[Forensics-changes] [SCM] debian-forensics/aimage branch, debian, updated. debian/3.2.4-1-6-gdf68441

Tue Sep 13 20:42:33 UTC 2011

The following commit has been merged in the debian branch:
commit df6844184a2027d8edfc3fb0fa6b3f29d82f7219
Author: Daniel T Chen <crimsun at ubuntu.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 13 16:41:56 2011 -0400

    Fix grammar in man page.

diff --git a/debian/manpages/aimage.1 b/debian/manpages/aimage.1
index e196616..37cacc0 100644
--- a/debian/manpages/aimage.1
+++ b/debian/manpages/aimage.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" 
-.TH "AIMAGE" "1" "2010-03-26" "" "create a forensic image in aff format"
+.TH "AIMAGE" "1" "2011-09-13" "" "create a forensic image in aff format"
 .SH "NAME"
-aimage \- tool to create forensic copy of a device in aff format.
+aimage \- tool to create a forensic copy of a device in aff format.
 
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 \fBaimage\fR \fIINPUT1\fR \fR[OUTFILE1.aff] \fR[INPUT2] \fR[OUTPUT2.aff]
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ aimage \- tool to create forensic copy of a device in aff format.
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 aimage is a tool to create copies of devices in a forensic manner.
 The resulting image can be in raw format, like a dd, or in aff format.
-AFF stands for Advanced Forensic Format which is an open format with multiple advantages:
+AFF stands for Advanced Forensic Format, an open format with multiple advantages:
 .TP
 .IP "\(bu" 4
 It can store arbitrary metadata.
@@ -18,18 +18,18 @@ The image can be compressed with a high compression level.
 .IP "\(bu" 4
 The resulting image can be encrypted.
 .IP "\(bu" 4
-The resulting image can be sliced into smaller pieces to fit on medias or filesystems than cannot hold large files.
+The resulting image can be sliced into smaller pieces to fit on media or filesystems than cannot hold large files.
 .SH "PARAMETERS"
-.IP "\fBINPUT1\fR device name or a file name that you want to create a forensic image from." 4
+.IP "\fBINPUT1\fR device name or a file name from which you want to create a forensic image." 4
 .IP "\fBOUTFILE1\fR a filename for the output file. This parameter is mandatory unless you use the -o option." 4
 .PP
-You can specify more than one input and output files.
+You can specify multiple input and output files.
 .SH "CONFIGURATION FILE"
 A configuration file can be used to add metadata to the AFF file.
-This configration file contains questions to ask to the user of aimage just before the copy and the correspondig fields to store in AFF file.
+This configuration file contains questions to ask the user of aimage just before the copy, e.g., the corresponding fields to store in the AFF file.
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .IP "\fB\-q, \-\-quiet\fR No interactive statistics." 4
-.IP "\fB\-Y, \-\-batch\fR Batch output, continuously print statistics to standard ouput instead of a static screen." 4
+.IP "\fB\-Y, \-\-batch\fR Batch output, continuously print statistics to standard output instead of a static screen." 4
 .IP "\fB\-Q, \-\-silent\fR No output at all except for errors." 4
 .IP "\fB\-R nnnn, \-\-readsectors=nnnn\fR set number of sectors to read at once (default 32768)." 4
 .IP "\fB\-v, \-\-version\fR print version number and exit." 4
@@ -37,24 +37,24 @@ This configration file contains questions to ask to the user of aimage just befo
 .IP "\fB\-B, \-\-no_beeps\fR Don't beep when imaging is finished." 4
 .IP "\fB\-l LOGFILE, \-\-logfile=LOGFILE\fR Specify a log filename (no log file is written by default)." 4
 .IP "\fB\-G, \-\-logAFF\fR Log AFF operations." 4
-.IP "\fB\-p, \-\-preview\fR view some of the data as it goes by. This option does not work when \fB\-q or \-Y\fR is specified." 4
+.IP "\fB\-p, \-\-preview\fR view some of the data as they go by. This option does not work when \fB\-q or \-Y\fR is specified." 4
 .IP "\fB\-b, \-\-verify\fR verify the input against the output file." 4
-.IP "\fB\-w, \-\-wipe\fR verify after imaging, and, if valid, wipe the source. BE CARREFUL."
+.IP "\fB\-w, \-\-wipe\fR verify after imaging, and, if valid, wipe the source. BE CAREFUL."
 .IP "\fB-C 'COMMAND', \-\-exec 'COMMAND'\fR Execute the command COMMAND after imaging (before wiping). Use the '%s' variable for image name." 4
-.IP "\fB\-z, \-\-zap\fR Erase ouput file(s) before writing them."
+.IP "\fB\-z, \-\-zap\fR Erase output file(s) before writing it(them)."
 .IP "\fB\-o FILENAME, \-\-outfile=FILENAME\fR Specify the output file name as FILENAME." 4
 .IP "\fB\-S nnnn, \-\-image_pagesize=nnnn\fR Specify the AFF page size as nnnn (default to 16777216) (number can be suffixed with b, k, m or g)." 4
 .IP "\fB\-m, \-\-make_config\fR Make a sample config file if it doesn't exist.
 Config file is aimage.cfg by default and can be overridden by the AIMAGE_CONFIG enviroment variable.
-If the config file doesn't exists, it's created and the programs exits right after.
-If the config file exists, the programs directly starts the copy." 4
+If the config file doesn't exist, it's created and the program exits right after.
+If the config file exists, the program directly starts the copy." 4
 .IP "\fB\-D, \-\-no_dmesg\fR Do not put dmesg into the AFF file." 4
 .IP "\fB\-x, \-\-no_compress\fR Do not compress. Useful on slow machines." 4
 .IP "\fB\-Xn, \-\-compression=n\fR Set the compression level to n." 4
 .IP "\fB\-L, \-\-lzma_compress\fR Use LZMA compression (slow but better)." 4
 .IP "\fB\-A, \-\-auto_compress\fR Write as fast as possible, with compression if it helps. Sets compression level 1." 4
 .IP "\fB\-Mn, \-\-maxsize=n\fR Sets the maximum size of output file to be n megabytes if no suffix is specified." 4
-self explanatory suffixes maybe 'g', 'm', 'k' or 'b'.
+self-explanatory suffixes may be 'g', 'm', 'k' or 'b'.
 .PP
 .IP "Replace n by :" 4
 .IP "\'cd\' for a 650MB CD." 4
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ self explanatory suffixes maybe 'g', 'm', 'k' or 'b'.
 .IP "\'dvd\' for a DVD." 4
 .IP "\'dvddl\' for a DVD-DL." 4
 .IP "\fB\-g name=value, \-\-setseg name=value\fR" 4
-Create segment 'name' and give it 'value'. The purpose of this option is to insert an arbitrary metadata into th AFF file.
+Create segment 'name' and give it 'value'. The purpose of this option is to insert arbitrary metadata into the AFF file.
 This option may be repeated.
-.IP "\fB\-H,  \-\-no_hash\fR Do not calculate MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 of image." 4
+.IP "\fB\-H,  \-\-no_hash\fR Do not calculate MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 sums of image." 4
 .IP "\fB\-e0, \-\-error_mode=0\fR Standard error recovery:" 4
- Read disk 256KiB at a time until there are 5 errors in a row, then go to the end of the disk and read backwards until there are 5 erros in a row. Then stop.
+ Read disk 256KiB at a time until there are 5 errors in a row, then go to the end of the disk and read backwards until there are 5 errors in a row. Then stop.
 .IP "\fB\-e1, \-\-error=1\fR Stop reading at first error." 4
 .IP "\fB\-tnn, \-\-retry=nn\fR Change retry count from 5 to nn" 4
 .IP "\fB\-V, \-\-reverse\fR Scan in reverse to the beginning." 4

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