man page synopsis syntax reference

Hello, Is there an authoritative reference of what manpage syntax should look like? ie. foo [optional arg] required arg required multiple... I can't seem to find a reference that explains this syntax. Thanks, Mike -- Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any intelligent fool can make things

Re: man page synopsis syntax reference

On 1/12/07, Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Is there an authoritative reference of what manpage syntax should look like? There's a section on style(9) which explains the synapsis of typical usage() functions, asserting that such a syntax should be similar to the one used in