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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-09-14 22:14:01 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-09-14 22:14:01 +0000
commitd7b87853ad02031845dedc2e4eb43470f70629b2 (patch)
tree6711d6705a3d61a8fc1398a0e93943d2c24e793f /bin/pax
parent0e57f2a299667350f0094976659b7e7f6dee3478 (diff)
First complete sweep of man pages, bin/. Command/function names previously
(incorrectly) capatilized are fixed. Comma splices, hyphenations, SYNOPSIS cleanups, other miscellaneous typos.
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/pax')
-rw-r--r--bin/pax/cpio.126
-rw-r--r--bin/pax/pax.190
-rw-r--r--bin/pax/tar.118
3 files changed, 67 insertions, 67 deletions
diff --git a/bin/pax/cpio.1 b/bin/pax/cpio.1
index 2e5347750be..bbc4ab9f1c2 100644
--- a/bin/pax/cpio.1
+++ b/bin/pax/cpio.1
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: cpio.1,v 1.4 1998/07/20 00:45:31 espie Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: cpio.1,v 1.5 1998/09/14 22:13:52 aaron Exp $
.\"
.Dd February 16, 1997
.Dt CPIO 1
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
.Nm cpio
.Nd copy file archives in and out
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm
+.Nm cpio
.Fl o
.Op Fl aABcLvzZ
.Op Fl C Ar bytes
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
.Op Fl O Ar archive
.Ar "< name-list"
.Op Ar "> archive"
-.Nm
+.Nm cpio
.Fl i
.Op Fl bBcdfmrsStuvzZ6
.Op Fl C Ar bytes
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
.Op Fl I Ar archive
.Op Ar "pattern ..."
.Op Ar "< archive"
-.Nm
+.Nm cpio
.Fl p
.Op Fl adlLmuv
.Ar destination-directory
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ archive from standard input, and writes the archive on standard
output.
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl a
-Reset the access times on files that has been copied to the
+Reset the access times on files that have been copied to the
archive.
.It Fl A
Append to the specified archive.
@@ -127,15 +127,15 @@ standard input and extracts files matching the
that were specified on the command line.
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl b
-Do byte- and word swapping after reading in data from the
+Do byte and word swapping after reading in data from the
archive, for restoring archives created on systems with
-different byte order.
+a different byte order.
.It Fl B
Set the block size of the archive being read to 5120 bytes.
.It Fl c
Expect the archive headers to be in ASCII format.
.It Fl C Ar bytes
-Read archive written with a blocksize of
+Read archive written with a block size of
.Ar bytes .
.It Fl d
Create any intermediate directories as needed during
@@ -195,13 +195,13 @@ Process old-style \*Qcpio\*U format archives.
.El
.It Fl p
Copy files from one location to another in a single pass.
-The list of files to copy are read from standard in and
+The list of files to copy are read from standard input and
written out to a directory relative to the specified
.Ar directory
argument.
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl a
-Reset the access times on files that has been copied.
+Reset the access times on files that have been copied.
.It Fl d
Create any intermediate directories as needed to write
the files at the new location.
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ will exit with one of the following values:
.It 0
All files were processed successfully.
.It 1
-An error occured.
+An error occurred.
.El
.Pp
Whenever
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ cannot create a file or a link when extracting an archive or cannot
find a file while writing an archive, or cannot preserve the user
ID, group ID, file mode or access and modification times when the
.Fl p
-options is specified, a diagnostic message is written to standard
+option is specified, a diagnostic message is written to standard
error and a non-zero exit value will be returned, but processing
will continue. In the case where
.Nm
@@ -267,4 +267,4 @@ and
.Fl S
options are currently not implemented.
.Sh AUTHOR
-Keith Muller at the University of California, San Diego
+Keith Muller at the University of California, San Diego.
diff --git a/bin/pax/pax.1 b/bin/pax/pax.1
index 590c9dfdd7a..72e200e1bbd 100644
--- a/bin/pax/pax.1
+++ b/bin/pax/pax.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: pax.1,v 1.5 1997/04/06 06:11:13 millert Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: pax.1,v 1.6 1998/09/14 22:13:52 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: pax.1,v 1.3 1995/03/21 09:07:37 cgd Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1992 Keith Muller.
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@
.Op Ar file ...
.Ar directory
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Pax
+.Nm pax
will read, write, and list the members of an archive file,
and will copy directory hierarchies.
-.Nm Pax
+.Nm pax
operation is independent of the specific archive format,
and supports a wide variety of different archive formats.
A list of supported archive formats can be found under the description of the
@@ -200,26 +200,26 @@ options specifies which of the following functional modes
will operate under:
.Em list , read , write ,
and
-.Em copy.
+.Em copy .
.Bl -tag -width 6n
.It <none>
.Em List .
-.Nm Pax
+.Nm pax
will write to
.Dv standard output
a table of contents of the members of the archive file read from
.Dv standard input ,
whose pathnames match the specified
-.Ar patterns.
+.Ar patterns .
The table of contents contains one filename per line
and is written using single line buffering.
.It Fl r
.Em Read .
-.Nm Pax
+.Nm pax
extracts the members of the archive file read from the
.Dv standard input ,
with pathnames matching the specified
-.Ar patterns.
+.Ar patterns .
The archive format and blocking is automatically determined on input.
When an extracted file is a directory, the entire file hierarchy
rooted at that directory is extracted.
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ the extracted files are discussed in more detail under the
option.
.It Fl w
.Em Write .
-.Nm Pax
+.Nm pax
writes an archive containing the
.Ar file
operands to
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ operand is also a directory, the entire file hierarchy rooted
at that directory will be included.
.It Fl r Fl w
.Em Copy .
-.Nm Pax
+.Nm pax
copies the
.Ar file
operands to the destination
@@ -292,7 +292,6 @@ to locate and process the largest number of archive members possible (see the
.Fl E
option for more details on error handling).
.Sh OPERANDS
-.Pp
The
.Ar directory
operand specifies a destination directory pathname.
@@ -300,7 +299,7 @@ If the
.Ar directory
operand does not exist, or it is not writable by the user,
or it is not of type directory,
-.Nm Pax
+.Nm pax
will exit with a non-zero exit status.
.Pp
The
@@ -339,7 +338,6 @@ operand pathnames in a diagnostic message to
.Dv standard error
and then exit with a non-zero exit status.
.Sh OPTIONS
-.Pp
The following options are supported:
.Bl -tag -width 4n
.It Fl r
@@ -412,14 +410,14 @@ standard and will not be portable to all systems.
A
.Ar blocksize
can end with
-.Li k
+.Sq Li k
or
-.Li b
+.Sq Li b
to specify multiplication by 1024 (1K) or 512, respectively.
A pair of
.Ar blocksizes
can be separated by
-.Li x
+.Sq Li x
to indicate a product.
A specific archive device may impose additional restrictions on the size
of blocking it will support.
@@ -469,14 +467,14 @@ operand,
will prompt to
.Pa /dev/tty
giving the name of the file, its file mode and its modification time.
-.Nm Pax
+.Nm pax
will then read a line from
.Pa /dev/tty .
If this line is blank, the file or archive member is skipped.
If this line consists of a single period, the
file or archive member is processed with no modification to its name.
Otherwise, its name is replaced with the contents of the line.
-.Nm Pax
+.Nm pax
will immediately exit with a non-zero exit status if
.Dv <EOF>
is encountered when reading a response or if
@@ -485,12 +483,11 @@ cannot be opened for reading and writing.
.It Fl k
Do not overwrite existing files.
.It Fl l
-Link files. (The letter ell).
+(The lowercase letter ``ell.'') Link files.
In the
.Em copy
-mode (
-.Fl r
-.Fl w ) ,
+mode
+.Pq Fl r Fl w ,
hard links are made between the source and destination file hierarchies
whenever possible.
.It Fl n
@@ -510,7 +507,7 @@ which is specific to the archive format specified by
In general,
.Ar options
take the form:
-.Cm name=value
+.Cm name=value .
.It Fl p Ar string
Specify one or more file characteristic options (privileges).
The
@@ -678,10 +675,9 @@ Where <ls -l listing> is the output format specified by the
utility when used with the
.Fl l
option.
-Otherwise for all the other operational modes (
-.Em read , write ,
-and
-.Em copy ) ,
+Otherwise for all the other operational modes
+.Po Em read , write , Li and Em copy
+.Pc ,
pathnames are written and flushed to
.Dv standard error
without a trailing
@@ -694,7 +690,7 @@ is not buffered, and is written only after the file has been read or written.
.It Fl x Ar format
Specify the output archive format, with the default format being
.Ar ustar .
-.Nm Pax
+.Nm pax
currently supports the following formats:
.Bl -tag -width "sv4cpio"
.It Ar cpio
@@ -753,27 +749,28 @@ The default blocksize for this format is 10240 bytes.
Pathnames stored by this format must be 250 characters or less in length.
.El
.Pp
-.Nm Pax
+.Nm pax
will detect and report any file that it is unable to store or extract
as the result of any specific archive format restrictions.
The individual archive formats may impose additional restrictions on use.
Typical archive format restrictions include (but are not limited to):
-file pathname length, file size, link pathname length and the type of the file.
+file pathname length, file size, link pathname length, and the type of the
+file.
.It Fl B Ar bytes
Limit the number of bytes written to a single archive volume to
.Ar bytes .
The
.Ar bytes
limit can end with
-.Li m ,
-.Li k ,
+.Sq Li m ,
+.Sq Li k ,
or
-.Li b
+.Sq Li b
to specify multiplication by 1048576 (1M), 1024 (1K) or 512, respectively.
A pair of
.Ar bytes
limits can be separated by
-.Li x
+.Sq Li x
to indicate a product.
.Pp
.Em Warning :
@@ -787,11 +784,11 @@ This option is the same as the
option, except that the file inode change time is checked instead of the
file modification time.
The file inode change time can be used to select files whose inode information
-(e.g. uid, gid, etc.) is newer than a copy of the file in the destination
+(e.g. UID, GID, etc.) is newer than a copy of the file in the destination
.Ar directory .
.It Fl E Ar limit
Limit the number of consecutive read faults while trying to read a flawed
-archives to
+archive to
.Ar limit .
With a positive
.Ar limit ,
@@ -936,7 +933,7 @@ Select a file based on its
.Ar user
name, or when starting with a
.Cm # ,
-a numeric uid.
+a numeric UID.
A '\\' can be used to escape the
.Cm # .
Multiple
@@ -949,7 +946,7 @@ See the
.Li st_dev
field as described in
.Xr stat 2
-for more information about device ID's.
+for more information about device IDs.
.It Fl Y
This option is the same as the
.Fl D
@@ -962,8 +959,8 @@ option, except that the modification time is checked using the
pathname created after all the file name modifications have completed.
.El
.Pp
-The options that operate on the names of files or archive members (
-.Fl c ,
+The options that operate on the names of files or archive members
+.Po Fl c ,
.Fl i ,
.Fl n ,
.Fl s ,
@@ -975,7 +972,8 @@ The options that operate on the names of files or archive members (
.Fl U ,
.Fl Y ,
and
-.Fl Z )
+.Fl Z
+.Pc
interact as follows.
.Pp
When extracting files during a
@@ -1001,7 +999,7 @@ Then the
and
.Fl Z
options will be applied based on the final pathname.
-Finally the
+Finally, the
.Fl v
option will write the names resulting from these modifications.
.Pp
@@ -1034,7 +1032,7 @@ operation the
and the
.Fl Z
options will be applied based on the final pathname.
-Finally the
+Finally, the
.Fl v
option will write the names resulting from these modifications.
.Pp
@@ -1130,7 +1128,7 @@ standard.
.Xr tar 1 ,
.Xr cpio 1
.Sh AUTHOR
-Keith Muller at the University of California, San Diego
+Keith Muller at the University of California, San Diego.
.Sh ERRORS
.Nm pax
will exit with one of the following values:
@@ -1150,7 +1148,9 @@ group ID, or file mode when the
option is specified, a diagnostic message is written to
.Dv standard error
and a non-zero exit status will be returned, but processing will continue.
-In the case where pax cannot create a link to a file,
+In the case where
+.Nm pax
+cannot create a link to a file,
.Nm pax
will not create a second copy of the file.
.Pp
diff --git a/bin/pax/tar.1 b/bin/pax/tar.1
index 8dd7d3046c3..a58e87298de 100644
--- a/bin/pax/tar.1
+++ b/bin/pax/tar.1
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: tar.1,v 1.15 1998/03/31 17:14:23 millert Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: tar.1,v 1.16 1998/09/14 22:13:53 aaron Exp $
.\"
.Dd June 11, 1996
.Dt TAR 1
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
.Ar replstr
.No ]
.Ar file1
-.Op Ar file2...
+.Op Ar file2 ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ List contents of archive. If any files are named on the
command line, only those files will be listed.
.It Fl u
Alias for
-.Fl r
+.Fl r .
.It Fl x
Extract files from archive. If any files are named on the
command line, only those files will be extracted from the
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ In addition to the flags mentioned above, any of the following
flags may be used:
.Bl -tag -width Ar
.It Fl b Ar "blocking factor"
-Set blocking factor to use for the archive,
+Set blocking factor to use for the archive.
.Nm
uses 512 byte blocks. The default is 20, the maximum is 126.
Archives with a blocking factor larger 63 violate the
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ standard and will not be portable to all systems.
Stop after first error.
.It Fl f Ar archive
Filename where the archive is stored. Defaults to
-.Pa /dev/rst0
+.Pa /dev/rst0 .
.It Fl h
Follow symbolic links as if they were normal files
or directories.
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ This implies the
.Fl O
flag.
.It Fl p
-Preserve user and group id as well as file mode regardless of
+Preserve user and group ID as well as file mode regardless of
the current
.Xr umask 2 .
The setuid and setgid bits are only preserved if the user is
@@ -198,13 +198,13 @@ can be used to select one of the compiled-in backup devices,
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/dev/rst0"
.It Pa /dev/rst0
-The default archive name
+default archive name
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pax 1 ,
.Xr cpio 1
.Sh AUTHOR
-Keith Muller at the University of California, San Diego
+Keith Muller at the University of California, San Diego.
.Sh ERRORS
.Nm
will exit with one of the following values:
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ cannot create a file or a link when extracting an archive or cannot
find a file while writing an archive, or cannot preserve the user
ID, group ID, file mode or access and modification times when the
.Fl p
-options is specified, a diagnostic message is written to standard
+option is specified, a diagnostic message is written to standard
error and a non-zero exit value will be returned, but processing
will continue. In the case where
.Nm