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authorBenno Schulenberg2014-12-22 22:57:17 +0100
committerKarel Zak2015-01-06 11:27:38 +0100
commit451dbcfae1406f526208faf6033d6dcc8ac100da (patch)
tree594265cfbfad9989191ae3df877d7e6c300699a8 /term-utils/mesg.c
parentchsh: keep struct options in .rodata (diff)
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textual: add a docstring to most of the utilities
This adds a concise description of a tool to its usage text. A first form of this patch was proposed by Steven Honeyman (see http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg09994.html). Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
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diff --git a/term-utils/mesg.c b/term-utils/mesg.c
index 12e4e0e8c..a3892871c 100644
--- a/term-utils/mesg.c
+++ b/term-utils/mesg.c
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ static void __attribute__ ((__noreturn__)) usage(FILE * out)
* which means they can be translated. */
fprintf(out,
_(" %s [options] [y | n]\n"), program_invocation_short_name);
+
+ fputs(USAGE_SEPARATOR, out);
+ fputs(_("Control write access of other users to your terminal.\n"), out);
+
fputs(USAGE_OPTIONS, out);
fputs(_(" -v, --verbose explain what is being done\n"), out);
fputs(USAGE_HELP, out);