From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 11 12:40:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 019FA106567C for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:40:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D08C58FC2B for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:40:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n5BCe3Xm071402 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:40:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n5BCe3K2071401; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:40:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:40:03 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200906111240.n5BCe3K2071401@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Jonathan McKeown Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14A8A106566B for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:35:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02DE08FC0A for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:35:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n5BCZn5g012043 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:35:49 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n5BCZnjd012042; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:35:49 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200906111235.n5BCZnjd012042@www.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:35:49 GMT From: Jonathan McKeown To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: docs/135475: [patch] jot(1) manpage and behaviour differ X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:40:04 -0000 >Number: 135475 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [patch] jot(1) manpage and behaviour differ >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jun 11 12:40:03 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jonathan McKeown >Release: 7.1-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD vorkosigan.ru.ac.za 7.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 1 14:37:25 UTC 2009 root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: The way jot(1) defaults missing arguments doesn't match the behaviour described in the manpage, which states that with fewer than 3 arguments missing values are supplied from left to right. In fact, with one or two arguments, the last (s which is step size or seed) defaults to 1 (or -1 if begin and end specify a descending range), and then omitted arguments are set to default starting with the leftmost until three arguments are available. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: I have attached a patch to the manpage. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: