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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-05 20:09:23 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-05 20:09:23 +0000
commit9e8a79a11a25843a5b1f887e9dea08593a7f1886 (patch)
tree3ea2881ff918d06e503425cb50844403f1f8762a /usr.bin/cmp/cmp.1
parent5f11dae5029c2844c96130eb16d99769ea137c83 (diff)
Various improvements, including a few HISTORY sections added from FreeBSD.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/cmp/cmp.1')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/cmp/cmp.116
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/cmp/cmp.1 b/usr.bin/cmp/cmp.1
index abd6f065775..5a96ef7ab04 100644
--- a/usr.bin/cmp/cmp.1
+++ b/usr.bin/cmp/cmp.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: cmp.1,v 1.7 2000/03/05 00:28:52 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: cmp.1,v 1.8 2000/03/05 20:09:21 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: cmp.1,v 1.4 1995/09/08 03:22:55 tls Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1990, 1993
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ and
.Ar file2 ,
respectively, where the comparison will begin.
The offset is decimal by default, but may be expressed as a hexadecimal
-or octal value by preceding it with a leading ``0x'' or ``0''.
+or octal value by preceding it with a leading
+.Dq 0x
+or
+.Dq 0 .
.Pp
The
.Nm
@@ -96,7 +99,9 @@ In the latter case, if the
.Fl s
option has not been specified,
.Nm
-writes to standard error that EOF was reached in the shorter
+writes to standard error that
+.Dv EOF
+was reached in the shorter
file (before any differences were found).
.It >1
An error occurred.
@@ -110,3 +115,8 @@ The
utility is expected to be
.St -p1003.2
compatible.
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Nm
+command appeared in
+.At v1 .