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authorRical Jasan <ricaljasan@pacific.net>2016-05-06 00:54:38 -0700
committerMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2016-06-16 01:34:38 -0400
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manual: fix typos in the pattern chapter
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diff --git a/manual/pattern.texi b/manual/pattern.texi
index 565e7eb6d4..30a76c8160 100644
--- a/manual/pattern.texi
+++ b/manual/pattern.texi
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Ignore case in comparing @var{string} to @var{pattern}.
@item FNM_EXTMATCH
@cindex Korn Shell
@pindex ksh
-Recognize beside the normal patterns also the extended patterns
+Besides the normal patterns, also recognize the extended patterns
introduced in @file{ksh}. The patterns are written in the form
explained in the following table where @var{pattern-list} is a @code{|}
separated list of patterns.
@@ -514,8 +514,8 @@ In the event of an error, @code{glob} stores information in
It is important to notice that the @code{glob} function will not fail if
it encounters directories or files which cannot be handled without the
LFS interfaces. The implementation of @code{glob} is supposed to use
-these functions internally. This at least is the assumptions made by
-the Unix standard. The GNU extension of allowing the user to provide
+these functions internally. This at least is the assumption made by
+the Unix standard. The GNU extension of allowing the user to provide their
own directory handling and @code{stat} functions complicates things a
bit. If these callback functions are used and a large file or directory
is encountered @code{glob} @emph{can} fail.
@@ -530,13 +530,13 @@ The @code{glob64} function was added as part of the Large File Summit
extensions but is not part of the original LFS proposal. The reason for
this is simple: it is not necessary. The necessity for a @code{glob64}
function is added by the extensions of the GNU @code{glob}
-implementation which allows the user to provide own directory handling
+implementation which allows the user to provide their own directory handling
and @code{stat} functions. The @code{readdir} and @code{stat} functions
do depend on the choice of @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS} since the definition
of the types @code{struct dirent} and @code{struct stat} will change
depending on the choice.
-Beside this difference the @code{glob64} works just like @code{glob} in
+Besides this difference, @code{glob64} works just like @code{glob} in
all aspects.
This function is a GNU extension.
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ result if the pattern used for matching contains any wildcard character.
@comment glob.h
@comment GNU
@item GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC
-Instead of the using the using the normal functions for accessing the
+Instead of using the normal functions for accessing the
filesystem the @code{glob} implementation uses the user-supplied
functions specified in the structure pointed to by @var{pglob}
parameter. For more information about the functions refer to the
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ sections about directory handling see @ref{Accessing Directories}, and
@comment glob.h
@comment GNU
@item GLOB_BRACE
-If this flag is given the handling of braces in the pattern is changed.
+If this flag is given, the handling of braces in the pattern is changed.
It is now required that braces appear correctly grouped. I.e., for each
opening brace there must be a closing one. Braces can be used
recursively. So it is possible to define one brace expression in
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ return it as the sole ``matching'' word, even if no file exists by that name.
@comment glob.h
@comment GNU
@item GLOB_TILDE
-If this flag is used the character @code{~} (tilde) is handled special
+If this flag is used the character @code{~} (tilde) is handled specially
if it appears at the beginning of the pattern. Instead of being taken
verbatim it is used to represent the home directory of a known user.
@@ -756,14 +756,14 @@ This functionality is equivalent to what is available in C-shells if the
@comment glob.h
@comment GNU
@item GLOB_TILDE_CHECK
-If this flag is used @code{glob} behaves like as if @code{GLOB_TILDE} is
+If this flag is used @code{glob} behaves as if @code{GLOB_TILDE} is
given. The only difference is that if the user name is not available or
the home directory cannot be determined for other reasons this leads to
an error. @code{glob} will return @code{GLOB_NOMATCH} instead of using
the pattern itself as the name.
This functionality is equivalent to what is available in C-shells if
-@code{nonomatch} flag is not set.
+the @code{nonomatch} flag is not set.
@comment glob.h
@comment GNU
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ Ignore case when matching letters.
@comment regex.h
@comment POSIX.2
@item REG_NOSUB
-Don't bother storing the contents of the @var{matches-ptr} array.
+Don't bother storing the contents of the @var{matchptr} array.
@comment regex.h
@comment POSIX.2
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ subexpression.
@comment regex.h
@comment POSIX.2
@deftp {Data Type} regmatch_t
-This is the data type of the @var{matcharray} array that you pass to
+This is the data type of the @var{matchptr} array that you pass to
@code{regexec}. It contains two structure fields, as follows:
@table @code