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lseek.2, inet_pton.3, tzfile.5: tfix 

Please find attach a consistency fix: there were only five
"zeroes" but twenty four "zeros" in those manual pages.
(Make all instances "zeros".)

Signed-off-by: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
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David Prévot 2011-09-22 21:51:30 -04:00 committed by Michael Kerrisk
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man2/lseek.2
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@ -126,12 +126,12 @@ This can be useful for applications such as file backup tools,
which can save space when creating backups and preserve holes, which can save space when creating backups and preserve holes,
if they have a mechanism for discovering holes. if they have a mechanism for discovering holes.
For the purposes of these operations, a hole is a sequence of zeroes that For the purposes of these operations, a hole is a sequence of zeros that
(normally) has not been allocated in the underlying file storage. (normally) has not been allocated in the underlying file storage.
However, a file system is not obliged to report holes, However, a file system is not obliged to report holes,
so these operations are not a guaranteed mechanism for so these operations are not a guaranteed mechanism for
mapping the storage space actually allocated to a file. mapping the storage space actually allocated to a file.
(Furthermore, a sequence of zeroes that actually has been written (Furthermore, a sequence of zeros that actually has been written
to the underlying storage may not be reported as a hole.) to the underlying storage may not be reported as a hole.)
In the simplest implementation, In the simplest implementation,
a file system can support the operations by making a file system can support the operations by making
@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ return
(i.e., even if the location referred to by (i.e., even if the location referred to by
.I offset .I offset
is a hole, is a hole,
it can be considered to consist of data that is a sequence of zeroes). it can be considered to consist of data that is a sequence of zeros).
.\" https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/22/79 .\" https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/22/79
.\" http://lwn.net/Articles/440255/ .\" http://lwn.net/Articles/440255/
.\" http://blogs.oracle.com/bonwick/entry/seek_hole_and_seek_data .\" http://blogs.oracle.com/bonwick/entry/seek_hole_and_seek_data

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man3/inet_pton.3
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@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ For example, the loopback address
.I 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 .I 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1
can be abbreviated as can be abbreviated as
.IR ::1 . .IR ::1 .
The wildcard address, consisting of all zeroes, can be written as The wildcard address, consisting of all zeros, can be written as
.IR :: . .IR :: .
.IP 3. .IP 3.
An alternate format is useful for expressing IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses. An alternate format is useful for expressing IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses.

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man5/tzfile.5
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@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ begin with the magic characters "TZif" to identify then as
timezone information files, timezone information files,
followed by a character identifying the version of the file's format followed by a character identifying the version of the file's format
(as of 2005, either an ASCII NUL ('\\0') or a '2') (as of 2005, either an ASCII NUL ('\\0') or a '2')
followed by fifteen bytes containing zeroes reserved for future use, followed by fifteen bytes containing zeros reserved for future use,
followed by six four-byte values of type followed by six four-byte values of type
.IR long , .IR long ,
written in a "standard" byte order written in a "standard" byte order