Re: spelling errors in coreutils-faq.html

[Bob Proulx]

Justin Pryzby wrote:
> Hello Bob,
> 
> I just ran aspell on coreutils-faq; here is the result (although
> "backwords" is arguable :).

The use of "backwords" to describe reversed words is intentional.
However the others were not intentional.  I installed those changes.
Thanks for the corrections!

Bob

> --- coreutils-faq.html.bak    2005-09-29 18:31:45.000000000 -0400
> +++ coreutils-faq.html        2006-05-19 11:33:27.000000000 -0400
> @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
>  problem is resolved there.  (A note for Cygwin users.  The MS-Windows
>  platform requires special handling.  For Cygwin I recommend using the
>  latest precompiled binaries from the Cygwin site.  They do an
> -excellent job of handling the pecularities and deficiencies of that
> +excellent job of handling the peculiarities and deficiencies of that
>  platform.)
>  
>     <p>Patches for bugs and enhancements are always appreciated.  Please
> @@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
>  they own the file or directory.  The reason this is important is that if
>  chown is allowed then /tmp is another place that file could be created
>  by a user, chowned, and then could not be removed by the user.  A sticky
> -/tmp and a rectricted chown policy go together.  If you have one then
> +/tmp and a restricted chown policy go together.  If you have one then
>  you should have the other as well.
>  
>       <li>People have used this to avoid disk space quota restrictions.  Give
> @@ -885,7 +885,7 @@
>  can't do yourself?  Very little in this particular case.  You might as
>  well use <span class="command">echo</span> for listing and then you can use 
> the
>  <span class="command">fmt</span> command to word wrap to your screen.  You 
> can also use
> -<span class="command">tr</span> and <span class="command">grep</span> to 
> finish the job.  Suddeny using ls
> +<span class="command">tr</span> and <span class="command">grep</span> to 
> finish the job.  Suddenly using ls
>  for this seems more convenient.  Especially when coupled with the -l
>  option!
>  
> @@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@
>     <p>The -x option outputs short integers, note integers which is a word
>  and not a byte, in the machine's short integer format.  If you are
>  operating on a little endian machine such as an x86 then the bytes
> -appear in 'backwords' order.  Here is what the &ndash;help says.
> +appear in 'backwards' order.  Here is what the &ndash;help says.
>  
>  <pre class="example">     `-x'
>            Output as hexadecimal shorts.  Equivalent to `-tx2'.
>