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| -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 |