Author: Roland Rosenfeld Description: Fix typos in man page. Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 13:43:30 +0100 Forwarded: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=133849 --- a/Tail.pm.debug +++ b/Tail.pm.debug @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ __END__ =head1 NAME -File::Tail - Perl extension for reading from continously updated files +File::Tail - Perl extension for reading from continuously updated files =head1 SYNOPSIS @@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ in the ditribution. =head1 DESCRIPTION The primary purpose of File::Tail is reading and analysing log files while -they are being written, which is especialy usefull if you are monitoring +they are being written, which is especially useful if you are monitoring the logging process with a tool like Tobias Oetiker's MRTG. The module tries very hard NOT to "busy-wait" on a file that has little @@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ the methods. =head2 new ([ ARGS ]) -Creates a C. If it has only one paramter, it is assumed to +Creates a C. If it has only one parameter, it is assumed to be the filename. If the open fails, the module performs a croak. I am currently looking for a way to set $! and return undef. @@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ adjustafter*maxinterval. =item maxbuf The maximum size of the internal buffer. When File::Tail -suddenly found an enormous ammount of information in the file +suddenly found an enormous amount of information in the file (for instance if the retry parameters were set to very infrequent checking and the file was rotated), File::Tail sometimes slurped way too much file into memory. This sets @@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ Default is C<0>. =item reset_tail Same as tail, but applies after reset. (i.e. after the -file has been automaticaly closed and reopened). Defaults to +file has been automatically closed and reopened). Defaults to C<-1>, i.e. does not skip any information present in the file when it first checks it. @@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ and File::Tails). Once select returns, when you want to determine which File::Tail objects have input ready, you can either use the list of objects select returned, or you can check each individual object with $object->predict. This returns -the ammount of time (in fractional seconds) after which the handle expects +the amount of time (in fractional seconds) after which the handle expects input. If it returns 0, there is input waiting. There is no guarantee that there will be input waiting after the returned number of seconds has passed. However, File::Tail won't do any I/O on the file until that time has passed. --- a/Tail.pm +++ b/Tail.pm @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ __END__ =head1 NAME -File::Tail - Perl extension for reading from continously updated files +File::Tail - Perl extension for reading from continuously updated files =head1 SYNOPSIS @@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ in the ditribution. =head1 DESCRIPTION The primary purpose of File::Tail is reading and analysing log files while -they are being written, which is especialy usefull if you are monitoring +they are being written, which is especially useful if you are monitoring the logging process with a tool like Tobias Oetiker's MRTG. The module tries very hard NOT to "busy-wait" on a file that has little @@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ the methods. =head2 new ([ ARGS ]) -Creates a C. If it has only one paramter, it is assumed to +Creates a C. If it has only one parameter, it is assumed to be the filename. If the open fails, the module performs a croak. I am currently looking for a way to set $! and return undef. @@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ adjustafter*maxinterval. =item maxbuf The maximum size of the internal buffer. When File::Tail -suddenly found an enormous ammount of information in the file +suddenly found an enormous amount of information in the file (for instance if the retry parameters were set to very infrequent checking and the file was rotated), File::Tail sometimes slurped way too much file into memory. This sets @@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ Default is C<0>. =item reset_tail Same as tail, but applies after reset. (i.e. after the -file has been automaticaly closed and reopened). Defaults to +file has been automatically closed and reopened). Defaults to C<-1>, i.e. does not skip any information present in the file when it first checks it. @@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ and File::Tails). Once select returns, when you want to determine which File::Tail objects have input ready, you can either use the list of objects select returned, or you can check each individual object with $object->predict. This returns -the ammount of time (in fractional seconds) after which the handle expects +the amount of time (in fractional seconds) after which the handle expects input. If it returns 0, there is input waiting. There is no guarantee that there will be input waiting after the returned number of seconds has passed. However, File::Tail won't do any I/O on the file until that time has passed.