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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 |