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authorBenno Schulenberg2014-07-27 20:58:58 +0200
committerKarel Zak2014-07-29 12:14:57 +0200
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docs: improve the formatting of the chfn and chsh man pages
Also fix a pasting mistake where the chfn man page suggested to use ypchsh or lchsh for non-local entries. Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
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.\" chfn.1 -- change your finger information
.\" (c) 1994 by salvatore valente <svalente@athena.mit.edu>
.\"
-.\" this program is free software. you can redistribute it and
-.\" modify it under the terms of the gnu general public license.
-.\" there is no warranty.
+.\" This program is free software. You can redistribute it and
+.\" modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
+.\" There is no warranty.
.\"
-.\" $Author: faith $
-.\" $Revision: 1.1 $
-.\" $Date: 1995/03/12 01:29:16 $
-.\"
-.TH CHFN 1 "July 2009" "util-linux" "User Commands"
+.TH CHFN 1 "July 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
chfn \- change your finger information
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -38,40 +34,40 @@ program. The Linux
command will display four pieces of information that can be changed by
.BR chfn :
your real name, your work room and phone, and your home phone.
-
-.B chfn
-supports non-local entries (kerberos, LDAP, etc.\&) if linked with libuser,
-otherwise use ypchsh, lchsh or any other implementation for non-local
-entries.
-.SS COMMAND LINE
+.PP
Any of the four pieces of information can be specified on the command
line. If no information is given on the command line,
.B chfn
enters interactive mode.
-.SS INTERACTIVE MODE
+.PP
In interactive mode,
.B chfn
will prompt for each field. At a prompt, you can enter the new information,
or just press return to leave the field unchanged. Enter the keyword
"none" to make the field blank.
+.PP
+.B chfn
+supports non-local entries (kerberos, LDAP, etc.\&) if linked with libuser,
+otherwise use \fBypchfn\fR, \fBlchfn\fR or any other implementation for
+non-local entries.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.BI "\-f, \-\-full-name " full-name
+.BR \-f , " \-\-full-name " \fIfull-name
Specify your real name.
.TP
-.BI "\-o, \-\-office " office
+.BR \-o , " \-\-office " \fIoffice
Specify your office room number.
.TP
-.BI "\-p, \-\-office-phone " office-phone
+.BR \-p , " \-\-office-phone " \fIoffice-phone
Specify your office phone number.
.TP
-.BI "\-h, \-\-home-phone " home-phone
+.BR \-h , " \-\-home-phone " \fIhome-phone
Specify your home phone number.
.TP
-.B "\-u, \-\-help"
+.BR \-u , " \-\-help"
Display help text and exit.
.TP
-.B "\-v, \-\-version"
+.BR \-v , " \-\-version"
Display version information and exit.
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
Returns 0 if operation was successful, 1 if operation failed or command syntax was not valid.