processes.</para>
<para>The <parameter>state</parameter> parameter
- should contain an newline-seperated list of variable
+ should contain an newline-separated list of variable
assignments, similar in style to an environment
block. A trailing newline is implied if none is
specified. The string may contain any kind of variable
definition file has Type=notify
set. The passed argument is a boolean
"1" or "0". Since there is little
- value in signalling non-readiness the
+ value in signalling non-readiness, the
only value daemons should send is
"READY=1".</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<listitem><para>Passes a single-line
status string back to the init system
that describes the daemon state. This
- is free-from and can be used for
+ is free-form and can be used for
various purposes: general state
feedback, fsck-like programs could
pass completion percentages and
<para>On failure, these calls return a negative
errno-style error code. If
<varname>$NOTIFY_SOCKET</varname> was not set and
- hence no status data could be sent 0 is returned. If
+ hence no status data could be sent, 0 is returned. If
the status was sent these functions return with a
- positive return value. In order to support both init
+ positive return value. In order to support both, init
systems that implement this scheme and those which
- don't it is generally recommended to ignore the return
+ don't, it is generally recommended to ignore the return
value of this call.</para>
</refsect1>
<title>Start-up Notification</title>
<para>When a daemon finished starting up, it
- might issue the following call call to notify
+ might issue the following call to notify
the init system:</para>
<programlisting>sd_notify(0, "READY=1");</programlisting>