Re: banner(1): fix SYNOPSIS
On 2015-09-24 08:11, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 07:42:54PM -0400, Michael Reed wrote: >> banner(1) without arguments works fine, so denote it as such >> in the manual. >> > > in the context of banner(1), define "works fine". i mean, technically > maybe it does but, practically, why try to show this to the reader? is > there a use for banner without arguments? For one thing, it is thereby "script-safe". In other words, you can do things like banner $mybanner and safely rely on it silently working without emitting error messages even if $mybanner is empty. Regards, /Benny >> >> >> Index: src/usr.bin/banner/banner.1 >> === >> RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/banner/banner.1,v >> retrieving revision 1.8 >> diff -u -p -r1.8 banner.1 >> --- src/usr.bin/banner/banner.1 6 Aug 2007 19:16:06 - 1.8 >> +++ src/usr.bin/banner/banner.1 23 Sep 2015 23:40:36 - >> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ >> .Nd print strings in large letters >> .Sh SYNOPSIS >> .Nm banner >> -.Ar string ... >> +.Op Ar string ... >> .Sh DESCRIPTION >> .Nm >> prints up to 10 characters of each
Re: banner(1): fix SYNOPSIS
On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 07:42:54PM -0400, Michael Reed wrote: > banner(1) without arguments works fine, so denote it as such > in the manual. > in the context of banner(1), define "works fine". i mean, technically maybe it does but, practically, why try to show this to the reader? is there a use for banner without arguments? jmc > > > Index: src/usr.bin/banner/banner.1 > === > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/banner/banner.1,v > retrieving revision 1.8 > diff -u -p -r1.8 banner.1 > --- src/usr.bin/banner/banner.1 6 Aug 2007 19:16:06 - 1.8 > +++ src/usr.bin/banner/banner.1 23 Sep 2015 23:40:36 - > @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ > .Nd print strings in large letters > .Sh SYNOPSIS > .Nm banner > -.Ar string ... > +.Op Ar string ... > .Sh DESCRIPTION > .Nm > prints up to 10 characters of each >
banner(1): fix SYNOPSIS
banner(1) without arguments works fine, so denote it as such in the manual. Index: src/usr.bin/banner/banner.1 === RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/banner/banner.1,v retrieving revision 1.8 diff -u -p -r1.8 banner.1 --- src/usr.bin/banner/banner.1 6 Aug 2007 19:16:06 - 1.8 +++ src/usr.bin/banner/banner.1 23 Sep 2015 23:40:36 - @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .Nd print strings in large letters .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm banner -.Ar string ... +.Op Ar string ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm prints up to 10 characters of each
