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authorwl <wl>2013-01-29 08:08:33 +0000
committerwl <wl>2013-01-29 08:08:33 +0000
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Rewording.
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- Copyright 2001-2006, 2009-2011
+ Copyright 2001-2006, 2009-2013
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
@@ -145,22 +145,18 @@ The groff documentation is scattered upon several places.
- Documentation in other formats are located in the `doc' directory,
including the groff info file, tutorials, and manuals.
-Man-pages have source files ending in `.man'. When running `make'
-they are transformed into an ending `.n'. So it is very hard to
-decide into which section the man-page shall go. Here is a shell
-command that finds all man-pages and writes the section number after
-each file name:
-
-find -type f |
-grep '[.]man$' |
-sort |
-xargs grep -e '^[.]TH ' |
-sed -e '
-s/^\(.\+\): *\.TH.*@MAN\(.*\)EXT@.*$/\1 \2/
-'
-
-This shell command shall only be run when your in the top directory of
-the groff source tree (this file should be there named MANIFEST).
+Man-pages have source files ending in `.man'. Running `make' processes
+the files and uses `.n' as the new file extension. In both cases it is
+difficult to quickly decide into which section the man-page shall go.
+Here is a shell command (to be called from the top directory of the
+groff source tree) that finds all man-pages and writes the section
+number after each file name:
+
+ find -type f \
+ | grep '[.]man$' \
+ | sort \
+ | xargs grep -e '^[.]TH ' \
+ | sed -e 's/^\(.\+\): *\.TH.*@MAN\(.*\)EXT@.*$/\1 \2/'
4) The roff parser