Subject: misc/183: Buglet in split(1) man page
To: None <gnats-admin>
From: None <Mark_Weaver@brown.edu>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/31/1994 19:50:04
>Number: 183
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: Buglet in split(1) man page
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: gnats-admin (Misc Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Mar 31 19:50:02 1994
>Originator: Mark Weaver
>Organization:
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Email: Mark_Weaver@brown.edu | Brown University
PGP Key: finger mhw@cs.brown.edu | Dept of Computer Science
>Release: current-940331
>Environment:
System: NetBSD cis-ts3-slip4.cis.brown.edu 0.9a EXCELSIOR#0 i386
>Description:
The split(1) man page states "if no output file length is
specified, the file size will default to a length of 1000
lines". However, this sentence is tagged onto the description
of the -b option. I believe it should be in the following
paragraph instead.
>How-To-Repeat:
man split
>Fix:
diff -u src/usr.bin/split/split.1.mhw1 src/usr.bin/split/split.1
--- src/usr.bin/split/split.1.mhw1 Thu Jan 13 05:50:24 1994
+++ src/usr.bin/split/split.1 Wed Mar 30 22:36:18 1994
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@
.It Fl b Ar bytes
Create files of length
.Ar bytes .
+.El
+.Pp
If no output file length is specified, the file size
will default to a length of 1000 lines.
-.El
.Pp
Available operands:
.Bl -tag -width name
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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