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Align with Documentation/howto-man-page.txt Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi> Conflicts: login-utils/utmpdump.1
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@@ -15,49 +15,48 @@
.\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
.\" Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
.\"
-.TH UTMPDUMP 1 "Februar 8, 2010" "" "Linux System Administrator's Manual"
+.TH UTMPDUMP "1" "July 2012" "util-linux" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
utmpdump \- dump UTMP and WTMP files in raw format
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B utmpdump
-.RB [ \-frh ]
-.I [ filename ]
+utmpdump [\-frh] [ filename ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-\fButmpdump\fP is a simple program to dump UTMP and WTMP files
-in raw format, so they can be examined.
-\fButmpdump\fP reads from stdin unless a
+.B utmpdump
+is a simple program to dump UTMP and WTMP files in raw format, so they
+can be examined.
+.B utmpdump
+eads from stdin unless a
.I filename
is passed.
.SH OPTIONS
-.IP "\fB\-f, \-\-follow\fP"
-output appended data as the file grows.
-.IP "\fB\-r, \-\-reverse\fP
+.IP "\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-follow\fP"
+Output appended data as the file grows.
+.IP "\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reverse\fP
Undump, write back edited login information into utmp or wtmp files.
-.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
+.IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fP"
Print a help text and exit.
-.IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP"
+.IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fP"
Output version information and exit.
.SH NOTES
-utmpdump can be useful in cases of corrupted utmp or wtmp entries. It can dump
-out utmp/wtmp to an ASCII file, then that file can be edited to remove bogus
-entries and reintegrated, using
+.B utmpdump
+can be useful in cases of corrupted utmp or wtmp entries. It can dump
+out utmp/wtmp to an ASCII file, then that file can be edited to remove
+bogus entries and reintegrated, using
.PP
-.sp 1
-.in +1c
-.nf
-\fButmpdump -r < ascii file > wtmp\fP
-.fi
-.in -1c
-.sp 1
+.RS
+utmpdump -r < ascii_file > wtmp
+.RE
+.PP
but be warned as
.B utmpdump
was written for debugging purpose only.
.SH BUGS
You may
.B not
-use the option \fB\-r\fP as the format for the
-utmp/wtmp files strongly depends on the
-input format. This tool was
+use the option
+.B \-r
+as the format for the utmp/wtmp files strongly depends on the input
+format. This tool was
.B not
written for normal use but for debugging.
.SH AUTHOR
@@ -66,4 +65,10 @@ Michael Krapp
.BR last (1),
.BR w (1),
.BR who (1),
-.BR utmp (5),
+.BR utmp (5)
+.SH AVAILABILITY
+The utmpdump command is part of the util-linux package and is available
+from
+.UR ftp://\:ftp.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
+Linux Kernel Archive
+.UE .