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authorTom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no>2014-07-01 00:05:03 +0200
committerTom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no>2014-07-01 00:06:16 +0200
commitdc7f577501278633be6abb0600df8a21561f6640 (patch)
treed8505cf82384dc7601038c297cb13cf6ef217d16 /man
parentcd48031bcf32b4f675c3498fc911a2485b9f7636 (diff)
man: file-hierarchy - minor fixes
Leave non-specified top-level dirs out of the spec, and minor cleanups.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/file-hierarchy.xml22
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/man/file-hierarchy.xml b/man/file-hierarchy.xml
index e1f5aefd4d..a096359c8a 100644
--- a/man/file-hierarchy.xml
+++ b/man/file-hierarchy.xml
@@ -74,12 +74,8 @@
root. Usually writable, but this is
not required. Possibly a temporary
file system (<literal>tmpfs</literal>). Not shared with
- other hosts (unless read-only). The
- administrator may create additional
- top-level subdirectories in this tree,
- if required and the name does not
- conflict with any of the directories
- listed below.</para></listitem>
+ other hosts (unless read-only).
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -90,7 +86,7 @@
System Partition, also see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. This
directory is usually strictly local
- the host, and should be considered
+ to the host, and should be considered
read-only, except when a new kernel or
boot loader is installed. This
directory only exists on systems that
@@ -124,9 +120,9 @@
system users. This directory and
possibly the directories contained
within it might only become available
- or writable in late boot or even on
- user login only. This directory might
- be placed on limited-functionality
+ or writable in late boot or even only
+ after user authentication. This directory
+ might be placed on limited-functionality
network file systems, hence
applications should not assume the
full set of file API is available on
@@ -169,7 +165,7 @@
<listitem><para>The place for small
temporary files. This directory is
usually mounted as
- <literal>tmpfs</literal> instance, and
+ a <literal>tmpfs</literal> instance, and
should hence not be used for larger
files. (Use
<filename>/var/tmp</filename> for
@@ -474,7 +470,7 @@
<term><filename>/dev</filename></term>
<listitem><para>The root directory for
device nodes. Usually this directory
- is mounted as
+ is mounted as a
<literal>devtmpfs</literal> instance,
but might be of a different type in
sandboxed/containerized setups. This
@@ -507,7 +503,7 @@
programs) or
<varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname>
(for user programs) instead of POSIX
- shared memory segments, since they
+ shared memory segments, since those
directories are not world-writable and
hence not vulnerable to
security-sensitive name