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authordd <dd@FreeBSD.org>2004-11-06 11:16:56 +0000
committerdd <dd@FreeBSD.org>2004-11-06 11:16:56 +0000
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Remove a useless use of cat, strip overzealous punctuation, and
clarify some text.
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-rw-r--r--sbin/devfs/devfs.832
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/devfs/devfs.8 b/sbin/devfs/devfs.8
index 0953429..80facf7 100644
--- a/sbin/devfs/devfs.8
+++ b/sbin/devfs/devfs.8
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ to the mount-point.
Rules that are
.Dq applied
have their conditions checked against all nodes
-in the mount-point, and the actions taken if they match.
+in the mount-point and the actions taken if they match.
.It Cm rule applyset
Apply all the rules in the ruleset to the mount-point
(see above for the definition of
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ as the current ruleset for the mount-point.
.El
.Ss Rule Specification
Rules have two parts: the conditions and the actions.
-The conditions determine which DEVFS nodes the rule matches,
+The conditions determine which DEVFS nodes the rule matches
and the actions determine what should be done when a rule matches a node.
For example, a rule can be written that sets the GID to
.Dq Li games
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ Matches any node with a major number equal to
.Ar majdev .
.It Cm path Ar pattern
Matches any node with a path that matches
-.Ar pattern .
-The latter is interpreted as a
+.Ar pattern ,
+which is interpreted as a
.Xr glob 3 Ns -style
pattern.
.It Cm type Ar devtype
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ or number.
.It Cm hide
Hide the node.
Nodes may later be revived manually with
-.Xr mknod 8 ,
+.Xr mknod 8
or with the
.Cm unhide
action.
@@ -215,13 +215,13 @@ or number.
Unhide the node.
.El
.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
-Rulesets are created by the kernel at the first reference,
+Rulesets are created by the kernel at the first reference
and destroyed when the last reference disappears.
E.g., a ruleset is created when a rule is added to it or when it is set
-as the current ruleset for a mount-point;
-a ruleset is destroyed when the last rule in it is deleted,
+as the current ruleset for a mount-point, and
+a ruleset is destroyed when the last rule in it is deleted
and no other references to it exist
-(i.e., it is not included by any rules, and it is not the current ruleset
+(i.e., it is not included by any rules and it is not the current ruleset
for any mount-point).
.Pp
Ruleset number 0 is the default ruleset for all new mount-points.
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ I.e., a
.Cm showsets
will return the same information regardless of the mount-point specified with
.Fl m .
-The mount-point is only relevant when changing what its current ruleset is,
+The mount-point is only relevant when changing what its current ruleset is
or when using one of the apply commands.
.Sh EXAMPLES
When the system boots,
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ Apply all the rules in the current ruleset to all the existing nodes.
E.g., if the above rule was added after
.Pa /dev/speaker
was created,
-this command will cause its file mode to be changed to 666,
-as rule prescribes.
+this command will cause its file mode to be changed to 666
+as prescribed by the rule.
.Pp
.Dl devfs rule add path "snp*" mode 660 group snoopers
.Pp
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ as rule prescribes.
is often necessary to disable the shell's globbing features.)
For all devices with a path that matches
.Dq Li snp* ,
-set the file more to 660, and the GID to
+set the file more to 660 and the GID to
.Dq Li snoopers .
This permits users in the
.Dq Li snoopers
@@ -309,14 +309,14 @@ However, it can be applied explicitly, as such:
This will apply all rules in ruleset number 20 to the DEVFS mount on
.Pa /my/jail/dev .
It does not matter that ruleset 20 is not the current ruleset for that
-mount-point; the rules are applied regardless.
+mount-point; the rules are still applied.
.Pp
.Dl "devfs rule apply hide"
.Pp
Since this rule has no conditions, the action
.Pq Cm hide
will be applied to all nodes.
-Since hiding all nodes is not very useful, we can undo like so:
+Since hiding all nodes is not very useful, we can undo it:
.Pp
.Dl "devfs rule apply unhide"
.Pp
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ which applies
to all the nodes,
causing them to reappear.
.Pp
-.Dl "cat my_rules | devfs rule -s 10 add -"
+.Dl "devfs rule -s 10 add - < my_rules"
.Pp
Add all the rules from the file
.Pa my_rules
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