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authortrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2002-05-16 05:21:58 +0000
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More file system > filesystem
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@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ sometimes also called
.Em special files .
They are usually located under the directory
.Pa /dev
-in the file system hierarchy
+in the filesystem hierarchy
(see also
.Xr hier 7 ) .
.Pp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ and
as the file type identification in the output of
.Ql ls -l .
Buffered devices are being accessed through the buffer cache of the
-operating system, and they are solely intended to layer a file system
+operating system, and they are solely intended to layer a filesystem
on top of them. They are normally implemented for disks and disk-like
devices only and, for historical reasons, for tape devices.
.Pp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ denotes the raw device for the first SCSI disk, while
is the corresponding device node for the buffered device.
.Pp
Unbuffered devices should be used for all actions that are not related
-to file system operations, even if the device in question is a disk
+to filesystem operations, even if the device in question is a disk
device. This includes making backups of entire disk partitions, or
to
.Em raw
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