From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 26 2: 1:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from heinz.jollem.com (c104187.upc-c.chello.nl [212.187.104.187]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20A8A37B422 for ; Sat, 26 May 2001 02:01:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ernst@heinz.jollem.com) Received: (from ernst@localhost) by heinz.jollem.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f4Q904201585 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 26 May 2001 11:00:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ernst) Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 11:00:04 +0200 From: Ernst de Haan To: FreeBSD Questions mailing list Subject: How to write a man page Message-ID: <20010526110004.A1566@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hey, As a maintainer of a few ports, I would like to be able to write man pages too. Is there a guide to writing man pages? I'm looking for a description of the format, a set of rules and guidelines, etc. For now I need this knowledge specifically for writing a man page for the `orionctl' script that is installed with the port java/orion, the Orion J2EE Application Server. Ernst -- Ernst de Haan Java Architect Jollem Information Technology "Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message