X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/b78be76b63889ea7973369a8fddc42ec5389726a..63621a81d16ab743de6b57d47578a9a2c670ad22:/man/dp.man diff --git a/man/dp.man b/man/dp.man index 7998c2d0..af16d229 100644 --- a/man/dp.man +++ b/man/dp.man @@ -1,29 +1,29 @@ -.TH DP %manext8% "November 6, 2012" "%nmhversion%" -.\" +.TH DP %manext8% 1999-04-30 "%nmhversion%" +. .\" %nmhwarning% -.\" +. .SH NAME -dp \- parse dates 822-style +dp \- nmh parser of RFC 822-style dates .SH SYNOPSIS .HP 5 .na -.B %libdir%/dp +.B %nmhlibexecdir%/dp +.RB [ \-help ] +.RB [ \-version ] .RB [ \-form .IR formatfile ] .RB [ \-format .IR string ] .RB [ \-width .IR columns ] -.RB [ \-version ] -.RB [ \-help ] .I dates \&... .ad .SH DESCRIPTION -.B Dp +.B dp 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 +It also understands many non-standard formats, +such as those produced by TOPS\-20 sites and some Unix sites using .IR ctime (3). It is useful for seeing how .B nmh @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ 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. +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 @@ -60,18 +60,19 @@ 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 .TP 20 -$HOME/.mh\-profile +$HOME/.mh_profile The user's profile. .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS" None .SH "SEE ALSO" -.IR ap (8), +.IR fmttest (1), +.IR ap (8) .PP .I "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages" -(RFC\-822) +(RFC 822) .SH DEFAULTS .PD 0 .TP 20