terminal as the
invoker. It displays the process ID (PID), the terminal associated
with the process (TTY), the cumulated CPU time in [dd\-]hh:mm:ss format
(TIME), and the executable name (CMD). Output is unsorted by default.
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@
R resident resident pages
s size memory size in kilobytes
S share amount of shared pages
-t tty the device number of the controling tty
+t tty the device number of the controlling tty
T start_time time process was started
U uid user ID number
u user user name
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@
T}
bsdtime TIME T{
-accumulated cpu time, user\ +\ system. The display format is usualy
+accumulated cpu time, user\ +\ system. The display format is usually
"MMM:SS", but can be shifted to the right if the process used more than 999
minutes of cpu time.
T}
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@
s S T{
minimal state display (one\ character).
See\ section \fBPROCESS STATE CODES\fR for the different values.
-See\ also \fBstat\fR if you want additionnal
+See\ also \fBstat\fR if you want additional
information displayed. (alias\ \fBstate\fR).
T}
