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| author | Jason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu> | 2013-06-27 21:51:44 +0200 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2013-07-02 23:06:22 -0400 |
| commit | e9dd9f9547350c7dc0473583b5c2228dc8f0ab76 (patch) | |
| tree | 8c40d1a1e527a09974839ac44a3b7b3d19232758 /man/sd_id128_randomize.xml | |
| parent | 6824690f140f45064157d220a24b9afbeb1d093f (diff) | |
man: improve grammar and word formatting in numerous man pages
Use proper grammar, word usage, adjective hyphenation, commas,
capitalization, spelling, etc.
To improve readability, some run-on sentences or sentence fragments were
revised.
[zj: remove the space from 'file name', 'host name', and 'time zone'.]
Diffstat (limited to 'man/sd_id128_randomize.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/sd_id128_randomize.xml | 13 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man/sd_id128_randomize.xml b/man/sd_id128_randomize.xml index 15e17619d0..0b9580308a 100644 --- a/man/sd_id128_randomize.xml +++ b/man/sd_id128_randomize.xml @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ <refnamediv> <refname>sd_id128_randomize</refname> - <refpurpose>Generate 128 bit IDs</refpurpose> + <refpurpose>Generate 128-bit IDs</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ <title>Description</title> <para><function>sd_id128_randomize()</function> - generates a new randomized 128 bit ID and returns it + generates a new randomized 128-bit ID and returns it in <parameter>ret</parameter>. Every invocation returns a new randomly generated ID. This uses the <filename>/dev/urandom</filename> kernel random number @@ -71,16 +71,15 @@ <para>Note that <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function> always returns - a UUID v4 compatible - ID.</para> + a UUID v4-compatible ID.</para> <para>For more information about the - <literal>sd_id128_t</literal> type see + <literal>sd_id128_t</literal> type, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s - <option>--new-id</option> option may be used as - command line front-end for + <option>--new-id</option> option may be used as a + command-line front-end for <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function>.</para> </refsect1> |