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authorPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-14 14:47:15 +0000
committerPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-14 14:47:15 +0000
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The .Nm utility
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=99968
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8 b/usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8
index 824d7258b676..e686173c57bb 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8
@@ -41,12 +41,11 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Rmt
-is a program used by the remote dump and restore programs
+The
+.Nm
+utility is used by the remote dump and restore programs
in manipulating a magnetic tape drive through an interprocess
-communication connection.
-.Nm Rmt
-is normally started up with an
+communication connection. It is normally started up with an
.Xr rexec 3
or
.Xr rcmd 3
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ call.
.Pp
The
.Nm
-program accepts requests specific to the manipulation of
+utility accepts requests specific to the manipulation of
magnetic tapes, performs the commands, then responds with
a status indication. All responses are in
.Tn ASCII
@@ -138,8 +137,9 @@ call.
.It Sy W Ar count No \en
.Sm on
Write data onto the open device.
-.Nm Rmt
-reads
+The
+.Nm
+utility reads
.Ar count
bytes from the connection, aborting if
a premature end-of-file is encountered.
@@ -157,8 +157,9 @@ If
.Ar count
exceeds the size of the data buffer (10 kilobytes), it is
truncated to the data buffer size.
-.Nm Rmt
-then performs the requested
+The
+.Nm
+utility then performs the requested
.Xr read 2
and responds with
.Sm off
@@ -217,5 +218,5 @@ file access protocol.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-command appeared in
+utility appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .