Author: ru
Date: 2012-03-06 06:54:48 +0000 (Tue, 06 Mar 2012)
New Revision: 4524

Log:
- Applied some of the OpenBSD changes.
- Expanded contractions.
- Fixed some markup.
- Updated URL of official documentation.


Modified:
trunk/docs/man/nginx.8

Modified: trunk/docs/man/nginx.8
===================================================================
--- trunk/docs/man/nginx.8 2012-03-05 18:09:06 UTC (rev 4523)
+++ trunk/docs/man/nginx.8 2012-03-06 06:54:48 UTC (rev 4524)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\"
-.Dd August 10, 2011
+.Dd March 6, 2012
.Dt NGINX 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -33,25 +33,22 @@
.Nd "HTTP and reverse proxy server, mail proxy server"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl hqtvV?
+.Op Fl ?hqtVv
.Op Fl c Ar file
.Op Fl g Ar directives
.Op Fl p Ar prefix
.Op Fl s Ar signal
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-The
.Nm
-(spelled
+(pronounced
.Dq engine x )
is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server.
-The
-.Nm
-is known for its high performance, stability, rich feature set, simple
+It is known for its high performance, stability, rich feature set, simple
configuration, and low resource consumption.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width ".Fl d Ar directives"
-.It Fl ?\& | h
+.It Fl ?\& , h
Print help.
.It Fl c Ar file
Use an alternative configuration
@@ -62,20 +59,20 @@
.Sx EXAMPLES
for details.
.It Fl p Ar prefix
-Set prefix path.
-Default value is
+Set the prefix path.
+The default value is
.Pa %%PREFIX%% .
.It Fl q
Suppress non-error messages during configuration testing.
.It Fl s Ar signal
-Send signal to the master process.
+Send a signal to the master process.
The argument
.Ar signal
can be one of:
.Cm stop , quit , reopen , reload .
-The following table shows the corresponding system signals.
+The following table shows the corresponding system signals:
.Pp
-.Bl -tag -width ".It Cm reopen" -compact
+.Bl -tag -width ".Cm reopen" -compact
.It Cm stop
.Dv SIGTERM
.It Cm quit
@@ -86,49 +83,48 @@
.Dv SIGHUP
.El
.It Fl t
-Don't run, just test the configuration file.
-The
+Do not run, just test the configuration file.
.Nm
-checks configuration for correct syntax and then tries to open files
-referred in configuration.
-.It Fl v
-Print
-.Nm
-version.
+checks the configuration file syntax and then tries to open files
+referenced in the configuration file.
.It Fl V
-Print
+Print the
.Nm
-version, compiler version and
+version, compiler version, and
.Pa configure
script parameters.
+.It Fl v
+Print the
+.Nm
+version.
.El
.Sh SIGNALS
The master process of
.Nm
-can handle the following signals.
+can handle the following signals:
.Pp
-.Bl -tag -width ".It Dv SIGINT , SIGTERM" -compact
+.Bl -tag -width ".Dv SIGINT , SIGTERM" -compact
.It Dv SIGINT , SIGTERM
Shut down quickly.
.It Dv SIGHUP
Reload configuration, start the new worker process with a new
-configuration, gracefully shut down old worker processes.
+configuration, and gracefully shut down old worker processes.
.It Dv SIGQUIT
Shut down gracefully.
.It Dv SIGUSR1
Reopen log files.
.It Dv SIGUSR2
-Upgrade
+Upgrade the
.Nm
executable on the fly.
.It Dv SIGWINCH
-Shut down gracefully worker processes.
+Shut down worker processes gracefully.
.El
.Pp
-While there's no need to explicitly control worker processes normally,
-they support some signals, too:
+While there is no need to explicitly control worker processes normally,
+they support some signals too:
.Pp
-.Bl -tag -width ".It Dv SIGINT , SIGTERM" -compact
+.Bl -tag -width ".Dv SIGINT , SIGTERM" -compact
.It Dv SIGTERM
Shut down quickly.
.It Dv SIGQUIT
@@ -150,40 +146,38 @@
.Pp
.Dl "error_log /path/to/log debug;"
.Pp
-It is also possible to enable the debugging for some IP address:
+It is also possible to enable the debugging for a particular IP address:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
events {
debug_connection 127.0.0.1;
}
.Ed
.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
+.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Pa %%PID_PATH%%
-Contains the process ID of the
-.Nm
-listening for connections.
-The content of this file is not sensitive; it can be world-readable.
+Contains the process ID of
+.Nm .
+The contents of this file are not sensitive, so it can be world-readable.
.It Pa %%CONF_PATH%%
-Main configuration file.
+The main configuration file.
.It Pa %%ERROR_LOG_PATH%%
Error log file.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
Exit status is 0 on success, or 1 if the command fails.
.Sh EXAMPLES
-.Bd -literal
-nginx -t -c ~/mynginx.conf -g "pid /var/run/mynginx.pid; worker_processes 2;"
-.Ed
Test configuration file
.Pa ~/mynginx.conf
-with global directives for PID and quantity of worker processes.
+with global directives for PID and quantity of worker processes:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+nginx -t -c ~/mynginx.conf \e
+ -g "pid /var/run/mynginx.pid; worker_processes 2;"
+.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.\"Xr nginx.conf 5
.\"Pp
Documentation at
-.Pa http://nginx.org/
-and
-.Pa http://sysoev.ru/nginx/ .
+.Pa http://nginx.org/en/docs/ .
.Pp
For questions and technical support, please refer to
.Pa http://nginx.org/en/support.html .
@@ -193,10 +187,10 @@
started in 2002, with the first public release on October 4, 2004.
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
-.An Igor Sysoev Aq igor@sysoev.ru
+.An Igor Sysoev Aq igor@sysoev.ru .
.Pp
This manual page was written by
.An Sergey A. Osokin Aq osa@FreeBSD.org.ru
-as a result of compilation of many
+as a result of compiling many
.Nm
-documents all over the world.
+documents from all over the world.

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