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Date:      Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:36:57 +0100
From:      "Pietro Cerutti" <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com>
To:        "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: man page synopsis syntax reference
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On 1/12/07, Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there an authoritative reference of what manpage syntax should look like?

There's a section on style(9) which explains the synapsis of typical
usage() functions, asserting that such a syntax should be similar to
the one used in man pages, so maybe you can get some info there..

>
> Thanks,
> Mike
> --
> Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
> "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a
> touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
> --Albert Einstein

Regards,

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