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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-10 19:07:24 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-10 19:07:24 +0000
commitcf1b4e08510bc8999948bda7359768d09c39a204 (patch)
tree27f31377f332ec56d36f52e72deb1b796c69137a /usr.bin/msgs
parent7ebe05221f9fbfd208c91354709cacfdd8982f1a (diff)
Various cleanups and standardization.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/msgs')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/msgs/msgs.140
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1 b/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1
index d3169698923..c251e927804 100644
--- a/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1
+++ b/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: msgs.1,v 1.8 2000/03/05 00:28:58 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: msgs.1,v 1.9 2000/03/10 19:07:22 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: msgs.1,v 1.5 1995/09/28 06:57:39 tls Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ is often used in login scripts.
.It Fl h
Print the first part of messages only.
.It Fl r
-Disables the ability to save messages or enter the mailer. It is
-assumed that the
+Disables the ability to save messages or enter the mailer.
+It is assumed that the
.Ev PAGER
environment is set to something secure.
.It Fl l
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ file, useful for reviews of recent messages.
.It Fl p
Pipe long messages through the program specified by the
.Ev PAGER
-environment variable. If
+environment variable.
+If
.Ev PAGER
is null or not defined,
.Xr more 1
@@ -147,9 +148,15 @@ will pick up where it last left off.
Append the current message to the file
.Pa Messages
in the current directory;
-`s\-' will save the previously displayed message. A `s' or `s\-' may
-be followed by a space and a file name to receive the message replacing
-the default ``Messages''.
+.Sq s\-
+will save the previously displayed message.
+An
+.Sq s
+or
+.Sq s\-
+may be followed by a space and a file name to receive the message replacing
+the default
+.Dq Messages .
.It Ic m
A copy of the specified message is placed in a temporary
mailbox and
@@ -158,14 +165,20 @@ is invoked on that mailbox.
.It Ic p
The specified message is piped through the program specified by the
.Ev PAGER
-environment variable. If
+environment variable.
+If
.Ev PAGER
is not defined,
.Xr more 1
is used.
.El
.Pp
-The commands `m', `p', and `s' all accept a numeric argument in place of the
+The commands
+.Ic m ,
+.Ic p ,
+and
+.Ic s
+all accept a numeric argument in place of the
.Sq \&- .
.Pp
.Nm msgs
@@ -192,7 +205,8 @@ file the next time it is run.
.Pp
The
.Fl s
-option is used for setting up the posting of messages. The line
+option is used for setting up the posting of messages.
+The line
.Pp
.Dl msgs: \&"\&| /usr/bin/msgs \-s\&"
.Pp
@@ -210,7 +224,8 @@ An entry with the
.Fl c
option should be placed in
.Pa /etc/crontab
-to run every night. This will remove all messages over 21 days old.
+to run every night.
+This will remove all messages over 21 days old.
A different expiration may be specified on the command line to override
the default.
.Pp
@@ -226,7 +241,8 @@ uses the
and
.Ev TERM
environment variables for the default home directory and
-terminal type. If defined and non-null, the
+terminal type.
+If defined and non-null, the
.Ev PAGER
variable is invoked as the pagination program.
.Sh FILES