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2013-01-18command-line (adj.) -> command line (n.);Jason McIntyre
2011-06-15consistently specify that -f and -i override previous options in eachTed Unangst
option's description. jmc points out this works better than deferring such information to a post-options sentence.
2011-06-15the last of -f or -i is the lucky winner. problem noticed by jan stary.Ted Unangst
text copied from mv, as noticed by otto.
2010-09-03add an EXIT STATUS section for /bin;Jason McIntyre
2009-02-08bump the posix reference in STANDARDS to IEEE Std 1003.1-2008, with a fewJason McIntyre
updates to follow;
2009-01-04replace hardcoded exit values with .Ex macros;Igor Sobrado
ok jmc@
2007-09-16"source" and "target" can be either files or directories;Igor Sobrado
cp(1) and ln(1) must have a synopsis consistent with mkdir(1), mv(1), rmdir(1) and others ok jmc@, millert@, otto@
2007-05-31convert to new .Dd format;Jason McIntyre
2007-05-29- consistent STANDARDS blurbJason McIntyre
- note which options are extensions to POSIX discussed w/ deraadt otto millert
2007-04-06when copying regular files, look for blocks of zeroes. when we see them,Ted Unangst
just lseek ahead to create a sparse file. saves disk and time. note this behavior in the man page. ok? deraadt millert
2004-12-10sort options + sync usage();Jason McIntyre
standard EXAMPLES; various other tweaks; ok millert@
2004-12-07Document cp(1) does not preserve hard links. With and ok jmc@ and millert@Otto Moerbeek
2003-06-02Remove the advertising clause in the UCB license which BerkeleyTodd C. Miller
rescinded 22 July 1999. Proofed by myself and Theo.
2003-06-01Undo a misguided attempt to fix speling errors from long ago. UCBTodd C. Miller
copyrights say "acknowledgement", not "acknowledgment". You cannot just go changing the text of a license willy-nilly.
2003-05-29merge COMPATIBILITY into STANDARDS;Jason McIntyre
2003-03-12more .LiTheo de Raadt
2002-02-11Initial patch.Mike Pechkin
When you give command examples in a manual page prefix them with $ command or # command deraadt@ ok
2000-11-10- Prefer COMPATIBILITY section after SEE ALSO section.Aaron Campbell
- Insert a missing comma.
2000-11-09Change all option list specifications to ".Bl -tag -width Ds". Most manAaron Campbell
pages just needed their -width parameter tweaked to "Ds", which provides a nice width of 6 constant characters. For consistency more than anything.
2000-10-18Add some rudimentary EXAMPLES sections and standardize the way we displayAaron Campbell
existing EXAMPLES sections.
2000-03-21Add HISTORY sections; from FreeBSD. Information originally obtained fromAaron Campbell
"A Quarter Centry of UNIX, Peter H. Salus, Page 41".
2000-03-17Remove hard sentence breaks.Aaron Campbell
1999-09-23Add EXAMPLES.Aaron Campbell
1999-09-23Description of -R option should be first.Aaron Campbell
1999-06-04start to remove non-escaped trailing whitespace, it can confuse troff; pjanzen@Aaron Campbell
1999-05-30repairsAaron Campbell
1999-05-23remove argument from .Os macros so value in /usr/share/tmac/mdoc/doc-commonAaron Campbell
is used instead; kwesterback@home.com
1999-03-10comma splicePaul Janzen
1999-03-03cleanupAaron Campbell
1998-12-15always give .Nm macros an argument in SYNOPSIS sections; krw@tcn.netAaron Campbell
1998-11-28start killing redundant .Nm macro arguments (mandoc ``remembers'' the first oneAaron Campbell
it's given)
1998-09-14First complete sweep of man pages, bin/. Command/function names previouslyAaron Campbell
(incorrectly) capatilized are fixed. Comma splices, hyphenations, SYNOPSIS cleanups, other miscellaneous typos.
1997-11-08spellingTodd T. Fries
1996-06-23update rcsidTheo de Raadt
1995-10-18initial import of NetBSD treeTheo de Raadt