Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:36:57 +0100 From: "Pietro Cerutti" <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com> To: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: man page synopsis syntax reference Message-ID: <e572718c0701121136le4d8941kfb30b46d0dba7f09@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <fb6605670701121122p3ca943a9q58c81667b23894f1@mail.gmail.com> References: <fb6605670701121122p3ca943a9q58c81667b23894f1@mail.gmail.com>
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On 1/12/07, Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> wrote: > Hello, > > Is there an authoritative reference of what manpage syntax should look like? There's a section on style(9) which explains the synapsis of typical usage() functions, asserting that such a syntax should be similar to the one used in man pages, so maybe you can get some info there.. > > Thanks, > Mike > -- > Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> > "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a > touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." > --Albert Einstein Regards, -- Pietro Cerutti ICQ: 117293691 PGP: 0x9571F78E - ASCII Ribbon Campaign - against HTML e-mail and proprietary attachments www.asciiribbon.org
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