Re: [PATCH] execveat.2: srcfix

Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-12-30T22:28:34Z

Hi Alex,

On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 at 22:41, Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Use .nf/.fi in the SYNOPSIS.

I'm not against the patch. But why this particular page?

Thanks,

Michael

>
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
> ---
>
> man2/execveat.2 | 11 ++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man2/execveat.2 b/man2/execveat.2
> index 7c31d8f17..c5cd843f9 100644
> --- a/man2/execveat.2
> +++ b/man2/execveat.2
> @@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
> .SH NAME
> execveat \- execute program relative to a directory file descriptor
> .SH SYNOPSIS
> +.nf
> .B #include <unistd.h>
> .PP
> -.BI "int execveat(int " dirfd ", const char *" pathname ","
> -.br
> -.BI " char *const " argv "[], char *const " envp "[],"
> -.br
> +.BI "int execveat(int " dirfd ", const char *" pathname ,
> +.BI " char *const " argv "[], char *const " envp [],
> .BI " int " flags );
> +.fi
> .SH DESCRIPTION
> .\" commit 51f39a1f0cea1cacf8c787f652f26dfee9611874
> The
> @@ -224,7 +224,8 @@ where scripts recursively employ
> .\" For an example, see Michael Kerrisk's 2015-01-10 reply in this LKML
> .\" thread (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1836105/focus=20229):
> .\"
> -.\" Subject: [PATCHv10 man-pages 5/5] execveat.2: initial man page.\" for execveat(2
> +.\" Subject: [PATCHv10 man-pages 5/5] execveat.2: initial man page
> +.\" for execveat(2)
> .\" Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 11:53:59 +0000
> .SH SEE ALSO
> .BR execve (2),
> --
> 2.29.2
>

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