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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-01 18:01:23 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-01 18:01:23 +0000
commit24d1ca5a1cbac141ec89b8d8e788cec58e1fa0fd (patch)
treec33ba3f0432f85697de0587a6f09b3fe3302925d /share/man/man5/phones.5
parent60dc7dbcdc696404fe5683a09df802ada45f330a (diff)
Various cleanups.
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diff --git a/share/man/man5/phones.5 b/share/man/man5/phones.5
index 8018de949ff..0279ca42368 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/phones.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/phones.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: phones.5,v 1.3 1999/05/23 14:11:05 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: phones.5,v 1.4 2000/03/01 18:01:21 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: phones.5,v 1.3 1994/11/30 19:31:25 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
@@ -41,14 +41,13 @@
.Nm phones
.Nd remote host phone number data base
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-The file
+The
.Pa /etc/phones
-contains the system-wide
-private phone numbers for the
+file contains the system-wide private phone numbers for the
.Xr tip 1
-program. This file is normally unreadable, and so may contain
-privileged information. The format of the file is a series of lines
-of the form:
+program.
+This file is normally unreadable, and so may contain privileged information.
+The format of the file is a series of lines of the form:
.Pp
.D1 Li <system-name>[\ \et]*<phone-number>
.Pp
@@ -56,25 +55,26 @@ The system name is one of those defined in the
.Xr remote 5
file and the phone number is constructed from any sequence of
characters terminated only by
-.Dq \&,
+.Ql \&,
or the end of the line. The
-.Dq =
+.Ql =
and
-.Dq \&*
+.Ql \&*
characters are
indicators to the auto call units to pause and wait for a second dial
-tone (when going through an exchange). The
-.Dq =
+tone (when going through an exchange).
+The
+.Ql =
is required by the
.Tn DF02-AC
and the
-.Dq \&*
+.Ql \&*
is required by the
.Tn BIZCOMP
1030.
.Pp
-Only one phone number per line is permitted. However, if more than
-one line in the file contains the same system name
+Only one phone number per line is permitted.
+However, if more than one line in the file contains the same system name,
.Xr tip 1
will attempt to dial each one in turn, until it establishes a connection.
.Sh FILES