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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-05 00:28:59 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-05 00:28:59 +0000
commitd42b8335945a579054f42dc44eb007664e15236f (patch)
tree7f180087c945146ff72b245dc58ebe19990adac4 /usr.bin/msgs
parentcb331a5fc3503bef1db7700c5754efd395dae2ad (diff)
Finish standardizing options list introduction.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/msgs')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/msgs/msgs.124
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