man fixes

Commit Message

Svyatoslav Mishyn May 18, 2016, 9:07 a.m. UTC

Hello,

just found some typos and mdocml warnings.

Comments

Harald van Dijk May 18, 2016, 8:04 p.m. UTC | #1

Hi,

On 18/05/16 11:07, Svyatoslav Mishyn wrote:
> just found some typos and mdocml warnings.

iff is not a typo. It's a fairly commonly used short form for "if and 
only if". Perhaps that could be made clearer somehow.

Cheers,
Harald van Dijk
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Svyatoslav Mishyn May 19, 2016, 8:36 a.m. UTC | #2

(Wed, 18 May 22:04) Harald van Dijk:
> iff is not a typo. It's a fairly commonly used short form for "if and only
> if". Perhaps that could be made clearer somehow.

I simply didn't know it;
English is not my native language.

Thank you for that new word.

Patch

diff --git a/src/dash.1 b/src/dash.1
index 832eae7..57e731a 100644
--- a/src/dash.1
+++ b/src/dash.1
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ 
 .\"
 .\"	@(#)sh.1	8.6 (Berkeley) 5/4/95
 .\"
-.Dd January 19, 2003
-.Os
+.Dd May 13, 2016
 .Dt DASH 1
+.Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm dash
 .Nd command interpreter (shell)
@@ -694,7 +694,6 @@  Builtin commands grouped into a (list) will not affect the current shell.
 The second form does not fork another shell so is slightly more efficient.
 Grouping commands together this way allows you to redirect
 their output as though they were one program:
-.Pp
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 { printf \*q hello \*q ; printf \*q world\\n" ; } \*[Gt] greeting
 .Ed
@@ -1183,7 +1182,7 @@  option turns off the effect of any preceding
 .Fl P
 options.
 .It Xo echo Op Fl n
-.Ar args... 
+.Ar args...
 .Xc
 Print the arguments on the standard output, separated by spaces.
 Unless the
@@ -1417,7 +1416,6 @@  and
 and the option
 .Op c ,
 which requires an argument.
-.Pp
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 while getopts abc: f
 do
@@ -1431,7 +1429,6 @@  shift `expr $OPTIND - 1`
 .Ed
 .Pp
 This code will accept any of the following as equivalent:
-.Pp
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 cmd \-acarg file file
 cmd \-a \-c arg file file
@@ -1522,7 +1519,6 @@  variables.
 With the
 .Fl p
 option specified the output will be formatted suitably for non-interactive use.
-.Pp
 .It Xo printf Ar format
 .Op Ar arguments  ...
 .Xc
@@ -1814,7 +1810,7 @@  If n is greater than the number of positional parameters,
 .Ic shift
 will issue an error message, and exit with return status 2.
 .It test Ar expression
-.It \&[ Ar expression Cm ]
+.It \&[ Ar expression No \&]
 The
 .Ic test
 utility evaluates the expression and, if it evaluates
@@ -2176,7 +2172,6 @@  the current limit is displayed.
 Limits of an arbitrary process can be displayed or set using the
 .Xr sysctl 8
 utility.
-.Pp
 .It umask Op Ar mask
 Set the value of umask (see
 .Xr umask 2 )
@@ -2233,15 +2228,6 @@  will throw you into command VI command mode.
 Hitting
 .Aq return
 while in command mode will pass the line to the shell.
-.Sh EXIT STATUS
-Errors that are detected by the shell, such as a syntax error, will cause the
-shell to exit with a non-zero exit status.
-If the shell is not an
-interactive shell, the execution of the shell file will be aborted.
-Otherwise
-the shell will return the exit status of the last command executed, or
-if the exit builtin is used with a numeric argument, it will return the
-argument.
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
 .Bl -tag -width MAILCHECK
 .It Ev HOME
@@ -2318,12 +2304,21 @@  command.
 The process ID of the parent process of the shell.
 .El
 .Sh FILES
-.Bl -item -width HOMEprofilexxxx
-.It
-.Pa $HOME/.profile
-.It
-.Pa /etc/profile
+.Bl -tag -width "$HOME/.profileXX" -compact
+.It Pa $HOME/.profile
+User's login profile.
+.It Pa /etc/profile
+System login profile.
 .El
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+Errors that are detected by the shell, such as a syntax error, will cause the
+shell to exit with a non-zero exit status.
+If the shell is not an
+interactive shell, the execution of the shell file will be aborted.
+Otherwise
+the shell will return the exit status of the last command executed, or
+if the exit builtin is used with a numeric argument, it will return the
+argument.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr csh 1 ,
 .Xr echo 1 ,