multiple spelling and typo fixes

This fixes #516.

31 files changed, 42 insertions, 42 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 0e341de8..4c614fb4 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ using modules-load in  your dependencies.
 
 The consolefont, keymaps, numlock and procfs service scripts no longer
 have a dependency on localmount.
-If you are a linux user and are still separaating / from /usr,
+If you are a linux user and are still separating / from /usr,
 you will need to add the following line to the appropriate conf.d files:
 
 rc_need="localmount"
diff --git a/conf.d/fsck b/conf.d/fsck
index 30131ea1..5fc2ef45 100644
--- a/conf.d/fsck
+++ b/conf.d/fsck
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # We can also specify the passno in /etc/fstab to check
 # If you multiplex fsck (ie ln -s fsck /etc/init.d/fsck.late) then you can
 # do an fsck outside of the normal scope, say for /home.
-# Here are some exampes:-
+# Here are some examples:-
 #fsck_passno="=1 =2"
 #fsck_passno=">1"
 #fsck_passno="<2"
diff --git a/conf.d/ipfw b/conf.d/ipfw
index b8c0005b..dde060f4 100644
--- a/conf.d/ipfw
+++ b/conf.d/ipfw
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ipfw provides a stateful firewall.
 # This means we allow everything out, and if we have a connection we allow it
-# back in. This is very flexable and quite secure.
+# back in. This is very flexible and quite secure.
 
 # For ease of use, we allow auth and ssh ports through as well.
 # To override the list of allowed ports
diff --git a/conf.d/network b/conf.d/network
index 923e926c..f80c2bd9 100644
--- a/conf.d/network
+++ b/conf.d/network
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Assign static IP addresses and run custom scripts per interface.
-# Seperate commands with ;
+# Separate commands with ;
 # Prefix with ! to run a shell script.
 # Use \$int to represent the interface
 #ifconfig_eth0="192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0"
diff --git a/conf.d/powerd b/conf.d/powerd
index df5fb700..86461065 100644
--- a/conf.d/powerd
+++ b/conf.d/powerd
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 powerd_ac_mode="maximum"
 #powerd_battery_mode="minimum"
 
-# Addiditonal arguments for powerd - see the man page for details
+# Additional arguments for powerd - see the man page for details
 powerd_args=""
diff --git a/etc/rc.devd b/etc/rc.devd
index 4bb77830..1f532afe 100644
--- a/etc/rc.devd
+++ b/etc/rc.devd
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ getmedia() {
 if [ ! -e /etc/init.d/"$1" -a ! -e /usr/local/init.d/"$1" ]; then
 	base=${1%%.*}
 	if [ "${base}" = "net" ]; then
-		# We only create links for pyhsical interfaces
+		# We only create links for physical interfaces
 		[ -n "$(getmedia ${1#*.})" ] || exit 1
 		base="net.lo0"
 	fi
diff --git a/init.d/fsck.in b/init.d/fsck.in
index cafd415c..008b1bca 100644
--- a/init.d/fsck.in
+++ b/init.d/fsck.in
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ start()
 			_abort
 		fi;;
 	4)	if [ "$RC_UNAME" = Linux ]; then
-			ewend 1 "Fileystem errors left uncorrected, aborting"
+			ewend 1 "Filesystem errors left uncorrected, aborting"
 			_abort
 		else
 		 	ewend 1 "Filesystems repaired, but reboot needed"
diff --git a/init.d/ipfw.in b/init.d/ipfw.in
index 327599a5..2b961274 100644
--- a/init.d/ipfw.in
+++ b/init.d/ipfw.in
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ start() {
 		ipfw add deny { tcp or udp } from any to any $p in
 	done
 
-	# Broadcasts and muticasts
+	# Broadcasts and multicasts
 	ipfw add deny ip from any to 255.255.255.255
 	ipfw add deny ip from any to 224.0.0.0/24
 
diff --git a/init.d/mount-ro.in b/init.d/mount-ro.in
index 0c048458..05c828da 100644
--- a/init.d/mount-ro.in
+++ b/init.d/mount-ro.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # This file may not be copied, modified, propagated, or distributed
 # except according to the terms contained in the LICENSE file.
 
-description="Re-mount filesytems read-only for a clean reboot."
+description="Re-mount filesystems read-only for a clean reboot."
 
 depend()
 {
diff --git a/man/openrc-shutdown.8 b/man/openrc-shutdown.8
index e7d75c8f..6d470a5f 100644
--- a/man/openrc-shutdown.8
+++ b/man/openrc-shutdown.8
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Stop all services, kill all processes and reboot the system.
 .It Fl s , -single
 Stop all services, kill all processes and move to single user mode.
 .It Fl w , -write-only
-Wrrite a wtmp shutdown record and do nothing else.
+Write a wtmp shutdown record and do nothing else.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr openrc-init 8 ,
diff --git a/man/rc-sstat.8 b/man/rc-sstat.8
index 187cdb25..8a4e1755 100644
--- a/man/rc-sstat.8
+++ b/man/rc-sstat.8
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ info
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm
 gathers and displays information about the status of services supervised
-by s6 then runs rc-status to show info about nnormal OpenRC services.
+by s6 then runs rc-status to show info about normal OpenRC services.
 .Pp
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 .Nm
diff --git a/man/rc-update.8 b/man/rc-update.8
index 9cb7be31..ad39550a 100644
--- a/man/rc-update.8
+++ b/man/rc-update.8
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 OpenRC uses named runlevels.  Rather than editing some obscure
 file or managing a directory of symlinks,
 .Nm
-exists to quickly add or delete services to and from from different runlevels.
+exists to quickly add or delete services to and from different runlevels.
 All services must reside in the
 .Pa /etc/init.d
 or
diff --git a/man/rc_find_pids.3 b/man/rc_find_pids.3
index da084865..375910ba 100644
--- a/man/rc_find_pids.3
+++ b/man/rc_find_pids.3
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ returns RC_PIDLIST, a structure based on the LIST macro from
 which contains all the pids found matching the given criteria.
 If
 .Fa pid
-is given then only that pid is returned if it is running. Otherise we check
+is given then only that pid is returned if it is running. Otherwise we check
 all instances of
 .Fa argv
 with a process name of
diff --git a/man/rc_service.3 b/man/rc_service.3
index 28a3f92d..eb6da60a 100644
--- a/man/rc_service.3
+++ b/man/rc_service.3
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ When
 .Fa service
 starts, it starts
 .Fa service_to_start
-afterswards as directed by
+afterwards as directed by
 .Fn rc_service_schedule_start .
 .Fn rc_services_scheduled
 returns a list of services that will be started when
diff --git a/man/supervise-daemon.8 b/man/supervise-daemon.8
index dcefe2ee..cd76beb2 100644
--- a/man/supervise-daemon.8
+++ b/man/supervise-daemon.8
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ If respawn-delay, respawn-max and respawn-period are not set correctly,
 it is possible to trigger a situation in which the supervisor will
 infinitely try to respawn a daemon. To avoid this, if you change the
 values of --respawn-delay, --respawn-max or --respawn-period, always
-make sure the settings mmake sense. For example, a respawn period of 5
+make sure the settings make sense. For example, a respawn period of 5
 seconds with a respawn max of 10 and a respawn delay of 1 second leads
 to infinite respawning since there can never be 10 respawns within 5
 seconds.
diff --git a/src/checkpath/checkpath.c b/src/checkpath/checkpath.c
index 34f5c452..de5d1b4a 100644
--- a/src/checkpath/checkpath.c
+++ b/src/checkpath/checkpath.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * checkpath.c
- * Checks for the existance of a file or directory and creates it
+ * Checks for the existence of a file or directory and creates it
  * if necessary. It can also correct its ownership.
  */
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const char * const longopts_help[] = {
 	"Create a named pipe (FIFO) if not exists",
 	"Mode to check",
 	"Owner to check (user:group)",
-	"follow symbolic links (irrelivent on linux)",
+	"follow symbolic links (irrelevant on linux)",
 	"Check whether the path is writable or not",
 	longopts_help_COMMON
 };
diff --git a/src/einfo/einfo.c b/src/einfo/einfo.c
index 1778efe4..691688ce 100644
--- a/src/einfo/einfo.c
+++ b/src/einfo/einfo.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "einfo.h"
 #include "helpers.h"
 
-/* usecs to wait while we poll the file existance  */
+/* usecs to wait while we poll the file existence  */
 #define WAIT_INTERVAL	20000000
 
 const char *applet = NULL;
diff --git a/src/fstabinfo/fstabinfo.c b/src/fstabinfo/fstabinfo.c
index ef7d0609..839e6e36 100644
--- a/src/fstabinfo/fstabinfo.c
+++ b/src/fstabinfo/fstabinfo.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ const struct option longopts[] = {
 	longopts_COMMON
 };
 const char * const longopts_help[] = {
-	"Mounts the filesytem from the mountpoint",
+	"Mounts the filesystem from the mountpoint",
 	"Remounts the filesystem based on the information in fstab",
 	"Extract the block device",
 	"Show arguments needed to mount the entry",
diff --git a/src/libeinfo/einfo.h b/src/libeinfo/einfo.h
index 557db92a..d9f1b54e 100644
--- a/src/libeinfo/einfo.h
+++ b/src/libeinfo/einfo.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ int ebegin(const char * EINFO_RESTRICT, ...) EINFO_PRINTF(1, 2);
  * eend places [ ok ] or [ !! ] at the end of the terminal line depending on
  * retval (0 or ok, anything else for !!)
  *
- * ebracket allows you to specifiy the position, color and message */
+ * ebracket allows you to specify the position, color and message */
 /*@{*/
 int eend(int, const char * EINFO_RESTRICT, ...) EINFO_PRINTF(2, 3);
 int ewend(int, const char * EINFO_RESTRICT, ...) EINFO_PRINTF(2, 3);
diff --git a/src/librc/librc-misc.c b/src/librc/librc-misc.c
index b0edb942..6a3f3226 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc-misc.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc-misc.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ rc_config_list(const char *file)
 		if (token && (strlen(token) > 1)) {
 			/* If not variable assignment then skip */
 			if (strchr(token, '=')) {
-				/* Stip the newline if present */
+				/* Strip the newline if present */
 				if (token[strlen(token) - 1] == '\n')
 					token[strlen(token) - 1] = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/librc/rc.h.in b/src/librc/rc.h.in
index 39b1f520..651f317b 100644
--- a/src/librc/rc.h.in
+++ b/src/librc/rc.h.in
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ bool rc_service_add(const char *, const char *);
 /*! Remove the service from the runlevel
  * @param runlevel to remove from
  * @param service to remove
- * @return true if sucessful, otherwise false */
+ * @return true if successful, otherwise false */
 bool rc_service_delete(const char *, const char *);
 
 /*! Save the arguments to find a running daemon
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ RC_STRINGLIST *rc_services_in_runlevel_stacked(const char *);
  * @return NULL terminated list of services */
 RC_STRINGLIST *rc_services_in_state(RC_SERVICE);
 
-/*! List the services shceduled to start when this one does
+/*! List the services scheduled to start when this one does
  * @param service to check
  * @return  NULL terminated list of services */
 RC_STRINGLIST *rc_services_scheduled(const char *);
@@ -450,9 +450,9 @@ RC_STRINGLIST *rc_deptree_depend(const RC_DEPTREE *, const char *, const char *)
 RC_STRINGLIST *rc_deptree_depends(const RC_DEPTREE *, const RC_STRINGLIST *,
 				  const RC_STRINGLIST *, const char *, int);
 
-/*! List all the services that should be stoppned and then started, in order,
+/*! List all the services that should be stopped and then started, in order,
  * for the given runlevel, including sysinit and boot services where
- * approriate.
+ * appropriate.
  * @param deptree to search
  * @param runlevel to change into
  * @param options to pass
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ bool rc_yesno(const char *);
 /*! @name String List functions
  * Every string list should be released with a call to rc_stringlist_free. */
 
-/*! Create a new stringlinst
+/*! Create a new stringlist
  * @return pointer to new list */
 RC_STRINGLIST *rc_stringlist_new(void);
 
diff --git a/src/openrc-run/openrc-run.c b/src/openrc-run/openrc-run.c
index f9056110..06d1a9d3 100644
--- a/src/openrc-run/openrc-run.c
+++ b/src/openrc-run/openrc-run.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ svc_exec(const char *arg1, const char *arg2)
 	 * We do this instead of mapping pipes to stdout, stderr so that
 	 * programs can tell if they're attached to a tty or not.
 	 * The only loss is that we can no longer tell the difference
-	 * between the childs stdout or stderr */
+	 * between the child's stdout or stderr */
 	master_tty = slave_tty = -1;
 	if (prefix && isatty(fdout)) {
 		tcgetattr(fdout, &tt);
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ svc_stop(void)
 static void
 svc_restart(void)
 {
-	/* This is hairly and a better way needs to be found I think!
+	/* This is hairy and a better way needs to be found I think!
 	 * The issue is this - openvpn need net and dns. net can restart
 	 * dns via resolvconf, so you could have openvpn trying to restart
 	 * dnsmasq which in turn is waiting on net which in turn is waiting
diff --git a/src/openrc-shutdown/sysvinit.h b/src/openrc-shutdown/sysvinit.h
index 5e3077cf..64b4a85c 100644
--- a/src/openrc-shutdown/sysvinit.h
+++ b/src/openrc-shutdown/sysvinit.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct init_request_bsd {
 
 /*
  *	Because of legacy interfaces, "runlevel" and "sleeptime"
- *	aren't in a seperate struct in the union.
+ *	aren't in a separate struct in the union.
  *
  *	The weird sizes are because init expects the whole
  *	struct to be 384 bytes.
diff --git a/src/openrc/rc.c b/src/openrc/rc.c
index bab731ed..c1ca1bd7 100644
--- a/src/openrc/rc.c
+++ b/src/openrc/rc.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ do_stop_services(RC_STRINGLIST *types_nw, RC_STRINGLIST *start_services,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		/* If the service has crashed, skip futher checks and just stop
+		/* If the service has crashed, skip further checks and just stop
 		   it */
 		if (crashed &&
 		    rc_service_daemons_crashed(service->value))
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ do_stop_services(RC_STRINGLIST *types_nw, RC_STRINGLIST *start_services,
 				continue;
 		}
 
-		/* We got this far. Last check is to see if any any service
+		/* We got this far. Last check is to see if any service
 		 * that going to be started depends on us */
 		if (!svc1) {
 			tmplist = rc_stringlist_new();
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		setenv("RC_RUNLEVEL", newlevel, 1);
 		setenv("RC_GOINGDOWN", "YES", 1);
 	} else {
-		/* We should not use krunevel in sysinit or boot runlevels */
+		/* We should not use krunlevel in sysinit or boot runlevels */
 		if (!newlevel ||
 		    (strcmp(newlevel, RC_LEVEL_SYSINIT) != 0 &&
 			strcmp(newlevel, getenv("RC_BOOTLEVEL")) != 0))
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #ifdef __FreeBSD__
 		/* FIXME: we shouldn't have todo this */
 		/* For some reason, wait_for_services waits for the logger
-		 * proccess to finish as well, but only on FreeBSD.
+		 * process to finish as well, but only on FreeBSD.
 		 * We cannot allow this so we stop logging now. */
 		rc_logger_close();
 #endif
diff --git a/src/rc-sstat/rc-sstat b/src/rc-sstat/rc-sstat
index 4811293d..4f91e531 100644
--- a/src/rc-sstat/rc-sstat
+++ b/src/rc-sstat/rc-sstat
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ if [ -z $TERM -o $TERM = "dumb" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Gather list of candidate services s6-supervise may be supervising
-# filter for folders and symlinks at /run/openrc/s6-scan/* ommiting output starting with '.'
+# filter for folders and symlinks at /run/openrc/s6-scan/* omitting output starting with '.'
 services="$(find $scandir -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 \( -type d -or -type l \) | awk -F'/' '{ if ( $NF !~ "^\\." ) print $NF}')"
 if [ -z "$services" ]; then
 	printf "s6 found no services configured for supervision\n"
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ if [ -z "$services" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Gather status for each service from s6-svstat
-# write to tmp file in memory for non I/O bound repeatative access
+# write to tmp file in memory for non I/O bound repetitive access
 rm -f $statfile 2>/dev/null
 for service in $services ; do
 	echo "$service $(s6-svstat ${scandir}/${service})" >> $statfile
diff --git a/src/shared/plugin.h b/src/shared/plugin.h
index db4b6878..86ec1bfe 100644
--- a/src/shared/plugin.h
+++ b/src/shared/plugin.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #ifndef __LIBRC_PLUGIN_H__
 #define __LIBRC_PLUGIN_H__
 
-/* A simple flag to say if we're in a plugin proccess or not.
+/* A simple flag to say if we're in a plugin process or not.
  * Mainly used in atexit code. */
 extern bool rc_in_plugin;
 
diff --git a/src/shared/queue.h b/src/shared/queue.h
index 67f801d7..ddb7821d 100644
--- a/src/shared/queue.h
+++ b/src/shared/queue.h
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ struct {								\
  */
 
 /*
- * __launder_type():  We use this ugly hack to work around the the compiler
+ * __launder_type():  We use this ugly hack to work around the compiler
  * noticing that two types may not alias each other and elide tests in code.
  * We hit this in the CIRCLEQ macros when comparing 'struct name *' and
  * 'struct type *' (see CIRCLEQ_HEAD()).  Modern compilers (such as GCC
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ struct {								\
  * Do not use for assignment.
  *
  * If we ever choose to change the ABI of the CIRCLEQ macros, we could fix
- * this by changing the head/tail sentinal values, but see the note above
+ * this by changing the head/tail sentinel values, but see the note above
  * this one.
  */
 static __inline const void * __launder_type(const void *);
diff --git a/src/supervise-daemon/supervise-daemon.c b/src/supervise-daemon/supervise-daemon.c
index 194ef9df..a0576513 100644
--- a/src/supervise-daemon/supervise-daemon.c
+++ b/src/supervise-daemon/supervise-daemon.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * supervise-daemon
  * This is a supervisor for daemons.
- * It will start a deamon and make sure it restarts if it crashes.
+ * It will start a daemon and make sure it restarts if it crashes.
  */
 
 /*
diff --git a/supervise-daemon-guide.md b/supervise-daemon-guide.md
index e4a7c947..7390bc70 100644
--- a/supervise-daemon-guide.md
+++ b/supervise-daemon-guide.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The following is a brief guide on using this capability.
   functions.
 
 * Daemons must not fork
-  Any deamon that you would like to have monitored by supervise-daemon
+  Any daemon that you would like to have monitored by supervise-daemon
   must not fork. Instead, it must stay in the foreground. If the daemon
   forks, the supervisor will be unable to monitor it.
 
diff --git a/support/openvpn/up.sh b/support/openvpn/up.sh
index f9e51bcc..63786787 100755
--- a/support/openvpn/up.sh
+++ b/support/openvpn/up.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # we're using a decent dns cache/forwarder like dnsmasq and NOT nscd/libc.
 # nscd/libc users will get the VPN nameservers before their other ones
 # and will use the first one that responds - maybe the LAN ones?
-# non resolvconf users just the the VPN resolv.conf
+# non resolvconf users just the VPN resolv.conf
 
 # FIXME:- if we have >1 domain, then we have to use search :/
 # We need to add a flag to resolvconf to say
diff --git a/test/units/check-is-older-than.sh b/test/units/check-is-older-than.sh
index 8987fcd2..3ca04675 100755
--- a/test/units/check-is-older-than.sh
+++ b/test/units/check-is-older-than.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ TMPDIR="${BUILD_ROOT}"/tmp-"$(basename "$0")"
 
 # Please note that we added this unit test because the function
 # should really be called is_newer_than as it's what it's really testing.
-# Or more perversly, returning 0 on failure and 1 and success.
+# Or more perversely, returning 0 on failure and 1 and success.
 
 # bool is_older_than(reference, files/dirs to check)
 #