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authorJeremy Sowden <jeremy@azazel.net>2022-09-22 09:00:42 +0100
committerFlorian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>2022-09-22 15:46:42 +0200
commit2b20ed65b82d812fc12923dbdf2c54094dbaa7e8 (patch)
tree22248f455a808a2864b653616766d5df0ffa8ee4 /doc/libnftables.adoc
parent7e6be917987c3ab0261bf543eb307cbb2679294f (diff)
doc, src: make some spelling and grammatical improvements
Fix a couple of spelling mistakes: 'expresion' -> 'expression' and correct some non-native usages: 'allows to' -> 'allows one to' Signed-off-by: Jeremy Sowden <jeremy@azazel.net> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
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@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ The *nft_ctx_free*() function frees the context object pointed to by 'ctx', incl
=== nft_ctx_get_dry_run() and nft_ctx_set_dry_run()
Dry-run setting controls whether ruleset changes are actually committed on kernel side or not.
-It allows to check whether a given operation would succeed without making actual changes to the ruleset.
+It allows one to check whether a given operation would succeed without making actual changes to the ruleset.
The default setting is *false*.
The *nft_ctx_get_dry_run*() function returns the dry-run setting's value contained in 'ctx'.
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ NFT_CTX_OUTPUT_JSON::
This flag controls JSON output format, input is auto-detected.
NFT_CTX_OUTPUT_ECHO::
The echo setting makes libnftables print the changes once they are committed to the kernel, just like a running instance of *nft monitor* would.
- Amongst other things, this allows to retrieve an added rule's handle atomically.
+ Amongst other things, this allows one to retrieve an added rule's handle atomically.
NFT_CTX_OUTPUT_GUID::
Display UID and GID as described in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files.
NFT_CTX_OUTPUT_NUMERIC_PROTO::
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ On failure, the functions return non-zero which may only happen if buffering was
The *nft_ctx_get_output_buffer*() and *nft_ctx_get_error_buffer*() functions return a pointer to the buffered output (which may be empty).
=== nft_ctx_add_include_path() and nft_ctx_clear_include_path()
-The *include* command in nftables rulesets allows to outsource parts of the ruleset into a different file.
+The *include* command in nftables rulesets allows one to outsource parts of the ruleset into a different file.
The include path defines where these files are searched for.
-Libnftables allows to have a list of those paths which are searched in order.
+Libnftables allows one to have a list of those paths which are searched in order.
The default include path list contains a single compile-time defined entry (typically '/etc/').
The *nft_ctx_add_include_path*() function extends the list of include paths in 'ctx' by the one given in 'path'.
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ The function returns zero on success or non-zero if memory allocation failed.
The *nft_ctx_clear_include_paths*() function removes all include paths, even the built-in default one.
=== nft_ctx_add_var() and nft_ctx_clear_vars()
-The *define* command in nftables ruleset allows to define variables.
+The *define* command in nftables ruleset allows one to define variables.
The *nft_ctx_add_var*() function extends the list of variables in 'ctx'. The variable must be given in the format 'key=value'.
The function returns zero on success or non-zero if the variable is malformed.