Fix even more spelling errors in some more man pages.

22 files changed, 44 insertions, 44 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/config_open.3 b/lib/libc/gen/config_open.3
index f51bc6c..7b7e36c 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/config_open.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/config_open.3
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 .\" 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
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ is '#' are comments which are discarded.
 .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()
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
index 0503989..434f197 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ returns the integer file descriptor associated with the named
 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(".");
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getnetgrent.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getnetgrent.3
index 1e38538..de2523e 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/getnetgrent.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/getnetgrent.3
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ string has within BSD.
 .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.
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3 b/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3
index 9fadeb2..356f2f3 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ particular formula employed is
 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
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/rcmd.3 b/lib/libc/net/rcmd.3
index 641ed7f..ba0f9cc 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/rcmd.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/rcmd.3
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ in the local user's home directory is checked to see if the request for
 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
diff --git a/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3 b/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3
index f581baf..109829f 100644
--- a/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3
+++ b/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id$
+.\"	$Id: catopen.3,v 1.1 1995/03/30 12:47:24 jkh Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1994 Winning Strategies, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ is set to indicate the error.
 .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 ,
diff --git a/lib/libc/rpc/rpc.3 b/lib/libc/rpc/rpc.3
index 74501c3..b4d98d9 100644
--- a/lib/libc/rpc/rpc.3
+++ b/lib/libc/rpc/rpc.3
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ A return value of zero means that the mapping does not exist
 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(\|)
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ This routine returns
 .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.
diff --git a/lib/libc/rpc/rstat.1 b/lib/libc/rpc/rstat.1
index 61d9999..52eaa31 100644
--- a/lib/libc/rpc/rstat.1
+++ b/lib/libc/rpc/rstat.1
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ rstat: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out
 .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)
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/stdio.3 b/lib/libc/stdio/stdio.3
index 572df8c..09d7e36 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/stdio.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/stdio.3
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The standard
 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
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ The position indicator is maintained by subsequent reads, writes
 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.
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ 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
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3
index 95ff6e6..4d51bac 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ returns an
 .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
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
index 94a3fd6..9393b76 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ and scan it for flags.
 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.
@@ -138,12 +138,12 @@ This can substantially aid in compacting memory.
 
 .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
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ attached to a 20bit binary challenged computer built with discrete germanium
 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
@@ -188,4 +188,4 @@ likely paged out, pages get faulted into primary memory, just to see what
 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.
diff --git a/lib/libc/string/strcoll.3 b/lib/libc/string/strcoll.3
index 180434f..08f48ad 100644
--- a/lib/libc/string/strcoll.3
+++ b/lib/libc/string/strcoll.3
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ lexicographically compares the null-terminated strings
 .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
diff --git a/lib/libc/string/strxfrm.3 b/lib/libc/string/strxfrm.3
index 5602671..308f942 100644
--- a/lib/libc/string/strxfrm.3
+++ b/lib/libc/string/strxfrm.3
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@
 .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
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ is equal to comparing
 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 ,
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2 b/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2
index eb752fe..3042958 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ syscall is assembled to
 .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 .
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ Before returning,
 .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
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getpgrp.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getpgrp.2
index 88812b7..b98f499 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/getpgrp.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/getpgrp.2
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ The
 .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
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/pipe.2 b/lib/libc/sys/pipe.2
index b2556a6..b05eeb2 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/pipe.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/pipe.2
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Pipes are really a special case of the
 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
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/semctl.2 b/lib/libc/sys/semctl.2
index fe60ce0..6519f12 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/semctl.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/semctl.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" (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
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ or
 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 .
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/semop.2 b/lib/libc/sys/semop.2
index 74fa01b..70e643a 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/semop.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/semop.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" (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
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ value, one of the following happens:
 .\" 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
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/shmat.2 b/lib/libc/sys/shmat.2
index 587eebc..52fc9a2 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/shmat.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/shmat.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" (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
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 .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:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ kernel.
 .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
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/shmctl.2 b/lib/libc/sys/shmctl.2
index b1c5a4b..59036f2 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/shmctl.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/shmctl.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" (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
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ to succeed, the calling process's effective uid must match
 .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
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/shmget.2 b/lib/libc/sys/shmget.2
index 3df3272..1734f03 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/shmget.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/shmget.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" (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
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ will fail if:
 .\"
 .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
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/stat.2 b/lib/libc/sys/stat.2
index 8f78621..27bc183 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/stat.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/stat.2
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ depend on the time stamps being contiguous (in calls to
 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