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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-03-05 00:28:59 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-03-05 00:28:59 +0000 |
commit | d42b8335945a579054f42dc44eb007664e15236f (patch) | |
tree | 7f180087c945146ff72b245dc58ebe19990adac4 /usr.bin/msgs | |
parent | cb331a5fc3503bef1db7700c5754efd395dae2ad (diff) |
Finish standardizing options list introduction.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/msgs')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1 | 24 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1 b/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1 index f12be01d2b3..d3169698923 100644 --- a/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1 +++ b/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: msgs.1,v 1.7 1999/06/10 22:38:03 pjanzen Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: msgs.1,v 1.8 2000/03/05 00:28:58 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: msgs.1,v 1.5 1995/09/28 06:57:39 tls Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 @@ -54,21 +54,27 @@ .Nm msgs is used to read system messages. These messages are -sent by mailing to the login `msgs' and should be short +sent by mailing to the login +.Dq msgs +and should be short pieces of information which are suitable to be read once by most users of the system. .Pp -The options available are as follows: +The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Fl .It Fl f -Do not say ``No new messages.'' +Do not say +.Dq \&No new messages. This is useful in a .Pa .login file since this is often the case here. .It Fl q Queries whether there are messages, printing -``There are new messages.'' if there are. -The command ``msgs \-q'' is often used in login scripts. +.Dq There are new messages. +if there are. +The command +.Ic msgs \-q +is often used in login scripts. .It Fl h Print the first part of messages only. .It Fl r @@ -138,14 +144,16 @@ the next time .Nm msgs will pick up where it last left off. .It Ic s -Append the current message to the file ``Messages'' in the current directory; +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''. .It Ic m A copy of the specified message is placed in a temporary mailbox and -.Xr mail 1 +.Xr mail 1 is invoked on that mailbox. .It Ic p The specified message is piped through the program specified by the |