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author | jhb <jhb@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-12-28 18:58:15 +0000 |
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committer | jhb <jhb@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-12-28 18:58:15 +0000 |
commit | 5840cb14a8280e9848373ca16267f396b3ceb457 (patch) | |
tree | c6f319570d4bc385961756c6964b59417b9aa141 /usr.bin/gcore | |
parent | bacecb941814b840a06b58512b5e50b05e9c32e2 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-5840cb14a8280e9848373ca16267f396b3ceb457.zip FreeBSD-src-5840cb14a8280e9848373ca16267f396b3ceb457.tar.gz |
Start sentences on a new line to ease life for translators. Tweak the
wording in a few places.
MFC after: 1 week
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/gcore')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 b/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 index d3b1cd5..59b6b03 100644 --- a/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 +++ b/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 @@ -59,12 +59,13 @@ The following options are available: Write the core file to the specified file instead of .Dq Pa core.<pid> . .It Fl f -Dumps all the available segments, excluding only the malformed ones and -un-dumpable ones. Unlike the default invocation, it also dumps -device- and sglist-mapped areas that may invalidate the state of -some transactions. This flag must be used very carefully, when the -behavior of the application is fully understood and the fallouts can -be easily controlled. +Dumps all available segments, excluding only malformed and undumpable segments. +Unlike the default invocation, this flag dumps mappings of devices which +may invalidate the state of device transactions or trigger other unexpected +behavior. +As a result, this flag should only be used when the behavior of the +application and any devices it has mapped is fully understood and any side +effects can be controlled or tolerated. .It Fl s Stop the process while gathering the core image, and resume it when done. @@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ Because of the .Xr ptrace 2 usage .Nm -may not work with processes which are actively investigated with +may not work with processes which are actively being investigated with .Xr truss 1 or .Xr gdb 1 . |