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=-0.6 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 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 0C3B2C3815B for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:29:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5F452071C for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:29:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="Eos6TIyD" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726947AbgDTS3p (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:29:45 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:58956 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725784AbgDTS3p (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:29:45 -0400 Received: from mail-ua1-x943.google.com (mail-ua1-x943.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::943]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EAE62C061A0C for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 11:29:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ua1-x943.google.com with SMTP id a6so4058251uao.2 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 11:29:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:reply-to:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Qy0//FPbgnVJg6vLbV+9u14IFLSfsFGaN42bgSAdhf0=; b=Eos6TIyDbDDMUD42RT6qhwckwC/BR9OOfIeCoYEe+FoLkgdKfvSwhTXKJo+afVB9pM /m70jCu/G5/JLt1gol7vmfdclzpiAWfzurhChVmSKTE08iR6AMk4tLBm+3jaYERKMOl1 Pd1jLIpI1z9S8vzFhqUKJEROLkhgl64wOv9T+wjf57THYoflPfeTHp/fnmIrishO/lYq d1eCbdSBmBlrdN6JwcJ+19q+uZ0Pw4028EgG1s7H7DaOvm3jmkq308zOZKCoTc/osP9M cewhbvV0w7lSylPQcYC4mwepn/twlS+r579ovzwMK4miN471VOKEnhrxKz2cjZlQNe1K Ui8g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:reply-to :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Qy0//FPbgnVJg6vLbV+9u14IFLSfsFGaN42bgSAdhf0=; b=q+1wG2WmndaunZXPgunXIxj6oe5ngz4TIGL9bhTJIzhuuAxrO0VDD4wmGvCaR1kJnn ggsBLb6sm5i8jHQny0k7wJiI0dpSmFrI1bs5y1mqdz1mBJ5DJ2DU7ouArygPLRl8hnzx l4dQRzgpjWf9QpH3eRUQyBTnTfkzyLkyQgH7j/tWGmKY9aSs3aK2T8U/Zg8NtHM872HU CmXN2KxMOivIgCUB8sReh5tRUv6EgQT0VzmW2LFbrmZNTnEiW1pCifHbC5PK7MfpOnZ9 5xD7Q7DsMMoT6HB4J78WM+z/t03ofnBHBuepD9f2OW9ICzEnQ/oYdSeeSmE85Zn64K0c gbGw== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuY1kD1bJ9Vjv/I/4uhA4oK7pga8KbMTt+62BF8cOnYAWxc1u+Qe sPp7ddb/xNjksaL4mgVKs19BSAvqjpXFVAFhcW8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypIRODXo0NLQtvVoA1Wh4NdyFSjT1XefZN1poc2KnXqIA71QWHP62qJpDIkV3js2ArQeNOmtZZLypvVU1PYYmQU= X-Received: by 2002:a9f:222c:: with SMTP id 41mr8919036uad.88.1587407383996; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 11:29:43 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200419064827.GA32117@Debian-50-lenny-64-minimal> <4A645675-6A27-4CC9-B8A8-EB7644DEC710@kolumbus.fi> In-Reply-To: <4A645675-6A27-4CC9-B8A8-EB7644DEC710@kolumbus.fi> Reply-To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 20:29:32 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Errors in man pages, here: st(4): Content To: =?UTF-8?B?S2FpIE3DpGtpc2FyYSAoS29sdW1idXMp?= Cc: Helge Kreutzmann , linux-man Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: linux-man-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hello Kai, On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 at 17:51, "Kai M=C3=A4kisara (Kolumbus)" wrote: > > > > > On 20. Apr 2020, at 11.13, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > > > > [CC +=3D Kai] > > > > (Kai, I got a pile of queries from a downstream translation project) > > > > On 4/19/20 8:48 AM, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > >> Dear manpages maintainers. > >> > ... > >> We cannot understand the last sentence. What is "forward spacing"? > >> > >> "This option causes the B operation to be sent directly to the = drive, " > >> "potentially speeding up the operation but causing the driver to lose = track " > >> "of the current file number normally returned by the B reque= st. If " > >> "B is false, the driver will respond to an B re= quest " > >> "by forward spacing over files." > > > > Perhaps Kai can help. I do not have a good explanation. > > > Spacing in tape terminology means going to the next file (or record or se= t mark). > The drives usually support a command to go to the end of the tape. The > drawback is that no information is obtained about the number of files ski= pped. > If the driver spaces forward over files one by one, it can count how many > files have been skipped. > > This is the technical description. But the text also says what is the con= sequence > for a user that does not care about technology. Spacing is mentions also > earlier in the text. So, no text changes needed here, right? Thanks, Michael --=20 Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/