called to check whether the specified file descriptor
refers to a special file. If the
<parameter>path</parameter> parameter is not
- <constant>NULL</constant>, it is checked whether file
+ <constant>NULL</constant>, it is checked whether the file
descriptor is bound to the specified file
name. Special files in this context are character
device nodes and files in <filename>/proc</filename>
related functions are implemented in the reference
implementation's <filename>sd-daemon.c</filename> and
<filename>sd-daemon.h</filename> files. These
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-daemon</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file. Alternatively, applications consuming these APIs
may copy the implementation into their source
tree. For more details about the reference
- implementation see
+ implementation, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
<para>These functions continue to work as described,