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| author | martti <martti@pkgsrc.org> | 2001-11-21 11:58:07 +0000 |
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| committer | martti <martti@pkgsrc.org> | 2001-11-21 11:58:07 +0000 |
| commit | 52d62a2816330d2fdd839aa9b3d2159f2e213b5c (patch) | |
| tree | c989480b09e46f99fb21c891808300b857ab08c2 /sysutils/etcupdate | |
| parent | 68faecccdb6525c03c3d1d2d5e51a25fafc20483 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-52d62a2816330d2fdd839aa9b3d2159f2e213b5c.tar.gz | |
Clarified few things, reference more with the .Xr macro, etc.
I did not update the version tag because this is only minor fix to
the manual page. Otherwise we would have several versions per day
as this tool is still under construction...
Diffstat (limited to 'sysutils/etcupdate')
| -rw-r--r-- | sysutils/etcupdate/files/etcupdate.8 | 24 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/sysutils/etcupdate/files/etcupdate.8 b/sysutils/etcupdate/files/etcupdate.8 index 454ee319d75..51dd7171626 100644 --- a/sysutils/etcupdate/files/etcupdate.8 +++ b/sysutils/etcupdate/files/etcupdate.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: etcupdate.8,v 1.2 2001/11/20 17:29:54 wiz Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: etcupdate.8,v 1.3 2001/11/21 11:58:07 martti Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm etcupdate -.Nd update the configuration files in +.Nd update the configuration and startup files in .Pa /etc .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm @@ -51,23 +51,27 @@ .Op Fl w Ar width .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm -is a tool to update the configuration files in +is a tool to update the configuration and startup files in .Pa /etc without the need of manually checking and modifying every file. The user should run this script after performing an operating system -update (i.e. after running +update (e.g. after running .Pa make build in .Pa /usr/src ) -to use the latest configuration files during reboot. +to use the latest configuration and startup files during reboot. .Pp .Nm -will first create a copy of the new configuration files and compare these -against the installed files. The user is given the option of installing, -merging or deleting each modified or missing file. +will first create a copy of the new configuration and startup files +(by running +.Pa make distribution +in +.Pa /usr/src/etc ) +and compare these against the currently installed files. The user is given +the option of installing, merging or deleting each modified or missing file. .Pp .Nm -also notes if the user installs certain special files and performs +also detects if the user installs certain special files and performs corresponding tasks like remaking the device nodes or rebuilding a database from the .Pa /etc/mail/aliases @@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ argument or by defining the variable. .It Ev PAGER The pager to use when displaying files. By default this is -.Pa /usr/bin/more +.Xr more 1 but it can be changed either with the .Fl p Ar pager argument or by defining the |