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-rw-r--r--doc/gdbm.36
-rw-r--r--doc/gdbm.texinfo4
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 29fef34..e08148b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+2016-07-06 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * doc/gdbm.texinfo: Normal installation prefix is /usr.
+ * doc/gdbm.3: Spell fixes.
+
2016-05-16 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
Version 1.12
2016-05-16 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
diff --git a/doc/gdbm.3 b/doc/gdbm.3
index d4f39dd..860829a 100644
--- a/doc/gdbm.3
+++ b/doc/gdbm.3
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
.\"
.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
.\" along with GDBM. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
-.TH GDBM 3 "December 5, 2015" "GDBM" "GDBM User Reference"
+.TH GDBM 3 "July 6, 2016" "GDBM" "GDBM User Reference"
.SH NAME
GDBM \- The GNU database manager. Includes \fBdbm\fR and \fBndbm\fR
compatibility.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <gdbm.h>
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ compatibility.
.BI "datum firstkey (void);"
.br
.BI "datum nextkey (datum " key );
.br
.BI "int dbmclose (void);"
.PP
-.SS NDBM Compatability routines:
+.SS NDBM Compatibility routines:
.PP
.B #include <ndbm.h>
.sp
.BI "DBM *dbm_open (const char *" name ", int " flags ", int " mode );
.br
.BI "void dbm_close (DBM *" file );
@@ -230,13 +230,13 @@ To search for some data, without retrieving it:
.BI "int gdbm_exists (GDBM_FILE " dbf ", datum " key );
\fIDbf\fR is the pointer returned by \fBgdbm_open\fR. \fIKey\fR is
the key data to search for.
If the \fIkey\fR is found within the database, the return value
-will be true. If nothing appropiate is found, false is returned.
+will be true. If nothing appropriate is found, false is returned.
This routine is useful for checking for the existence of a record,
without performing the memory allocation done by \fBgdbm_fetch\fR.
.PP
To remove some data from the database:
.BI "int gdbm_delete (GDBM_FILE " dbf ", datum " key );
diff --git a/doc/gdbm.texinfo b/doc/gdbm.texinfo
index d1ff23d..6322a9b 100644
--- a/doc/gdbm.texinfo
+++ b/doc/gdbm.texinfo
@@ -230,13 +230,13 @@ int gdbm_export_to_file (GDBM_FILE dbf, FILE *fp);
int gdbm_import (GDBM_FILE, const char *, int);
int gdbm_import_from_file (GDBM_FILE dbf, FILE *fp, int flag);
int gdbm_count (GDBM_FILE dbf, gdbm_count_t *pcount);
int gdbm_version_cmp (int const a[], int const b[]);
@end example
-The @code{gdbm.h} include file is often in the @file{/usr/local/include}
+The @code{gdbm.h} include file is often in the @file{/usr/include}
directory. (The actual location of @code{gdbm.h} depends on your local
installation of @code{gdbm}.)
@node Open
@chapter Opening the database.
@@ -1416,13 +1416,13 @@ use @file{libgdbm_compat} without any changes. To link a program with
the compatibility library, add the following two options to the
@command{cc} invocation: @option{-lgdbm -lgdbm_compat}. The @option{-L}
option may also be required, depending on where @code{gdbm} is
installed, e.g.:
@example
-cc ... -L/usr/local/lib -lgdbm -lgdbm_compat
+cc ... -lgdbm -lgdbm_compat
@end example
@cindex @samp{dir} file
@cindex @samp{pag} file
Databases created and manipulated by the compatibility interfaces
consist of two different files: @file{@var{file}.dir} and

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