From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2F89C433DF for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2020 16:06:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDFE3206D5 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2020 16:06:27 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="oWzdITac" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730454AbgFHQG1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jun 2020 12:06:27 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:57310 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730445AbgFHQG1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jun 2020 12:06:27 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-x342.google.com (mail-wm1-x342.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::342]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7AFE7C08C5C2 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2020 09:06:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wm1-x342.google.com with SMTP id r9so66758wmh.2 for ; Mon, 08 Jun 2020 09:06:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=cc:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hp9HLQYd5pI/BoG4AVmFyebo9JLFNrodkvMBRLoVDyE=; b=oWzdITacYKZMrznwTysQmeHR2mgYrk1/OdF59DxzHdtG0d5ycQhRnAfhQ5qqzK7k4T EHkwsQMy0upGw3Z2JZd09ZqfJKhoOZ3CE6NhYvc0UHPx0ItLO34UgmVUK0UDYffHXDnU M9bsW8r41OXpXKuhT9BlQGN6rL3s9YIKa1+yBkX6zpPIVLhwJYWrbSnLemDXHMqkx5/6 V7dHMOGp9IjJ1X5uUga375GuerKbrj4F/rFZ3bCrpsZi2Z/MO1MkEXzTEJv5P3cdWp3N HcfrcohYzF/7ZXUg0q4NliN2gEgC5AuD9NRjcINAiUQLg9xdp5uYB1HgLVMTdrm4HV/M H1KQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:cc:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=hp9HLQYd5pI/BoG4AVmFyebo9JLFNrodkvMBRLoVDyE=; b=V9e6HxDKy4DRsX1D9O/WSZe2HC3B6j6u7G3lSA8mzKzdUvuFieUK+i+YLvHBXs3wEg Ua/cvX6IIDlQeZp/XpOmBdL5DJt6aWRevgh3WDHQYMFisvlw7GEAPYCMZ8vXCm4t2EP1 1HO/IBEC4AU43D+elstxmWrTh9R9Df0Gl7rif+AeEKne2bRgkan5jEtAP9T0J8rwBCb1 h0etx31awIhsK05Sdw609C/eJVj7MWoD2/fdJ3efoCk8hLNv4wQ3Bk0Zg8KTGXriuHOq +YBck386/BnNHvfMYTU8CNg9TzNVmRKcSCfnbWx+XLWubVY9trYGbAa1WwQfVABYVLoS mFuA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531VYFv4u2TEg8YEBguBZ9fNGu985W1A67Q5qKtXc+SJ36RZd0Z6 dqr8pl8LoZloKR1HEGg2x/XRpeM/D8w= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxA+Ikyv2/qFtvhmGxVUARZshmIKUAQVmZGq73twLP7q/IyHSYGq1xEPM6OqIxI6hCk96rKyg== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:d7:: with SMTP id 206mr64682wma.15.1591632385207; Mon, 08 Jun 2020 09:06:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.178.63] (x5f734b84.dyn.telefonica.de. [95.115.75.132]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s2sm43474wmh.11.2020.06.08.09.06.24 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 08 Jun 2020 09:06:24 -0700 (PDT) Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com Subject: Re: core(5) To: Jonny Grant , linux-man References: <9000a831-9a0f-0577-5755-95b301218383@jguk.org> From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Message-ID: <27f46ba9-d9eb-e670-9628-ded62a6980c4@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 18:06:22 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9000a831-9a0f-0577-5755-95b301218383@jguk.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-man-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hell Jonny On 6/6/20 3:18 PM, Jonny Grant wrote: > Hello > > Some feedback on this page > https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/core.5.html > > 1) "disk file" sounds rather old fashioned, usually would just say > "file", on this page, removing the word "disk" > > "The default action of certain signals is to cause a process to > terminate and produce a /core dump file/, a disk file containing an" > > 2) We wouldn't regularly say "nonwritable" in English, "not > writeable" is better English I did some rewording for both of these. Thanks, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/