Fix even more spelling errors in some more man pages. · a5ed710ccd - src

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 If one of these variables is set to a locale ending in
 .Ql KOI8-R ,
 characters with the high-order bit set are being interpreted as
-cyrillic characters.  In all other cases, they are being interpreted
+Cyrillic characters.  In all other cases, they are being interpreted
 as belonging to the
 .Ql ISO_8859-1
 character set.

games/caesar/caesar.6

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 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm caesar
-.Nd decrypt caesar cyphers
+.Nd decrypt caesar ciphers
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm caesar
 .Op Ar rotation
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm caesar
-utility attempts to decrypt caesar cyphers using English letter frequency
+utility attempts to decrypt caesar ciphers using English letter frequency
 statistics.
 .Nm Caesar
 reads from the standard input and writes to the standard output.

lib/libc/gen/config_open.3

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 .\" this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return.   Poul-Henning Kamp
 .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 .\"
-.\"  $Id$
+.\"  $Id: config_open.3,v 1.1 1994/11/13 20:47:44 phk Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd November 13, 1994
 .Dt config_open 3
 .It
 If continuation-lines are enabled, any line starting with a
 .Sq isspace()
-character is joined to the preceeding line and blank lines are discarded.
+character is joined to the preceding line and blank lines are discarded.
 .It
 An entry starts at the first
 .Sq !isspace()

lib/libc/gen/directory.3

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 see
 .Xr open 2 .
 .Pp
-Sample code which searchs a directory for entry ``name'' is:
+Sample code which searches a directory for entry ``name'' is:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 len = strlen(name);
 dirp = opendir(".");

lib/libc/gen/getnetgrent.3

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 .Sh BUGS
 The function
 .Fn getnetgrent
-returns pointers to dynamically allocated data areas that are free'd when
+returns pointers to dynamically allocated data areas that are freed when
 the function
 .Fn endnetgrent
 is called.

lib/libc/gen/rand48.3

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 r(n+1) = (a * r(n) + c) mod m
 where the default values are
 for the multiplicand a = 0xfdeece66d = 25214903917 and
-the addend c = 0xb = 11. The modul is always fixed at m = 2 ** 48.
+the addend c = 0xb = 11. The modulo is always fixed at m = 2 ** 48.
 r(n) is called the seed of the random number generator.
 .Pp
 For all the six generator routines described next, the first

lib/libc/net/rcmd.3

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 service is allowed.
 .Pp
 If this file does not exist, is not a regular file, is owned by anyone
-other than the user or the super-user, or is writeable by anyone other
+other than the user or the super-user, or is writable by anyone other
 than the owner, the check automatically fails.
 Zero is returned if the machine name is listed in the
 .Dq Pa hosts.equiv

lib/libc/nls/catopen.3

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-.\"	$Id$
+.\"	$Id: catopen.3,v 1.1 1995/03/30 12:47:24 jkh Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1994 Winning Strategies, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
 .Sh ERRORS
 .Bl -tag -width Er
 .It Bq Er ENOMEM
-Insufficient memory is availiable.
+Insufficient memory is available.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr catclose 3 ,

lib/libc/rpc/rpc.3

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 or that
 the
 .SM RPC
-system failured to contact the remote
+system failed to contact the remote
 .B portmap
 service.  In the latter case, the global variable
 .B rpc_createerr(\|)
 .SM NULL
 if it fails.
 .IP
-This allows the user to specify the maximun packet size for sending and
+This allows the user to specify the maximum packet size for sending and
 receiving
 .SM UDP\s0-based
 .SM RPC messages.

lib/libc/rpc/rstat.1

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 .IP
 The remote host is not running the portmapper (see
 .BR portmap(8c) ),
-and cannot accomodate any RPC-based services.  The host may be down.
+and cannot accommodate any RPC-based services.  The host may be down.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR portmap (8c),
 .BR rstat_svc (8c)

lib/libc/stdio/stdio.3

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 library provides a simple and efficient buffered stream
 .Tn I/O
 interface.
-Input and ouput is mapped into logical data streams
+Input and output is mapped into logical data streams
 and the physical
 .Tn I/O
 characteristics are concealed. The functions and macros are listed
 and positioning requests. All input occurs as if the characters
 were read by successive calls to the
 .Xr fgetc 3
-function; all ouput takes place as if all characters were
+function; all output takes place as if all characters were
 read by successive calls to the
 .Xr fputc 3
 function.
 A file is disassociated from a stream by
 .Em closing
 the file.
-Ouput streams are flushed (any unwritten buffer contents are transferred
+Output streams are flushed (any unwritten buffer contents are transferred
 to the host environment) before the stream is disassociated from the file.
 The value of a pointer to a
 .Dv FILE

lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3

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 .Dv EOF
 when the argument list is exhausted, or a non-recognized
 option is encountered.
-The interpretation of options in the argument list may be cancelled
+The interpretation of options in the argument list may be canceled
 by the option
 .Ql --
 (double dash) which causes

lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3

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 Flags are single letters, uppercase means on, lowercase means off.
 .Bl -tag -width indent
 .It A
-``abort'' malloc will coredump the process, rather that tollerate failure.
+``abort'' malloc will coredump the process, rather than tolerate failure.
 This is a very handy debugging aid, since the core file will represent the
 time of failure,
 rather than when the NULL pointer was accessed.
 .It Z
 ``zero'' fill some junk into the area allocated (see ``J''),
-except for the exact length the user asked for, which is zerod.
+except for the exact length the user asked for, which is zeroed.
 .El
 .Pp
 The ``J'' and ``Z'' is mostly for testing and debugging,
-if a program changes behaviour if either of these options are used,
+if a program changes behavior if either of these options are used,
 it is buggy.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 The
 transistors, and it has since graduated to handle primary storage rather than
 secondary.
 .Pp
-The main difference from other malloc implementations are belived to be that
+The main difference from other malloc implementations are believed to be that
 the free pages are not accessed until allocated.
 Most malloc implementations will store a data structure containing a,
 possibly double-, linked list in the free chunks of memory, used to tie
 lies after them in the list.
 .Pp
 On systems which are paging, this can make a factor five in difference on the
-pagefaults of a process.
+page-faults of a process.

lib/libc/string/strcoll.3

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 .Fa s1
 and
 .Fa s2
-according to the current locale collation if any, otherwith call
+according to the current locale collation if any, otherwise call
 .Fa strcmp ,
 and returns an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0,
 according as

lib/libc/string/strxfrm.3

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 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn strxfrm
-function transform null-terminating string pointed by
+function transforms a null-terminated string pointed to by
 .Fa src
 according to the current locale collation if any,
-then copied not more than
+then copies not more than
 .Fa n-1
-characters of the result string into
+characters of the resulting string into
 .Fa dst ,
-ending it whith null character and return result length.
+terminating it with a null character and then returns the resulting length.
 Comparing two strings using
 .Fn strcmp
 after
 two original strings with
 .Fn strcoll .
 .Sh BUGS
-Sometimes biheviour of this function is unpredicatable.
+Sometimes the behavior of this function is unpredictable.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr setlocale 3 ,
 .Xr strcmp 3 ,

lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2

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 .Fn _thread_sys_fcntl
 and
 .Fn fcntl
-is implemented as a function which disables thread resheduling, locks
+is implemented as a function which disables thread rescheduling, locks
 .Va fd
 for read and write, then calls
 .Fn _thread_sys_fcntl .
 .Fn fcntl
 unlocks
 .Va fd
-and enables thread resheduling.
+and enables thread rescheduling.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 Upon successful completion, the value returned depends on
 .Fa cmd

lib/libc/sys/getpgrp.2

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 .Fn getpgrp
 function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-1988
 .Pq Dq Tn POSIX .
-.Sh COMPATABILITY
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
 This version of
 .Fn getpgrp
 differs from past Berkeley versions by not taking a

lib/libc/sys/pipe.2

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 call and, in fact, are implemented as such in the system.
 .Pp
 The bidirectional nature of this implementation of pipes is not
-portable to older systems, so it is reccomended to use the convention
+portable to older systems, so it is recommended to use the convention
 for using the endpoints in the traditional manner when using a
 pipe in one direction.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES

lib/libc/sys/semctl.2

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 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: semctl.2,v 1.1 1995/10/03 19:17:17 joerg Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd September 12, 1995
 .Dt SEMCTL 2
 or it must have superuser privileges.
 .It IPC_RMID
 Immediately removes the semaphore set from the system.  The calling
-process's effictive uid must equal the semaphore set's
+process's effective uid must equal the semaphore set's
 .Fa sem_perm.uid
 or
 .Fa sem_perm.cuid ,
-or the process must have superuser priviliges.
+or the process must have superuser privileges.
 .It Dv GETVAL
 Return the value of semaphore number
 .Fa semnum .

lib/libc/sys/semop.2

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 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: semop.2,v 1.1 1995/10/03 19:17:19 joerg Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd September 22, 1995
 .Dt SEMOP 2
 .\" XXX a *second* sublist?
 .Bl -bullet
 .It
-If IPC_NOWAIT was specifed, then
+If IPC_NOWAIT was specified, then
 .Fn semop
 returns immediately with a return value of EAGAIN.
 .It

lib/libc/sys/shmat.2

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 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: shmat.2,v 1.1 1995/10/03 19:17:20 joerg Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd August 2, 1995
 .Dt SHMAT 2
 .Fn "shmdt" "void *addr"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Fn Shmat
-attaches the shared memory segment identifed by
+attaches the shared memory segment identified by
 .Fa shmid
 to the calling process's address space.  The address where the segment
 is attached is determined as follows:
 .It
 If
 .Fa addr
-is nonzero and SHM_RND is not specifed in
+is nonzero and SHM_RND is not specified in
 .Fa flag ,
 the segment is attached the specified address.
 .It

lib/libc/sys/shmctl.2

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 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: shmctl.2,v 1.1 1995/10/03 19:17:21 joerg Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd July 17, 1995
 .Dt SHMCTL 2
 .Fa shm_perm.uid
 or
 .Fa shm_perm.cuid ,
-or the process must have superuser privilges.
+or the process must have superuser privileges.
 .\" .It Dv SHM_LOCK
 .\" Locks the segment in memory.  The calling process must have
 .\" superuser privileges. Not implemented in FreeBSD.
 .\" .It Dv SHM_UNLOCK
 .\" Unlocks the segment from memory.  The calling process must
-.\" have superuser priviliges.  Not implemented in FreeBSD.
+.\" have superuser privileges.  Not implemented in FreeBSD.
 .El
 .Pp
 The

lib/libc/sys/shmget.2

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 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: shmget.2,v 1.1 1995/10/03 19:17:21 joerg Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd July 3, 1995
 .Dt SHMGET 2
 .\"
 .It Bq Er EINVAL
 Size specified is greater than the size of the previously existing segment.
-Size specified is less than the system imposed minumum, or greater than
+Size specified is less than the system imposed minimum, or greater than
 the system imposed maximum.
 .It Bq Er ENOENT
 No shared memory segment was found matching

lib/libc/sys/stat.2

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 Applying
 .Xr fstat
 to a socket (and thus to a pipe)
-returns a zero'd buffer,
+returns a zeroed buffer,
 except for the blocksize field,
 and a unique device and inode number.
 .Sh STANDARDS

sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8

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 .Op options
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm Comcontrol
-is used to examine and modify some of the special characterstics
+is used to examine and modify some of the special characteristics
 of the specified sio device.
 If no arguments other than the device are specified,
 it prints the settings of all controllable characteristics.

sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8

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 .\".Os BSD 4
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm fdisk
-.Nd DOS partition maintainance program
+.Nd DOS partition maintenance program
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Op Fl i
 .Nm
 will display it and ask if it is correct.
 .Nm
-will then procede to the next entry.
+will then proceed to the next entry.
 .Pp
 Getting the
 .Em cyl, sector,
 a set of figures that represent what the BIOS thinks is the
 geometry of the drive.
 These figures are by default taken from the incore disklabel,
-but the program initially gives you an oportunity to change them.
+but the program initially gives you an opportunity to change them.
 This allows the user to create a bootblock that can work with drives
 that use geometry translation under the BIOS.
 .Pp

sbin/i386/comcontrol/comcontrol.8

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 .Op options
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm Comcontrol
-is used to examine and modify some of the special characterstics
+is used to examine and modify some of the special characteristics
 of the specified sio device.
 If no arguments other than the device are specified,
 it prints the settings of all controllable characteristics.

sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.8

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 .\".Os BSD 4
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm fdisk
-.Nd DOS partition maintainance program
+.Nd DOS partition maintenance program
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Op Fl i
 .Nm
 will display it and ask if it is correct.
 .Nm
-will then procede to the next entry.
+will then proceed to the next entry.
 .Pp
 Getting the
 .Em cyl, sector,
 a set of figures that represent what the BIOS thinks is the
 geometry of the drive.
 These figures are by default taken from the incore disklabel,
-but the program initially gives you an oportunity to change them.
+but the program initially gives you an opportunity to change them.
 This allows the user to create a bootblock that can work with drives
 that use geometry translation under the BIOS.
 .Pp