Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:53:05 +0200 From: Erwan DAVID <erwan@rail.eu.org> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: A request to segregate man pages for shell built-ins Message-ID: <15f52853ee8.2787.c09309b3b9b6c7ba483efefa0c51d672@rail.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <f88cd63e-3cbc-4463-5219-99d204742b85@FreeBSD.org> References: <VI1PR02MB1200817E0E2CDD2A2A42E1A5F6440@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <f88cd63e-3cbc-4463-5219-99d204742b85@FreeBSD.org>
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Le 25 octobre 2017 08:14:47 Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> a écrit : > On 25/10/2017 03:23, Manish Jain wrote: >> (Note : some built-ins (e.g. 'test') do have their own man pages) > > That's because there's a stand-alone test(1) as well as a shell built-in. > >> Is it not possible to create separate man pages for the shell built-ins >> too ? Or at least ensure that invoking the built-in with --help gets the >> necessary information ? > > I'm sure creating separate man pages is possible: it's just a question > of someone stepping up and doing the work. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > That would mean doing a new section per shell eg (1bash) (1csh) (1zsh) each shell has its own builtins, Hicham can differ (compare set in bash and csh ) -- Erwan David
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