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Manual pages: agetty.8: Minor formatting and wording fixes 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2020-07-24 12:06:17 +02:00 committed by Karel Zak
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@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ The default for \fBserial terminals\fP is keep the current baud rate
.TP
.I term
The value to be used for the TERM environment variable. This overrides
whatever init(8) may have set, and is inherited by login and the shell.
whatever
.BR init (1)
may have set, and is inherited by login and the shell.
.sp
The default is 'vt100', or 'linux' for Linux on a virtual terminal,
or 'hurd' for GNU Hurd on a virtual terminal.
@ -93,8 +95,12 @@ Using this option causes an \fB\-f \fIusername\fR option and argument to be
added to the \fB/bin/login\fP command line. See \fB\-\-login\-options\fR, which
can be used to modify this option's behavior.
Note that \fB\-\-autologin\fP may affect the way how agetty initializes the
serial line, because on auto-login agetty does not read from the line and it
Note that \fB\-\-autologin\fP may affect the way in which
.B getty
initializes the
serial line, because on auto-login
.B agetty
does not read from the line and it
has no opportunity optimize the line setting.
.TP
\-c, \-\-noreset
@ -353,16 +359,20 @@ not be interpreted as options. Use this feature if available by passing "\-\-"
before the username gets passed by \\u.
.SH ISSUE FILES
The default issue file is \fI/etc/issue\fP. If the file exists then agetty also
The default issue file is \fI/etc/issue\fP. If the file exists, then
.B agetty
also
checks for \fI/etc/issue.d\fP directory. The directory is optional extension to
the default issue file and content of the directory is printed after
\fI/etc/issue\fP content. If the \fI/etc/issue\fP does not exist than the
\fI/etc/issue\fP content. If the \fI/etc/issue\fP does not exist, then the
directory is ignored. All files \fBwith .issue extension\fP from the directory are
printed in version-sort order. The directory can be used to maintain 3rd-party
messages independently on the primary system \fI/etc/issue\fP file.
Since version 2.35 additional locations for issue file and directory are
supported. If the default \fI/etc/issue\fP does not exist than agetty checks
supported. If the default \fI/etc/issue\fP does not exist, then
.B agetty
checks
for \fI/run/issue\fP and \fI/run/issue.d\fP, thereafter for
\fI/usr/lib/issue\fP and \fI/usr/lib/issue.d\fP. The directory /etc is
expected for host specific configuration, /run is expected for generated stuff
@ -372,7 +382,7 @@ The default path maybe overridden by \fB\-\-issue\-file\fP option. In this case
specified path has to be file or directory and all the default issue file and
directory locations are ignored.
The issue file feature is possible to completely disable by \fB\-\-noissue\fP option.
The issue file feature can be completely disabled by \fB\-\-noissue\fP option.
It is possible to review the current issue file by \fBagetty \-\-show\-issue\fP
on the current terminal.