Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 17:00:29 -0700 (PDT) From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/44435: sysctl manpageA add example for tcsh Message-ID: <200305260000.h4Q00TeM012442@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/44435; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, slaven.rezic@berlin.de
Cc:
Subject: Re: docs/44435: sysctl manpageA add example for tcsh
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 01:53:50 +0200
In the name of close a doc PR.
I think this seems like a very good idea to add. I didn't know about
the feature but this code is certainly going to my .tcshrc now.
I would suggest to reference tcsh(1) with Xr instead of using ".Nm
tcsh" like :
%%%
--- sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8.orig Thu Oct 24 16:09:29 2002
+++ sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 Thu Oct 24 16:11:22 2002
@@ -93,6 +93,13 @@
listsysctls () { set -A reply $(sysctl -AN ${1%.*}) }
compctl -K listsysctls sysctl
.Ed
+.Pp
+or in
+.Xr tcsh 1 ,
+the following code:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+complete sysctl 'n/*/`sysctl -Na`/'
+.Ed
.It Fl n
Show only variable values, not their names.
This option is useful for setting shell variables.
%%%
Just my 0.02c.
--
Simon L. Nielsen
With no PGP since GNATS don't like mime patches.
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