The existing grammar is erratic:

$ fgrep filesystem dump.8 | wc -l
        15
$ fgrep 'file system' dump.8 | wc -l
        6


Uniformly concatenate both words into one:


Index: dump.8
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/sbin/dump/dump.8,v
retrieving revision 1.45
diff -u -r1.45 dump.8
--- dump.8      4 Apr 2013 10:47:21 -0000       1.45
+++ dump.8      16 Aug 2013 19:28:41 -0000
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 .It Fl 0\-9
 Dump levels.
 A level 0, full backup,
-guarantees the entire file system is copied
+guarantees the entire filesystem is copied
 (but see also the
 .Fl h
 option below).
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 is ignored.
 .It Fl W
 .Nm
-tells the operator what file systems need to be dumped.
+tells the operator what filesystems need to be dumped.
 This information is gleaned from the files
 .Pa /etc/dumpdates
 and
@@ -259,10 +259,10 @@
 .Fl W
 flag causes
 .Nm
-to print out, for each file system in
+to print out, for each filesystem in
 .Pa /etc/dumpdates ,
 the most recent dump date and level,
-and highlights those file systems that should be dumped.
+and highlights those filesystems that should be dumped.
 If the
 .Fl W
 flag is set, all other options are ignored, and
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
 and on a set of fresh tapes that is saved forever.
 .It
 After the level 0 dump,
-backups of active file systems are taken on each day in a cycle of a week.
+backups of active filesystems are taken on each day in a cycle of a week.
 Once a week, a level 1 dump is taken.
 The other days of the week a higher level dump is done.
 .Pp
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
 .It Pa /etc/dumpdates
 dump date records
 .It Pa /etc/fstab
-dump table: file systems and frequency
+dump table: filesystems and frequency
 .It Pa /etc/group
 to find group
 .Em operator


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