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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 09:28:07 +0200
From: Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com>
To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: Re: How to write a man page
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Ruslan,

Thank you very much. I actually finished my first man page in less than 10
minutes after finding the mdoc and mdoc.samples man pages :)

--
Ernst

Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 11:00:04AM +0200, Ernst de Haan wrote:
> > Hey,
> > 
> > As a maintainer of a few ports, I would like to be able to write man pages
> > too. Is there a guide to writing man pages? I'm looking for a description of
> > the format, a set of rules and guidelines, etc.
> > 
> > For now I need this knowledge specifically for writing a man page for the
> > `orionctl' script that is installed with the port java/orion, the Orion J2EE
> > Application Server.
> > 
> man 7 mdoc
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
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