[src/trunk]: src/usr.bin/pkill Document that patterns are specified using ext...

[apb <apb%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/64e3d81f12de
branches:  trunk
changeset: 791031:64e3d81f12de
user:      apb <apb%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Fri Nov 01 07:49:00 2013 +0000

description:
Document that patterns are specified using extended regular expressions.

diffstat:

 usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1 |  10 ++++++++--
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diffs (31 lines):

diff -r 9873899285d5 -r 64e3d81f12de usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1
--- a/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1     Fri Nov 01 07:48:31 2013 +0000
+++ b/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1     Fri Nov 01 07:49:00 2013 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: pkill.1,v 1.25 2013/06/03 21:59:41 wiz Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: pkill.1,v 1.26 2013/11/01 07:49:00 apb Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd June 3, 2013
+.Dd November 1, 2013
 .Dt PKILL 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@
 command searches the process table on the running system and sets the
 priority of all processes that match the criteria given on the command line.
 .Pp
+By default, matching applies to any substring of the command name
+.Pq Va argv[0] ,
+but options may be used to change this.
+Patterns are specified using extended regular expressions (see
+.Xr re_format 7 ) .
+.Pp
 The following options are available for
 .Nm pkill
 and