On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 06:40:28PM +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 05:33:21PM +0000, Jason McIntyre wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 06:26:36PM +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 05:22:36PM +0000, Jason McIntyre wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 06:17:16PM +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 05:09:23PM +0000, Jason McIntyre wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 10:21:47PM +1100, Ross L Richardson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The number is in seconds, but that's currently not specified. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wording which preserved "frequency" but made sense with "seconds" > > > > > > > eluded me, so I changed things to refer to "interval". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ross > > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Index: ifstated.conf.5 > > > > > > > =================================================================== > > > > > > > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/ifstated/ifstated.conf.5,v > > > > > > > retrieving revision 1.13 > > > > > > > diff -u -p -r1.13 ifstated.conf.5 > > > > > > > --- ifstated.conf.5 18 Jun 2018 06:04:25 -0000 1.13 > > > > > > > +++ ifstated.conf.5 6 Dec 2018 11:12:44 -0000 > > > > > > > @@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ interfaces this equals the init state. > > > > > > > .Pp > > > > > > > In contrast to link state tests, external tests must be run > > > > > > > periodically to > > > > > > > evaluate their status. > > > > > > > -The frequency at which an external test is run has to be set > > > > > > > with the > > > > > > > +The interval in seconds between invocations of an external test > > > > > > > has to > > > > > > > +be set with the > > > > > > > .Ar every > > > > > > > keyword. > > > > > > > .Pp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hi. > > > > > > > > > > > > what about like this: > > > > > > > > > > > > Index: ifstated.conf.5 > > > > > > =================================================================== > > > > > > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/ifstated/ifstated.conf.5,v > > > > > > retrieving revision 1.13 > > > > > > diff -u -r1.13 ifstated.conf.5 > > > > > > --- ifstated.conf.5 18 Jun 2018 06:04:25 -0000 1.13 > > > > > > +++ ifstated.conf.5 6 Dec 2018 17:08:25 -0000 > > > > > > @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ > > > > > > .Pp > > > > > > In contrast to link state tests, external tests must be run > > > > > > periodically to > > > > > > evaluate their status. > > > > > > -The frequency at which an external test is run has to be set with > > > > > > the > > > > > > +The frequency at which an external test is run is set, in seconds, > > > > > > with the > > > > > > .Ar every > > > > > > keyword. > > > > > > .Pp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That should be "period", right? > > > > > > > > > > -Otto > > > > > > > > > > > > > hi otto. i don;t understand the question. what should be "period"? > > > > jmc > > > > > > > > > > frequency is a word used for occurences per time unit. > > > period is the time beteen repeating events. > > > > > > If you talk about the time beteen runs, you're talking about a period. > > > > > > -Otto > > > > > > > oh. > > > > from a technical (mathematical) point of view, i'm not totally sure. > > however substituting "frequency" for "period" in the sentence above will > > read very poorly. "frequency" was clear, but maybe that is because i'm > > less aware of these differences. > > > > the frequency at which something happens sounds ok to me in this sense. > > i was really trying to preserve the original words - ross had complained > > of being unable to come up with something that did so. > > > > rereading your words, i feel i don;t really grasp this. can you give an > > example? > > > > thanks, > > jmc > > > > The frequency of clock ticks is 60 per minute. > The period of clock ticks is 1 sec. >
thanks, that's what i wanted. of those two sentences, i'm fine with the first. the second sounds much odder though. normally you have a period of time, or a long period, or somesuch. saying simply "period" here is weird, because it's followed by "of clock ticks", which sounds like it's trying to quantify the period (a period of ten seconds). i know US english uses "period" differently in some ways. perhaps that's more common there. but i would not write it like that. > Whats wrong with > > "The period at which an external test is run has to be set, in > seconds, with the every keyword." > that does sound ok. i don;t hugely like it, but that's probably my bias. i think in the original text the inference was that there was a frequency: once, every "every" seconds. hence it read fine. i would not change what was there like this though. jmc > But maybe I'm too strict. People often used the term freqency when > they mean period. > > -Otto >
