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author | Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> | 2014-02-16 14:26:55 +0000 |
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committer | Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> | 2014-02-16 14:26:55 +0000 |
commit | b1feedf2d3c59385651b9ac7372df8538df7e828 (patch) | |
tree | 45c65c09ff67948af8df1489776417e277e45ed8 /mdoc.7 | |
parent | 5d19971cac3813f20473e2e3588ff483ed6eb43f (diff) | |
download | mandoc-b1feedf2d3c59385651b9ac7372df8538df7e828.tar.gz |
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@
Diffstat (limited to 'mdoc.7')
-rw-r--r-- | mdoc.7 | 24 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ file for a utility \&.Nm progname \&.Nd one line about what it does \&.\e\(dq .Sh LIBRARY -\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, & 9 only. +\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, and 9 only. \&.\e\(dq Not used in OpenBSD. \&.Sh SYNOPSIS \&.Nm progname @@ -138,17 +138,17 @@ 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 .Xr foobar 1 \&.\e\(dq .Sh STANDARDS @@ -358,8 +358,12 @@ Example usages. This often contains snippets of well-formed, well-tested invocations. Make sure that examples work properly! .It Em DIAGNOSTICS -Documents error conditions. -This is most useful in section 4 manuals. +Documents error messages. +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 @@ -369,7 +373,9 @@ See .Sx \&Bl .Fl diag . .It Em ERRORS -Documents error handling in sections 2, 3, and 9. +Documents +.Xr errno 2 +settings in sections 2, 3, 4, and 9. .Pp See .Sx \&Er . |