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author | Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-04-08 04:18:31 +0000 |
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committer | Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-04-08 04:18:31 +0000 |
commit | edf0e5b3f896da8bf8b1fd0b923401d0c0141aa4 (patch) | |
tree | 78fa3bb3a263f5518e1eaa6bea101b7b19200ce5 /share/man/man7 | |
parent | b5cfb15faded88a85755caf4ccdb4876fd99fe44 (diff) | |
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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.7 | 19 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man7/environ.7 | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man7/hier.7 | 2 |
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 |