ip-rule: more manual page grammer fixes

Add missing articles and replace use of passive voice.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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Stephen Hemminger 2023-05-11 14:10:26 -07:00
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@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ based only on the destination address of packets (and in theory,
but not in practice, on the TOS field).
.P
In some circumstances we want to route packets differently depending not only
on destination addresses, but also on other packet fields: source address,
In some circumstances, we want to route packets differently depending not only
on destination addresses but also on other packet fields: source address,
IP protocol, transport protocol ports or even packet payload.
This task is called 'policy routing'.
@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Each policy routing rule consists of a
.B selector
and an
.B action predicate.
The RPDB is scanned in order of decreasing priority (note that lower number
The RPDB is scanned in order of decreasing priority (note that a lower number
means higher priority, see the description of
.I PREFERENCE
below). The selector
@ -179,21 +179,21 @@ The RPDB may contain rules of the following types:
.RS
.B unicast
- the rule prescribes to return the route found
- the rule returns the route found
in the routing table referenced by the rule.
.B blackhole
- the rule prescribes to silently drop the packet.
- the rule causes a silent drop the packet.
.B unreachable
- the rule prescribes to generate a 'Network is unreachable' error.
- the rule generates a 'Network is unreachable' error.
.B prohibit
- the rule prescribes to generate 'Communication is administratively
- the rule generates 'Communication is administratively
prohibited' error.
.B nat
- the rule prescribes to translate the source address
- the rule translates the source address
of the IP packet into some other value.
.RE