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authorAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@sun.com>2006-11-08 13:51:50 -0800
committerAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@sun.com>2006-11-08 13:51:50 -0800
commit82fbb553114e8d00b6b3886aee4554dfd178cb01 (patch)
tree705d689ae36effbe11f0ca3c375b437eac044282 /sessreg.man
parent02379845b074cb252c0cb42d18c6cb8effcdc9f5 (diff)
Improve formatting of file names in sessreg.man
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@@ -47,17 +47,20 @@ entries for xdm sessions.
.PP
System V has a better interface to utmp than BSD; it
dynamically allocates entries in the file, instead of writing them at fixed
-positions indexed by position in __ttys_file__.
+positions indexed by position in
+.BR __ttys_file__ .
.PP
To manage BSD-style utmp files, \fIsessreg\fP has two strategies. In
-conjunction with xdm, the -x option counts the number of lines in __ttys_file__
+conjunction with xdm, the -x option counts the number of lines in
+.B __ttys_file__
and then adds to that the number of the line in the Xservers file which
specifies the display. The display name must be specified as the
"line-name" using the -l option. This sum is used as the "slot-number" in
the utmp file that this entry will be written at. In the more general case,
the -s option specifies the slot-number directly. If for some strange reason
-your system uses a file other that __ttys_file__ to manage init, the -t option
-can direct
+your system uses a file other than
+.B __ttys_file__
+to manage init, the -t option can direct
\fIsessreg\fP to look elsewhere for a count of terminal sessions.
.PP
Conversely, System V managers will not ever need to use these options (-x,
@@ -83,10 +86,12 @@ and in Xreset:
.fi
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "\fB-w\fP \fIwtmp-file\fP"
-This specifies an alternate wtmp file, instead of __wtmp_file__.
+This specifies an alternate wtmp file, instead of
+.BR __wtmp_file__ .
The special name "none" disables writing records to the wtmp file.
.IP "\fB-u\fP \fIutmp-file\fP"
-This specifies an alternate utmp file, instead of __utmp_file__.
+This specifies an alternate utmp file, instead of
+.BR __utmp_file__ .
The special name "none" disables writing records to the utmp file.
.IP "\fB-l\fP \fIline-name\fP"
This describes the "line" name of the entry. For terminal sessions,
@@ -100,7 +105,8 @@ This is set for BSD hosts to indicate that the session was initiated from
a remote host. In typical xdm usage, this options is not used.
.IP "\fB-s\fP \fIslot-number\fP"
Each potential session has a unique slot number in BSD systems, most are
-identified by the position of the \fIline-name\fP in the __ttys_file__ file.
+identified by the position of the \fIline-name\fP in the
+.BR __ttys_file__ file.
This option overrides the default position determined with ttyslot(3).
This option is inappropriate for use with xdm, the -x option is more useful.
.IP "\fB-x\fP \fIXservers-file\fP"