From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Oct 25 07:53:18 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C7DE41D02 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2017 07:53:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erwan@rail.eu.org) Received: from voyageurs.rail.eu.org (voyageurs.rail.eu.org [IPv6:2001:bc8:30d3::1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D642D1DBD for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2017 07:53:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erwan@rail.eu.org) Received: from [100.123.219.102] (unknown [80.215.172.137]) by voyageurs.rail.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 04C922CC0628 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:53:06 +0200 (CEST) From: Erwan DAVID To: Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:53:05 +0200 Message-ID: <15f52853ee8.2787.c09309b3b9b6c7ba483efefa0c51d672@rail.eu.org> In-Reply-To: References: User-Agent: AquaMail/1.11.0-568 (build: 101100004) Subject: Re: A request to segregate man pages for shell built-ins MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rail.eu.org; s=mail; t=1508917987; bh=i0F2BIXYvCPPQnyMNHI+4z7ITUZicXm3Gp4vXS3NOaY=; h=From:To:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=BKqO+l/E08IauaU8jkZTczpAO6y1Xu8nDWkCmUeZozrr+ALT95k46YDntg17+NQeakIwZ62ugJHA96ZocolJ3LBcZ8wsc+uaY0ty8PQt9xvAMlhJBWQPrrP+SOMYArLGj9spw5VscpndpwvooNyV8VnYHnWxrZaqwD/6/LopqSY= X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 07:53:18 -0000 Le 25 octobre 2017 08:14:47 Matthew Seaman a écrit : > On 25/10/2017 03:23, Manish Jain wrote: >> (Note : some built-ins (e.g. 'test') do have their own man pages) > > That's because there's a stand-alone test(1) as well as a shell built-in. > >> Is it not possible to create separate man pages for the shell built-ins >> too ? Or at least ensure that invoking the built-in with --help gets the >> necessary information ? > > I'm sure creating separate man pages is possible: it's just a question > of someone stepping up and doing the work. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > That would mean doing a new section per shell eg (1bash) (1csh) (1zsh) each shell has its own builtins, Hicham can differ (compare set in bash and csh ) -- Erwan David