@c This is part of the paxutils manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c Written by Sergey Poznyakoff
@c This file is distributed under GFDL 1.1 or any later version
@c published by the Free Software Foundation.
@item R
This code requests renaming of the @var{filename} to the name
-specified with the following @samp{T} command.
+specified with the @samp{T} command, that immediately follows it.
@item T
Specify target file name for @samp{R} command (see below).
@end enumerate
This case cannot be handled by three successive renames, since
-renaming @file{a} to @file{b} will destroy existing directory.
-To handle such case a temporary directory is required. @GNUTAR{}
-will create the following dumpdir (newlines have been added for
+renaming @file{a} to @file{b} will destroy the existing directory.
+To correctly process it, @GNUTAR{} needs a temporary directory, so
+it creates the following dumpdir (newlines have been added for
readability):
@smallexample
@item GNU and old GNU archives
These formats implement special header type @samp{D}, which is similar
-to ustar header @samp{5} (directory), except that it preceeds a data
+to ustar header @samp{5} (directory), except that it precedes a data
block containing the dumpdir.
@end itemize