The existing grammar is erratic:
$ fgrep filesystem dump.8 | wc -l
15
$ fgrep 'file system' dump.8 | wc -l
6
Uniformly concatenate both words into one:
Index: dump.8
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RCS file: /cvs/src/sbin/dump/dump.8,v
retrieving revision 1.45
diff -u -r1.45 dump.8
--- dump.8 4 Apr 2013 10:47:21 -0000 1.45
+++ dump.8 16 Aug 2013 19:28:41 -0000
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
.It Fl 0\-9
Dump levels.
A level 0, full backup,
-guarantees the entire file system is copied
+guarantees the entire filesystem is copied
(but see also the
.Fl h
option below).
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
is ignored.
.It Fl W
.Nm
-tells the operator what file systems need to be dumped.
+tells the operator what filesystems need to be dumped.
This information is gleaned from the files
.Pa /etc/dumpdates
and
@@ -259,10 +259,10 @@
.Fl W
flag causes
.Nm
-to print out, for each file system in
+to print out, for each filesystem in
.Pa /etc/dumpdates ,
the most recent dump date and level,
-and highlights those file systems that should be dumped.
+and highlights those filesystems that should be dumped.
If the
.Fl W
flag is set, all other options are ignored, and
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
and on a set of fresh tapes that is saved forever.
.It
After the level 0 dump,
-backups of active file systems are taken on each day in a cycle of a week.
+backups of active filesystems are taken on each day in a cycle of a week.
Once a week, a level 1 dump is taken.
The other days of the week a higher level dump is done.
.Pp
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
.It Pa /etc/dumpdates
dump date records
.It Pa /etc/fstab
-dump table: file systems and frequency
+dump table: filesystems and frequency
.It Pa /etc/group
to find group
.Em operator
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