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>Number:         17271
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       the man page for fmt doesn't list -c as optional
>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:   Wed Mar  8 14:40:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     David Malone
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
>Environment:

3.4-STABLE and 4.0-CURRENT

>Description:

The synopsis for fmt says:

	fmt -c [goal [maximum]] [name ...]

but the -c is optional, and so it should read

	fmt [-c] [goal [maximum]] [name ...]

>How-To-Repeat:

man fmt

>Fix:
	

--- fmt.1.orig	Wed Mar  8 22:27:56 2000
+++ fmt.1	Wed Mar  8 22:30:15 2000
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 .Nd simple text formatter
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Fl c
+.Op Fl c
 .Oo
 .Ar goal
 .Op Ar maximum

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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