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authorSami Kerola2011-09-05 21:16:08 +0200
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docs: add long options to ipcmk.1 man page
Includes few style fixes from Documentation/howto-man-page.txt Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
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.\" Copyright 2008 Hayden A. James (hayden.james@gmail.com)
.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
-.TH IPCMK 1 "March 2008" "util-linux" "User Commands"
+.TH IPCMK "1" "September 2011" "util-linux" "User Commands"
.SH "NAME"
ipcmk \- create various ipc resources
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
-.B ipcmk \-h
-.br
.B ipcmk
-.RB [ \-M
-.IR size ]
-.RB [ \-S
-.IR nsems ]
-.RB [ \-Q ]
-.RB [ \-p
-.IR mode ]
+<resource options>
+[additional options]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.B ipcmk
allows you to create shared memory segments, message queues or semaphore arrays.
-.SH "OPTIONS"
+.SH "RESOURCE OPTIONS"
.TP
Resources may be specified as follows:
.TP
-.BI \-M " size"
-shared memory segment of size
+\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-shmem\fR [\fIsize\fR]
+Shared memory segment of
.I size
+bytes.
.TP
-.BI \-S " nsems"
-semaphore array with
-.I nsems
-elements
+\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-semaphore\fR [\fInumber\fR]
+Semaphore array with
+.I number
+of elements.
.TP
-.BI \-Q
-message queue
+\fB\-Q\fR, \fB\-\-queue\fR
+Message queue.
+.SH "ADDITIONAL OPTIONS"
.TP
-Other options
+\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-mode\fR [\fImode\fR]
+Permission for the resource. Default is 0644.
.TP
-.BI \-p " mode"
-permission for the resource (default is 0644)
+\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
+Display a short help message and exit.
.TP
-.B \-h
-display a short help message and exit
+\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
+Output version information and exit.
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ipcrm (1),
.BR ipcs (1)
.SH "AUTHOR"
-Hayden A. James (hayden.james@gmail.com)
+.UR hayden.james\@gmail.com
+Hayden A. James
+.UE
.SH "AVAILABILITY"
The ipcmk command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
-ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
+.UR ftp://\:ftp.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
+Linux Kernel Archive
+.UE .