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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2014-02-16 14:26:55 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2014-02-16 14:26:55 +0000
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After Werner Lemberg accepted and committed some updates to the manual
page template contained in groff_mdoc(7), catch up with our own stuff. In particular, allow ERRORS in section 4 and DIAGNOSTICS in section 9. ok jmc@
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@@ -98,30 +98,30 @@ file for a utility
.Bd -literal -offset indent
\&.TH PROGNAME 1 2009-10-10
\&.SH NAME
-\efBprogname\efR \e(en a description goes here
+\efBprogname\efR \e(en one line about what it does
\&.\e\(dq .SH LIBRARY
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 2 & 3 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, and 9 only.
\&.\e\(dq Not used in OpenBSD.
\&.SH SYNOPSIS
-\efBprogname\efR [\efB\e-options\efR] arguments...
+\efBprogname\efR [\efB\e-options\efR] \efIfile ...\efR
\&.SH DESCRIPTION
-The \efBfoo\efR utility processes files...
+The \efBfoo\efR utility processes files ...
\&.\e\(dq .SH IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
\&.\e\(dq Not used in OpenBSD.
\&.\e\(dq .SH RETURN VALUES
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, & 9 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, and 9 function return values only.
\&.\e\(dq .SH ENVIRONMENT
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, 7, & 8 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, 7, and 8 only.
\&.\e\(dq .SH FILES
\&.\e\(dq .SH EXIT STATUS
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, & 8 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, and 8 only.
\&.\e\(dq .SH EXAMPLES
\&.\e\(dq .SH DIAGNOSTICS
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, & 8 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 printf/stderr messages only.
\&.\e\(dq .SH ERRORS
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, & 9 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, 4, and 9 errno settings only.
\&.\e\(dq .SH SEE ALSO
-\&.\e\(dq .BR foo ( 1 )
+\&.\e\(dq .BR foobar ( 1 )
\&.\e\(dq .SH STANDARDS
\&.\e\(dq .SH HISTORY
\&.\e\(dq .SH AUTHORS
@@ -197,13 +197,19 @@ well-tested invocations.
Make sure that examples work properly!
.It Em DIAGNOSTICS
Documents error conditions.
-This is most useful in section 4 manuals.
+In section 4 and 9 manuals, these are usually messages
+printed by the kernel to the console and to the kernel log.
+In section 1, 6, 7, and 8, these are usually messages
+printed by userland programs to the standard error output.
+.Pp
Historically, this section was used in place of
.Em EXIT STATUS
for manuals in sections 1, 6, and 8; however, this practise is
discouraged.
.It Em ERRORS
-Documents error handling in sections 2, 3, and 9.
+Documents
+.Xr errno 2
+settings in sections 2, 3, 4, and 9.
.It Em SEE ALSO
References other manuals with related topics.
This section should exist for most manuals.