On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 08:34:51PM +0100, Craig R. Skinner wrote:
> The existing grammar is erratic:
> 
> $ fgrep filesystem dump.8 | wc -l
>       15
> $ fgrep 'file system' dump.8 | wc -l
>       6
> 

erratic, you say?

        $ grep -i "filesystem" restore.8 | wc -l
        0
        $ grep -i "file system" restore.8 | wc -l
        13

file system, or filesystem if you prefer, is one of the spellings that
exist in two forms in our docs. within a single document, i guess it's
correct to argue that a spelling should be consistent, but changing
this, in one file, just feels a bit pointless.

        $ grep -ir "filesystem" /usr/share/man | wc -l
        844
        $ grep -ir "file system" /usr/share/man | wc -l
        2174

bet there's a rake of other pages that contain both spellings within.
can we agree to live with this quirk?

jmc

> 
> 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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