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Re: CVS update: MODIFIED: src ...
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Larry Jones |
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Re: CVS update: MODIFIED: src ... |
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Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:41:31 -0500 (EST) |
Derek Robert Price writes:
>
> Maybe. I don't recall precisely and I might be recalling my regexp
> syntax. I'm going through a few other man pages now, but I can't find
> any good examples of either case. Can you name a few good examples or
> some standard I could look at?
On my system (one of the BSDs), the synopses for ar and tar are:
ar [-]{dmpqrtx}[abcilosuvV] [membername] archive files...
tar [-]{crtux}[befmopvwBHLPX] [tarfile] [blocksize] file1 [file2...]
and the man page for lpc uses {} extensively in the syntax of the
subcommands. The Single Unix Specification's Utility Conventions don't
seem to mention the issue, the only option they provide is to have a
separate syntax line for each required option and that is what they do
for their ar and pax (their replacement for tar) man pages. I don't
recall ever seeing parentheses used instead.
-Larry Jones
They can make me do it, but they can't make me do it with dignity. -- Calvin