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authorMike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>1996-04-08 04:18:31 +0000
committerMike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>1996-04-08 04:18:31 +0000
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Correct some man page xrefs, and some other minor changes to bring some
man pages up to mdoc guidelines and fix some minor formatting glitches. Also fixed a number of man pages to not abuse the .Xr macro to display functions and path names and a lot of other junk.
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=15135
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man7')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man7/clocks.719
-rw-r--r--share/man/man7/environ.716
-rw-r--r--share/man/man7/hier.72
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man7/clocks.7 b/share/man/man7/clocks.7
index 7c3babf346c6..fa6abe578eec 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/clocks.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/clocks.7
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: clocks.7,v 1.1 1996/04/05 08:51:22 joerg Exp $
+.\" $Id: clocks.7,v 1.2 1996/04/07 21:12:10 mpp Exp $
.\" "
.Dd April 1, 1996
.Os
@@ -52,8 +52,11 @@ happens to be 128. It isn't directly available to applications.
The clock reported by
.Xr clock 3 .
This is a virtual clock with a frequency that happens to be 128. It's
-actual frequency is given by the macro CLOCKS_PER_SEC. Note that
-CLOCKS_PER_SEC may be floating point. Don't use
+actual frequency is given by the macro
+.Dv CLOCKS_PER_SEC .
+Note that
+.Dv CLOCKS_PER_SEC
+may be floating point. Don't use
.Fn clock
in new programs under FreeBSD. It is feeble compared with
.Xr getrusage 2 .
@@ -64,13 +67,15 @@ and throwing away information and resolution.
The clock reported by
.Xr times 3 .
This is a virtual clock with a frequency that happens to be 128. It's
-actual frequency is given by the macro CLK_TCK (deprecated; don't use)
-and by
+actual frequency is given by the macro
+.Dv CLK_TCK
+(deprecated; don't use) and by
.Fn sysconf SC_CLK_TCK
and by
.Xr sysctl 3 .
-Note that its frequency may be different from CLOCKS_PER_SEC. Don't
-use
+Note that its frequency may be different from
+.Dv CLOCKS_PER_SEC .
+Don't use
.Xr times 3
in new programs under FreeBSD. It is feeble compared with
.Xr gettimeofday 2
diff --git a/share/man/man7/environ.7 b/share/man/man7/environ.7
index e969e3c7e435..1b222210f601 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/environ.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/environ.7
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ The size of the block units used by several commands, most notably
.Xr du 1
and
.Xr ls 1 .
-BLOCKSIZE may be specified in units of a byte by specifying a number,
+.Ev BLOCKSIZE
+may be specified in units of a byte by specifying a number,
in units of a kilobyte by specifying a number followed by ``K'' or
``k'', in units of a megabyte by specifying a number followed by ``M''
or ``m'' and in units of a gigabyte by specifying a number followed
@@ -72,9 +73,9 @@ A user's login directory, set by
from the password file
.Xr passwd 5 .
.It Ev LANG
-This variable configure all programs which use
+This variable configures all programs which use
.Xr setlocale 3
-to specified locale.
+to use the specified locale.
.It Ev PATH
The sequence of directories, separated by colons, searched by
.Xr csh 1 ,
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ The sequence of directories, separated by colons, searched by
.Xr system 3 ,
.Xr execvp 3 ,
etc, when looking for an executable file.
-PATH is set to ``/usr/bin:/bin'' initially by
+.Ev PATH
+is set to ``/usr/bin:/bin'' initially by
.Xr login 1 .
.It Ev PRINTER
The name of the default printer to be used by
@@ -103,7 +105,9 @@ which may exploit special terminal capabilities. See
.Pq Xr termcap 5
for a list of terminal types.
.It Ev TERMCAP
-The string describing the terminal in TERM, or, if
+The string describing the terminal in
+.Ev TERM ,
+or, if
it begins with a '/', the name of the termcap file.
See
.Ev TERMPATH
@@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ Setting this variable will make them use another directory.
.It Ev TZ
The timezone to use when displaying dates.
The normal format is a pathname relative to
-.Dq /usr/share/zoneinfo .
+.Dq Pa /usr/share/zoneinfo .
For example, the command
.Dq env TZ=US/Pacific date
displays the current time in California.
diff --git a/share/man/man7/hier.7 b/share/man/man7/hier.7
index 3013278dd524..c7f1eb691d9b 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/hier.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/hier.7
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ see
.It Li mtree/
mtree configuration files;
see
-.Xr mtree 1
+.Xr mtree 8
.It Li namedb/
named configuration files;
see