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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/man')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/man/man.1 | 20 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/man/man.conf.5 | 10 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/man/man.1 b/usr.bin/man/man.1 index 6af6103ee5a..c904c3b12f2 100644 --- a/usr.bin/man/man.1 +++ b/usr.bin/man/man.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: man.1,v 1.7 1998/09/14 05:43:47 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: man.1,v 1.8 1998/09/26 19:55:06 aaron Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ .Op Fl s Ar section .Op Fl S Ar subsection .Op Ar section -.Ar name Ar ... +.Ar name Op Ar ... .Nm man .Fl k Ar keyword .Nm man @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ manual pages entitled The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl k -Locate manpages matching +Locate man pages matching .Ar keyword in much the same way as .Xr apropos 1 @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ and .Ar name combination. (Normally, only the first manual page found is displayed.) -.It Fl C +.It Fl C Ar file Use the specified .Ar file instead of the default configuration file. @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ This is done by default if the standard output is not a terminal device. Display only the .Dq Tn SYNOPSIS lines of the requested manual pages. -.It Fl M +.It Fl M Ar path Override the list of standard directories which .Nm man searches for manual pages. @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ The subdirectories to be searched, and their search order, is specified by the ``_subdir'' line in the .Nm man configuration file. -.It Fl m +.It Fl m Ar path Augment the list of standard directories which .Nm man searches for manual pages. @@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ The subdirectories to be searched, and their search order, is specified by the ``_subdir'' line in the .Nm man configuration file. -.It Fl s +.It Fl s Ar section Another way of specifying the section, for compatibility with .Nm man on other operating systems. -.It Fl S +.It Fl S Ar subsection Specifies the machine-dependent subsection. This overrides the .Ev MACHINE environment variable. See the ``ENVIRONMENT'' section below. @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ and .Ar name combination. .It Fl f -Locate manpages matching the +Locate man pages matching the .Ar command in much the same way .Xr whatis 1 @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ will be used instead of the standard pagination program, .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/man.conf -compact .It Pa /etc/man.conf -default man configuration file. +default man configuration file .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr apropos 1 , diff --git a/usr.bin/man/man.conf.5 b/usr.bin/man/man.conf.5 index e53ca5ace4b..4da4bab6eb4 100644 --- a/usr.bin/man/man.conf.5 +++ b/usr.bin/man/man.conf.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: man.conf.5,v 1.2 1996/06/26 05:37:02 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: man.conf.5,v 1.3 1998/09/26 19:55:07 aaron Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ and .Fl m options. .It _suffix -Man file names, regardless of their format are expected to end in +Man file names, regardless of their format, are expected to end in a ``.*'' pattern, i.e. a ``.'' followed by some suffix. Each field of a _suffix line is a suffix which indicates files which do not need to be reformatted or manipulated @@ -178,14 +178,16 @@ would search the directories and .Dq Pa /usr/share/man/cat3 , in that order, for -the mktemp manual page. +the +.Xr mktemp 1 +manual page. If a subdirectory with the same name as the current machine type existed in any of them, it would be searched as well, before each of them were searched. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/man.conf -compact .It Pa /etc/man.conf -Standard manual directory search path. +standard manual directory search path .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr apropos 1 , |