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Subject: docs: disk-utils: change "allows to <verb>" to "allows <verb>ing" 

The web site "lintian.debian.org" shows some examples of "allows to",
which are changed to "allows one to".

  I chose here to use gerund.

Signed-off-by: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>
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Bjarni Ingi Gislason 2020-07-10 01:39:09 +00:00 committed by Karel Zak
parent db850f3c19
commit 39063fbe89
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disk-utils/fdisk.8
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@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ are deprecated.
.SH SCRIPT FILES
.B fdisk
allows to read (by 'I' command) sfdisk compatible script files. The script is
allows reading (by 'I' command) sfdisk compatible script files. The script is
applied to in-memory partition table, and then it is possible to modify the
partition table before you write it to the device.
.PP

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disk-utils/sfdisk.8
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@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ disk label (see the \fBEMPTY DISK LABEL\fR section below).
.TP
.BR \-Y , " \-\-label\-nested " \fItype
Force editing of a nested disk label. The primary disk label has to exist already.
This option allows to edit for example a hybrid/protective MBR on devices with GPT.
This option allows editing for example a hybrid/protective MBR on devices with GPT.
.TP
.BR \-w , " \-\-wipe "\fIwhen
@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ loaders and for other operating systems.
.B Named-fields format
.RS
This format is more readable, robust, extensible and allows to specify additional
This format is more readable, robust, extensible and allows specifying additional
information (e.g., a UUID). It is recommended to use this format to keep your scripts
more readable.
.RS
@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ more readable.
The
.I device
field is optional. \fBsfdisk\fR extracts the partition number from the
device name. It allows to specify the partitions in random order.
device name. It allows specifying the partitions in random order.
This functionality is mostly used by \fB\-\-dump\fR.
Don't use it if you are not sure.

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disk-utils/swaplabel.8
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@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ These values can also be set during swap creation using
.BR mkswap (8).
The
.B swaplabel
utility allows to change the label or UUID on an actively used swap device.
utility allows changing the label or UUID on an actively used swap device.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-h , " \-\-help"