From e9dd9f9547350c7dc0473583b5c2228dc8f0ab76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jason St. John" Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 21:51:44 +0200 Subject: 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'.] --- man/systemd.journal-fields.xml | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) (limited to 'man/systemd.journal-fields.xml') diff --git a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml index fe65078f76..bced51d635 100644 --- a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml +++ b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ MESSAGE= - The human readable + The human-readable message string for this entry. This is supposed to be the primary text shown to the @@ -87,16 +87,16 @@ MESSAGE_ID= - A 128bit message + A 128-bit message identifier ID for recognizing certain message types, if this is desirable. This should - contain a 128bit id formatted - as lower-case hexadecimal + contain a 128-bit ID formatted + as a lower-case hexadecimal string, without any separating dashes or suchlike. This is - recommended to be a UUID - compatible ID, but this is not + recommended to be a + UUID-compatible ID, but this is not enforced, and formatted differently. Developers can generate a new ID for this @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ 0 (emerg) and 7 (debug) - formatted as decimal + formatted as a decimal string. This field is compatible with syslog's priority concept. @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ The code location generating this message, if known. Contains the source - file name, the line number and + filename, the line number and the function name. @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ any. Contains the numeric value of errno3 - formatted as decimal + formatted as a decimal string. @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ The process, user and group ID of the process the journal entry originates from - formatted as decimal + formatted as a decimal string. @@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ any is known that is different from the reception time of the journal. This is the time in - usec since the epoch UTC - formatted as decimal + microseconds since the epoch UTC, + formatted as a decimal string. @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ The kernel boot ID for the boot the message was generated in, formatted as - 128bit hexadecimal + a 128-bit hexadecimal string. @@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ JSON Format, the addresses of journal entries are serialized into fields prefixed with double underscores. Note that these aren't proper fields when - stored in the journal, but addressing meta data of + stored in the journal but for addressing meta data of entries. They cannot be written as part of structured log entries via calls such as sd_journal_send3. They @@ -486,11 +486,11 @@ (CLOCK_REALTIME) at the point in time the entry was received by the journal, - in usec since the epoch UTC - formatted as decimal + in microseconds since the epoch + UTC, formatted as a decimal string. This has different properties from - _SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP= + _SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP=, as it is usually a bit later but more likely to be monotonic. @@ -504,10 +504,10 @@ (CLOCK_MONOTONIC) at the point in time the entry was received by the journal in - usec formatted as decimal + microseconds, formatted as a decimal string. To be useful as an - address for the entry this - should be combined with with + address for the entry, this + should be combined with with the boot ID in _BOOT_ID=. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf