[monitoring-plugins] Fix a few typos (#2231)
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git at monitoring-plugins.org
Mon Feb 16 11:30:13 CET 2026
Module: monitoring-plugins
Branch: master
Commit: 423d0c52674bfa4ec49e4ae8bce645131f657f74
Author: Dirk Mueller <dmueller at suse.com>
Committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
Date: Mon Feb 16 11:21:21 2026 +0100
URL: https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/repositories/monitoring-plugins/commit/?id=423d0c52
Fix a few typos (#2231)
---
doc/NEW_STARTERS | 2 +-
doc/RELEASING.md | 2 +-
doc/developer-guidelines.sgml | 10 +++++-----
lib/extra_opts.c | 2 +-
lib/extra_opts.h | 2 +-
lib/output.c | 4 ++--
lib/parse_ini.c | 2 +-
lib/perfdata.c | 2 +-
lib/states.h | 2 +-
tools/distclean | 2 +-
tools/p1.pl | 2 +-
11 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/NEW_STARTERS b/doc/NEW_STARTERS
index 2c5aac88..4fda35fb 100644
--- a/doc/NEW_STARTERS
+++ b/doc/NEW_STARTERS
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Need to know:
1. Add member to team mailing list (https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/list/listinfo/team/)
and to the commits mailing list (https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/list/listinfo/commits/),
- add sourceforge email address via Privacy Options->Sender filters)
+ add sourceforge email address via Privacy Options->Sender filters
2. Add Sourceforge access:
- Translator: CVS access, Shell access, Release Tech (no)
- Developer: Project role: Developer, CVS access, Shell access, Release Tech (no), Task Manager (A&T),
diff --git a/doc/RELEASING.md b/doc/RELEASING.md
index e1f3bf74..700683e7 100644
--- a/doc/RELEASING.md
+++ b/doc/RELEASING.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ using the remote name `monitoring-plugins` (rather than `origin`).
Before you start
----------------
-- Check Github Actions status.
+- Check GitHub Actions status.
- Update local Git repository to the current `master` tip. For a
maintenance release (e.g., version 2.4.1), update to the current
`maint-2.4` tip, instead.
diff --git a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
index 0afa733b..8288b897 100644
--- a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
+++ b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
<preface id="preface"><title>Preface</title>
- <para>The purpose of this guidelines is to provide a reference for
+ <para>The purpose of these guidelines is to provide a reference for
the plugin developers and encourage the standardization of the
- different kind of plugins: C, shell, perl, python, etc.</para>
+ different kinds of plugins: C, shell, perl, python, etc.</para>
<para>Monitoring Plugins Development Guidelines Copyright (C) 2000-2024
(Monitoring Plugins Team)</para>
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
<para>You should always print something to STDOUT that tells if the
service is working or why it is failing. Try to keep the output short -
- probably less that 80 characters. Remember that you ideally would like
+ probably less than 80 characters. Remember that you ideally would like
the entire output to appear in a pager message, which will get chopped
off after a certain length.</para>
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
back a numerical value, or metric, which is then compared to the warning and
critical thresholds. Use the get_status(double, thresholds *) function to
compare the value against the thresholds.</para>
- <para>This is the generalised format for ranges:</para>
+ <para>This is the generalized format for ranges:</para>
<literallayout>
[@]start:end
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
</listitem>
<listitem><para>If writing to a file (perhaps recording
- performance data) explicitly close close it. The plugin never
+ performance data) explicitly close it. The plugin never
calls <emphasis role="strong">exit</emphasis>; that is caught by
p1.pl, so output streams are never closed.</para>
</listitem>
diff --git a/lib/extra_opts.c b/lib/extra_opts.c
index 3fe69014..fa64d650 100644
--- a/lib/extra_opts.c
+++ b/lib/extra_opts.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ char **np_extra_opts(int *argc, char **argv, const char *plugin_name) {
}
ea1 = ea_tmp = NULL;
}
- } /* lather, rince, repeat */
+ } /* lather, rinse, repeat */
if (ea_num == (size_t)*argc && extra_args == NULL) {
/* No extra-opts */
diff --git a/lib/extra_opts.h b/lib/extra_opts.h
index 3f64360f..3c2d5eb1 100644
--- a/lib/extra_opts.h
+++ b/lib/extra_opts.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
/* np_extra_opts: Process the --extra-opts arguments and create a new argument
* array with ini-processed and argument-passed arguments together. The
- * ini-procesed arguments always come first (in the order of --extra-opts
+ * ini-processed arguments always come first (in the order of --extra-opts
* arguments). If no --extra-opts arguments are provided or returned nothing
* it returns **argv otherwise the new array is returned. --extra-opts are
* always removed from **argv. The original pointers from **argv are kept in
diff --git a/lib/output.c b/lib/output.c
index d650a3c5..d1a8d3b9 100644
--- a/lib/output.c
+++ b/lib/output.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ int mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(mp_subcheck check[static 1], mp_subcheck subchec
void mp_add_summary(mp_check check[static 1], char *summary) { check->summary = summary; }
/*
- * Generate the summary string of a mp_check object based on it's subchecks
+ * Generate the summary string of a mp_check object based on its subchecks
*/
char *get_subcheck_summary(mp_check check) {
mp_subcheck_list *subchecks = check.subchecks;
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ mp_state_enum mp_compute_check_state(const mp_check check) {
}
/*
- * Generate the result state of a mp_check object based on it's own state and it's subchecks states
+ * Generate the result state of a mp_check object based on its own state and its subchecks states
*/
mp_state_enum mp_eval_check_default(const mp_check check) {
assert(check.subchecks != NULL); // a mp_check without subchecks is invalid, die here
diff --git a/lib/parse_ini.c b/lib/parse_ini.c
index 196cac79..8a54af58 100644
--- a/lib/parse_ini.c
+++ b/lib/parse_ini.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static bool read_defaults(FILE *defaults_file, const char *stanza, np_arg_list *
continue;
}
switch (current_char) {
- /* globble up comment lines */
+ /* gobble up comment lines */
case ';':
case '#':
GOBBLE_TO(defaults_file, current_char, '\n');
diff --git a/lib/perfdata.c b/lib/perfdata.c
index 2930a8bc..b447b8ea 100644
--- a/lib/perfdata.c
+++ b/lib/perfdata.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ char *pd_to_string(mp_perfdata pd) {
if (strchr(pd.label, '\'') == NULL) {
asprintf(&result, "'%s'=", pd.label);
} else {
- // we have a illegal single quote in the string
+ // we have an illegal single quote in the string
// replace it silently instead of complaining
for (char *ptr = pd.label; *ptr == '\0'; ptr++) {
if (*ptr == '\'') {
diff --git a/lib/states.h b/lib/states.h
index 4a170caa..43926f0c 100644
--- a/lib/states.h
+++ b/lib/states.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static inline mp_state_enum max_state(mp_state_enum a, mp_state_enum b) {
* STATE_OK < STATE_DEPENDENT < STATE_UNKNOWN < STATE_WARNING < STATE_CRITICAL
*
* The main difference between max_state_alt and max_state it that it doesn't
- * allow setting a default to UNKNOWN. It will instead prioritixe any valid
+ * allow setting a default to UNKNOWN. It will instead prioritize any valid
* non-OK state.
****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/tools/distclean b/tools/distclean
index 961cc801..1ddc7532 100755
--- a/tools/distclean
+++ b/tools/distclean
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ find . -type f -name Makefile.in -print| xargs rm -f
rm -f aclocal.m4 compile config.guess config.h.in config.sub configure depcomp
rm -f m4/Makefile.am
-echo "$0: Removing miscelanious files..."
+echo "$0: Removing miscellaneous files..."
rm -f po/*.gmo po/stamp-po
rm -f lib/tests/*.Po
rm -f doc/developer-guidelines.html
diff --git a/tools/p1.pl b/tools/p1.pl
index 9cbe6dc0..ea80c334 100644
--- a/tools/p1.pl
+++ b/tools/p1.pl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use IO::File;
sub TIEHANDLE {
my ($class, $fn) = @_;
- my $handle = new IO::File "> $fn" or die "Cannot open embedded work filei $!\n";
+ my $handle = new IO::File "> $fn" or die "Cannot open embedded work file $!\n";
bless { FH => $handle, Value => 0}, $class;
}
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