diff --git a/chapter08/groff.xml b/chapter08/groff.xml index 1b0870d9d..e5ae875f3 100644 --- a/chapter08/groff.xml +++ b/chapter08/groff.xml @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ groff - A front-end to the groff document formatting system; normally, it + A front end to the groff document formatting system; normally, it runs the troff program and a post-processor appropriate for the selected device diff --git a/chapter08/grub.xml b/chapter08/grub.xml index 831041635..04fbef91b 100644 --- a/chapter08/grub.xml +++ b/chapter08/grub.xml @@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ mv -v /etc/bash_completion.d/grub /usr/share/bash-completion/completions grub-macbless - Is the Mac-style bless for HFS or HFS+ files (bless - is peculiar to Apple machiines; it makes a device bootable) + Is the Mac-style bless for HFS or HFS+ file systems (bless + is peculiar to Apple machines; it makes a device bootable) grub-macbless diff --git a/chapter08/iproute2.xml b/chapter08/iproute2.xml index 25e7e81be..d57e4725c 100644 --- a/chapter08/iproute2.xml +++ b/chapter08/iproute2.xml @@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ Installation of IPRoute2 The arpd program included in this package will not - be built since it is dependent on Berkeley DB, which is not installed in - LFS. However, a directory for arpd and a man page will still - be installed. Prevent this by running the commands below. - If the arpd binary is needed, - instructions for compiling Berkeley DB can be found in the BLFS Book at - . + be built since it depends on Berkeley DB, which is not installed in + LFS. However, a directory and a man page for arpd will still + be installed. Prevent this by running the commands shown below. + (If the arpd program is needed, + instructions for compiling Berkeley DB can be found in the BLFS book at + .) sed -i /ARPD/d Makefile @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version; genl - Generic netlink utility frontend + Generic netlink utility front end genl @@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;ifcfg A shell script wrapper for the ip command - [Note that it requires the arping and + (Note that this script requires the arping and rdisk programs from the - iputils package found at .] + iputils package found at .) ifcfg @@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version; ifstat - Shows the interface statistics, including the amount of - transmitted and received packets by interface + Shows interface statistics, including the number of + packets transmitted and received, by interface ifstat @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version; ip - The main executable. It has several different functions: + The main executable. It has several different functions, including these: ip link <device> allows users to look at the state of devices and to make changes @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version; nstat - Shows network statistics + Displays network statistics nstat @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version; routef - A component of ip route. This is for flushing + A component of ip route, for flushing the routing tables routef @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version; routel - A component of ip route. This is for listing + A component of ip route, for listing the routing tables routel @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version; rtpr - Converts the output of ip -o back into a + Converts the output of ip -o into a readable form rtpr @@ -295,25 +295,26 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version; + tc - Traffic Controlling Executable; this is for Quality Of Service - (QOS) and Class Of Service (COS) implementations + Traffic control for Quality of Service + (QoS) and Class of Service (CoS) implementations - tc qdisc allows users to setup the queueing + tc qdisc allows users to set up the queueing discipline - tc class allows users to setup classes based + tc class allows users to set up classes based on the queuing discipline scheduling tc estimator allows users to estimate the - network flow into a network + data flow through a network - tc filter allows users to setup the QOS/COS + tc filter allows users to set up the QoS/CoS packet filtering - tc policy allows users to setup the QOS/COS + tc policy allows users to set up the QoS/CoS policies tc diff --git a/chapter08/m4.xml b/chapter08/m4.xml index 13b032a25..14ce93291 100644 --- a/chapter08/m4.xml +++ b/chapter08/m4.xml @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ echo "#define _IO_IN_BACKUP 0x100" >> lib/stdio-impl.h m4 has built-in functions for including named files, running Unix commands, performing integer arithmetic, manipulating text, recursion, etc. The m4 program - can be used either as a front-end to a compiler or as a macro processor + can be used either as a front end to a compiler or as a macro processor in its own right m4