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[nmh] / man / mhparam.man

diff --git a/man/mhparam.man b/man/mhparam.man
index 82b343ce131c11507be507a69aaf49399864beee..bf7c40a3ffde8b1fc2c1a125c7f3088731d37d08 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mhparam.man
+++ b/man/mhparam.man
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+.TH MHPARAM %manext1% "February 26, 2014" "%nmhversion%"

 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"

-.TH MHPARAM %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]

 .SH NAME
 mhparam \- print nmh profile and context components
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .SH NAME
 mhparam \- print nmh profile and context components
 .SH SYNOPSIS


@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ mhparam \- print nmh profile and context components
 .RB [ \-component " | " \-nocomponent ]
 .RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-help ]
 .RB [ \-component " | " \-nocomponent ]
 .RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-help ]

+.RB [ \-debug ]

 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B mhparam
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B mhparam


@@ -43,12 +44,20 @@ If
 is specified, then all components in the nmh profile are
 displayed and other arguments are ignored.
 .PP
 is specified, then all components in the nmh profile are
 displayed and other arguments are ignored.
 .PP

-The locations of two nmh install directories are also available
-through
-.BR mhparam :
+.BR mhparam
+can provide other information, such as
+the locations of the nmh

 .I etcdir
 and
 .I etcdir
 and

-.IR libdir .
+.I libdir
+install directories, all
+.I proc
+settings, and the default locking method with which the
+.B nmh
+installation was configured.  The
+.B \-debug
+switch displays all such other information available from
+.BR mhparam .

 .PP
 Examples:
 .PP
 .PP
 Examples:
 .PP


@@ -81,21 +90,25 @@ context: context
 
 % mhparam libdir
 %libdir%
 
 % mhparam libdir
 %libdir%

+
+% mhparam datalocking
+fcntl
+
+% mhparam spoollocking
+flock

 .fi
 .RE
 .PP
 .B mhparam
 .fi
 .RE
 .PP
 .B mhparam

-is also useful in back\-quoted operations:
+is also useful in backquoted operations:

 .PP
 .RS 5
 .nf
 % fgrep cornell.edu `mhpath +`/`mhparam aliasfile`
 .fi
 .PP
 .RS 5
 .nf
 % fgrep cornell.edu `mhpath +`/`mhparam aliasfile`
 .fi

-

 .SH "EXIT STATUS"
 .B mhparam
 returns the number of components that were not found.
 .SH "EXIT STATUS"
 .B mhparam
 returns the number of components that were not found.

-

 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf


@@ -105,7 +118,6 @@ returns the number of components that were not found.
 ^<mh-dir>/context~^The user context
 ^or $MHCONTEXT~^Rather than the standard context
 .fi
 ^<mh-dir>/context~^The user context
 ^or $MHCONTEXT~^Rather than the standard context
 .fi

-

 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf


@@ -113,16 +125,13 @@ returns the number of components that were not found.
 .ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName  'u
 ^context:~^To determine the context file
 .fi
 .ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName  'u
 ^context:~^To determine the context file
 .fi

-

 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

-mh-profile(5)
-
+.IR mh-profile (5)

 .SH DEFAULTS
 .nf
 .RB ` \-nocomponent "' if only one component is specified"
 .RB ` \-component "' if more than one component is specified"
 .RB ` components "' defaults to none"
 .fi
 .SH DEFAULTS
 .nf
 .RB ` \-nocomponent "' if only one component is specified"
 .RB ` \-component "' if more than one component is specified"
 .RB ` components "' defaults to none"
 .fi

-

 .SH CONTEXT
 None
 .SH CONTEXT
 None