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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd April 26, 2004
+.Dd April 2, 2015
.Dt GGATEC 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -67,29 +67,29 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-utility is a network client for GEOM Gate class.
-It is responsible for creation of
+utility is a network client for the GEOM Gate class.
+It is responsible for the creation of
.Nm ggate
-devices and forwarding I/O requests between
+devices and forwarding I/O requests between the
.Nm geom_gate.ko
-kernel module and
+kernel module and the
.Xr ggated 8
network daemon.
Available commands:
.Bl -tag -width ".Cm destroy"
.It Cm create
-Connect to given
+Connect to a
.Xr ggated 8
-daemon and create a
+daemon on the specified host and create a
.Nm ggate
-provider related to the given remote file or device.
+provider for the specified remote file or device.
.It Cm rescue
-If
+Create a new connection after the
.Nm
-process died/has been killed, you can save situation with this
-command, which creates new connection to the
+process has died or been killed.
+The new connection to the
.Xr ggated 8
-daemon and will handle pending and future requests.
+daemon handles pending and future requests.
.It Cm destroy
Destroy the given
.Nm ggate
@@ -139,12 +139,11 @@ provider.
If not specified, it is taken from device, or set to 512 bytes for files.
.It Fl t Ar timeout
Number of seconds to wait before an I/O request will be canceled.
-0 means no timeout.
-Default is 0.
+Default is 0, which means no timeout.
.It Fl u Ar unit
Unit number to use.
.It Fl v
-Do not fork, run in foreground and print debug informations on standard
+Do not fork, run in foreground and print debug information on standard
output.
.It Ar host
Remote host to connect to.
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ should be called with the
.Fl v
option.
.Sh EXAMPLES
-Make use of CD-ROM device from remote host.
+Use a CD-ROM device on a remote host.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
server# cat /etc/gg.exports
client RO /dev/acd0
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