From d92287306836e9dbff92b52ad944e5f5f378df91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bastian Kleineidam Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 19:51:34 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Correct file type detection documentation. --- doc/patool.1 | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/patool.1 b/doc/patool.1 index 3ec55a0..4ee7dec 100644 --- a/doc/patool.1 +++ b/doc/patool.1 @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ Various archive types can be created, extracted, tested and listed by \fBpatool\fP. The advantage of patool is its simplicity in handling archive files without having to remember a myriad of programs and options. .PP -The archive format is determined by the archive file extension and -as a fallback with file(1). +The archive format is determined by the file(1) program and as a fallback +by the archive file extension. .PP \fBpatool\fP supports 7z (.7z), ZIP (.zip, .jar), GZIP (.gz), compress (.Z), BZIP2 (.bz2), TAR (.tar), ARJ (.arj), CAB (.cab), CPIO (.cpio), @@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ It relies on helper applications to handle those archive formats .SH COMMANDS Several commands and options are available. .SS \fBextract\fP -Extract files from an archive4. Often one wants -to extract all files in an archive to a single subdirectory. +Extract files from an archive. Often one wants to extract all files +in an archive to a single subdirectory. However, some archives contain multiple files in their root directories. The patool program overcomes this problem by first extracting files to a unique (temporary) directory, and