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--- a/buffer.man
+++ b/buffer.man
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
Use the given file as the output file. The default is stdout.
.TP
.B \-S size
-After every chunk this size has been writen print out how much been writen so far.
+After every chunk of this size has been written, print out how much has
+been written so far. Also prints the total throughput.
By default this is not set.
.TP
.B \-s size
@@ -67,13 +68,13 @@
.TP
.B \-u microseconds
After every write pause for this many microseconds. Defaults to zero.
-(Suprisingly a small sleep, 100 usecs, after each write can greatly enhance
+(Surprisingly a small sleep, 100 usecs, after each write can greatly enhance
throughput on some drives.)
.TP
.B \-B
-Force each block writen to be padded out to the blocksize. This is needed by some tape
+Force each block written to be padded out to the blocksize. This is needed by some tape
and cartridge drives. Defaults to unpadded. This only affects the
-last block writen.
+last block written.
.TP
.B \-t
On exiting print to stderr a brief message showing the total number of
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@
.B \-Z
If reading/writing directly to a character device (like a tape drive)
then after each gigabyte perform an lseek to the start of the file.
-Use this flag with extreme care. If can only be used on devices where
+Use this flag with extreme care. It can only be used on devices where
an lseek does not rewind the tape but does reset the kernels position
flags. It is used to allow more than 2 gigabytes to be written.
.PP
--- a/buffer.c
+++ b/buffer.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
* Christoph Wicki <wicki@iis.ethz.ch>
*
* Revision 1.7 1992/07/23 20:42:03 lmjm
- * Added 't' option to print total writen at end.
+ * Added 't' option to print total written at end.
*
* Revision 1.6 1992/04/07 19:57:30 lmjm
* Added Kevins -B and -p options.
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
* Make sofar printing size an option.
*
* Revision 1.3 90/05/15 23:27:46 lmjm
- * Added -S option (show how much has been writen).
+ * Added -S option (show how much has been written).
* Added -m option to specify how much shared memory to grab.
* Now tries to fill this with blocks.
* reader waits for writer to terminate and then frees the shared mem and sems.
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
void pr_out();
void end_writer();
-/* When showing print a note every this many bytes writen */
+/* When showing print a note every this many bytes written */
int showevery = 0;
#define PRINT_EVERY 10 K
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
while( (c = getopt( argc, argv, "BS:Zdm:s:b:p:u:ti:o:z:" )) != -1 ){
switch( c ){
- case 't': /* Print to stderr the total no of bytes writen */
+ case 't': /* Print to stderr the total no of bytes written */
print_total++;
break;
case 'u': /* pause after write for given microseconds */
@@ -384,8 +384,8 @@
fprintf( stderr, "Usage: %s [-B] [-t] [-S size] [-m memsize] [-b blocks] [-p percent] [-s blocksize] [-u pause] [-i infile] [-o outfile] [-z size]\n",
progname );
fprintf( stderr, "-B = blocked device - pad out last block\n" );
- fprintf( stderr, "-t = show total amount writen at end\n" );
- fprintf( stderr, "-S size = show amount writen every size bytes\n" );
+ fprintf( stderr, "-t = show total amount written at end\n" );
+ fprintf( stderr, "-S size = show amount written every size bytes\n" );
fprintf( stderr, "-m size = size of shared mem chunk to grab\n" );
fprintf( stderr, "-b num = number of blocks in queue\n" );
fprintf( stderr, "-p percent = don't start writing until percent blocks filled\n" );
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