[Pkg-sysvinit-commits] r553 - sysvinit/trunk/debian/initscripts

[Thomas Hood]

Author: jdthood-guest
Date: 2006-01-08 18:49:40 +0000 (Sun, 08 Jan 2006)
New Revision: 553

Modified:
   sysvinit/trunk/debian/initscripts/rcS.5
Log:
Improve rcS.5

Modified: sysvinit/trunk/debian/initscripts/rcS.5
===================================================================
--- sysvinit/trunk/debian/initscripts/rcS.5	2006-01-08 17:47:30 UTC (rev 552)
+++ sysvinit/trunk/debian/initscripts/rcS.5	2006-01-08 18:49:40 UTC (rev 553)
@@ -1,27 +1,26 @@
-.TH rcS 5 "03 Nov 2003" "" "Debian Administrator's Manual"
+.TH rcS 5 "08 Jan 2006" "" "Debian Administrator's Manual"
 .SH NAME
-rcS -- variable settings used at boot time
+rcS \- variables that affect the behavior of boot scripts
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .I /etc/default/rcS
-file contains information in the following format:
+file contains variable settings in POSIX format:
 .IP "" .5i
 VAR=VAL
 .PP
-The syntax is POSIX shell,
-but only one value per line is allowed.
+Only one assignment is allowed per line.
 Comments (starting with '#') are also allowed.
 
 .SH OPTIONS
-The following options can be set.
-For the default values see \fI/usr/share/initscripts/default.rcS\fP.
+The following variables can be set.
+For the default values please see \fI/usr/share/initscripts/default.rcS\fP.
 
 .IP \fBTMPTIME\fP
 On boot the files in /tmp will be deleted if their modification time
 is more than TMPTIME days ago.
 A value of 0 means that files are removed regardless of age.
 If you don't want the system to clean /tmp
-then set TMPTIME to a negative value (e.g., -1)
+then set TMPTIME to a negative value (e.g., \-1)
 or to the word \fIinfinite\fP.
 
 .IP \fBSULOGIN\fB
@@ -57,11 +56,13 @@
 .IP \fBVERBOSE\fP
 Setting this option to \fBno\fP will make the boot process
 a bit less verbose.
+Setting this option to \fByes\fP will make the boot process
+a bit more verbose.
 
 .IP \fBFSCKFIX\fP
 When the root and all other file systems are checked,
 .B fsck
-is invoked with the \fB-a\fP option
+is invoked with the \fB\-a\fP option
 which means "autorepair".
 If there are major inconsistencies
 then the fsck process will bail out.
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@
 (actually a \fIsulogin\fP prompt)
 on the console.
 Setting this option to \fByes\fP causes the fsck commands
-to be run with the \fB-y\fP option instead of the \fB-a\fP option.
+to be run with the \fB\-y\fP option instead of the \fB\-a\fP option.
 This will tell fsck always to repair the file systems
 without asking for permission.