patch-2.1.99 linux/Documentation/filesystems/umsdos.txt

• Lines: 91
• Date: Tue Apr 28 14:22:04 1998
• Orig file: v2.1.98/linux/Documentation/filesystems/umsdos.txt
• Orig date: Wed Apr 8 19:36:24 1998

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.98/linux/Documentation/filesystems/umsdos.txt linux/Documentation/filesystems/umsdos.txt
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
 
 It gives you:
 
-	long file name
-	Permissions and owner
+	long file names
+	Permissions and owners
 	Links
-	Special files (devices, pipe...)
-	All is need to be a linux root fs.
+	Special files (devices, pipes...)
+	All that is needed to be a linux root fs.
 
-There is plenty of documentation on it in the source. A formated document
+There is plenty of documentation on it in the source. A formatted document
 made from those comments is available from
 sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Filesystems/umsdos.
 
@@ -32,21 +32,21 @@
          ^
 ---------|
 
-All option are passed to the msdos drivers. Option like uid,gid etc are
+All options are passed to the msdos drivers. Option like uid,gid etc are
 given to msdos.
 
 The default behavior of Umsdos is to do the same thing as the msdos driver
 mostly passing commands to it without much processing. Again, this is
 the default. After doing the mount on a DOS partition, nothing special
-happen. This is why all mount options are passed to the Msdos fs driver.
+happens. This is why all mount options are passed to the msdos fs driver.
 
-Umsdos use a special DOS file --linux-.--- to store the information
+Umsdos uses a special DOS file --linux-.--- to store the information
 which can't be handle by the normal MsDOS file system. This is the trick.
 
 --linux-.--- is optional. There is one per directory.
 
 **** If --linux-.--- is missing, then Umsdos process the directory the
-     same way the msdos driver do. Short file name, no goodies, default
+     same way the msdos driver does. Short file names, no goodies, default
      owner and permissions. So each directory may have or not this
      --linux-.---
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 	$5 per directory. Add any applicable taxes.
 \end joke_section
 
-A utility umssync creates those. The kernel maintain them. It is available
+A utility umssync creates those. The kernel maintains them. It is available
 from the same directory above (sunsite) in the file umsdos_progs-0.7.tar.gz.
 A compiled version is available in umsdos_progs-0.7.bin.tar.gz.
 
@@ -69,20 +69,20 @@
 
 This will promote this directory (a recursive option is available) to full
 umsdos capabilities (long name ...). A ls -l before and after won't show
-much difference however. The file which were there are still there. But now
+much difference however. The files which were there are still there. But now
 you can do all this:
 
 	chmod 644 *
-	chown you.your_groupe *
+	chown you.your_group *
 	ls >THIS_IS.A.VERY.LONG.NAME
 	ln -s toto tata
 	ls -l
 
-Once a directory is promoted, all subdirectory created will inherit that
+Once a directory is promoted, all subdirectories created will inherit that
 promotion.
 
-What happen if you boot DOS and create files in those promoted directories ?
-Umsdos won't notice new files, but will signal removed file (it won't crash).
+What happens if you boot DOS and create files in those promoted directories ?
+Umsdos won't notice new files, but will signal removed files (it won't crash).
 Using umssync in /etc/rc will make sure the DOS directory is in sync with
 the --linux-.---.
 
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@
 	(You put one for each umsdos mount point in the fstab)
 
 This will insure nice operation. A umsdos.fsck is in the making,
-so you will be allowed to managed umsdos partition in the same way
-other filesystem are, using the generic fsck front end.
+so you will be allowed to manage umsdos partitions in the same way
+other filesystems are, using the generic fsck front end.
 
 Hope this helps!