X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/5dd6771b28c257af405d7248639ed0e3bcdce38b..07661005b9a36338ab158bcbe7762788a1df4030:/man/dp.man diff --git a/man/dp.man b/man/dp.man index 363f44a5..9a3bfb2a 100644 --- a/man/dp.man +++ b/man/dp.man @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ +.TH DP %manext8% "November 6, 2012" "%nmhversion%" .\" .\" %nmhwarning% .\" -.TH DP %manext8% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%] .SH NAME -dp \- parse dates 822-style +dp \- parse dates RFC 822-style .SH SYNOPSIS .HP 5 .na @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dp \- parse dates 822-style is a program that parses dates according to the ARPA Internet standard. It also understands many non\-standard formats, such as those produced by TOPS\-20 sites and some UNIX sites using -.BR ctime (3). +.IR ctime (3). It is useful for seeing how .B nmh will interpret a date. @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ will interpret a date. The .B dp program treats each argument as a single date, -and prints the date out in the official 822\-format. -Hence, it is usually best to enclose each argument in double\-quotes for the +and prints the date out in the official RFC 822 format. +Hence, it is usually best to enclose each argument in quotes for the shell. .PP To override the output format used by @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ switches are used. This permits individual fields of the address to be extracted with ease. The string is simply a format string and the file is simply a format file. See -.BR mh\-format (5) +.IR mh\-format (5) for the details. .PP Here is the default format string used by @@ -60,35 +60,26 @@ Here is the default format string used by .PP which says that if an error was detected, print the error, a `:', and the date in error. -Otherwise, output the 822\-proper format of the date. - +Otherwise, output the RFC 822\-proper format of the date. .SH FILES -.fc ^ ~ -.nf -.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u -^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile -.fi - +.TP 20 +$HOME/.mh\-profile +The user's profile. .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS" None - .SH "SEE ALSO" -ap(8), +.IR ap (8), +.PP .I "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages" -(RFC\-822) - +(RFC 822) .SH DEFAULTS -.nf -.RB ` \-format "' default as described above" -.RB ` \-width "' default to the width of the terminal" -.fi - +.PD 0 +.TP 20 +\-format +As described above. +.TP +\-width +The width of the terminal. +.PD .SH CONTEXT None - -.SH BUGS -The argument to the -.B \-format -switch must be interpreted as a single token by the shell that invokes -.BR dp . -Therefore, one must usually place the argument to this switch inside double\-quotes.