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Date:      Sun, 18 Nov 2001 20:28:51 +0000
From:      Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   docs/32083: Minor grammar fix in from.1 (plus avoid uppercasing program name)
Message-ID:  <E165YYd-000EnP-00@rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net>

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>Number:         32083
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Minor grammar fix in from.1 (plus avoid uppercasing program name)
>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:   Sun Nov 18 12:30:02 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     setantae@submonkey.net
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #0: Fri Nov 16 21:14:33 GMT 2001 root@rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/RHADAMANTH i386


	
>Description:
	There is an additional comma in from.1 which is grammatically
	incorrect.
	Also, the manual page uppercases the program name, which I believe
	is undesirable.
>How-To-Repeat:
	man from
>Fix:
	Apply this patch:

*** src/usr.bin/from/from.1.old	Sun Nov 18 20:24:11 2001
--- src/usr.bin/from/from.1	Sun Nov 18 20:24:48 2001
***************
*** 45,52 ****
  .Op Fl f Ar file
  .Op Ar user
  .Sh DESCRIPTION
! .Nm From
! prints
  out the mail header lines from the invoker's mailbox.
  .Pp
  Options:
--- 45,53 ----
  .Op Fl f Ar file
  .Op Ar user
  .Sh DESCRIPTION
! The
! .Nm
! utility prints
  out the mail header lines from the invoker's mailbox.
  .Pp
  Options:
***************
*** 74,80 ****
  .Ar user
  is given, the
  .Ar user Ns 's
! mailbox, is examined instead of the invoker's own mailbox.
  (Privileges are required.)
  .Sh ENVIRONMENT
  .Bl -tag -width Fl
--- 75,81 ----
  .Ar user
  is given, the
  .Ar user Ns 's
! mailbox is examined instead of the invoker's own mailbox.
  (Privileges are required.)
  .Sh ENVIRONMENT
  .Bl -tag -width Fl

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