.\" -*-nroff-*-
.\"
-.\" $Id: fw.1,v 1.3 1999/07/30 06:49:00 mdw Exp $
+.\" $Id: fw.1,v 1.5 1999/09/26 18:18:05 mdw Exp $
.\"
.\" Manual page for fw
.\"
.\" ---- Revision history ---------------------------------------------------
.\"
.\" $Log: fw.1,v $
+.\" Revision 1.5 1999/09/26 18:18:05 mdw
+.\" Remove a fixed bug from the list. Fix some nasty formatting
+.\" misfeatures.
+.\"
+.\" Revision 1.4 1999/08/19 18:32:48 mdw
+.\" Improve lexical analysis. In particular, `chmod' patterns don't have to
+.\" be quoted any more.
+.\"
.\" Revision 1.3 1999/07/30 06:49:00 mdw
.\" Minor tidying and typo correction.
.\"
.br
.I null-spec
::=
-.RB [[ : ] null [ : ]]
+.RB [ : ] null [ : ]
.PP
The
.I file
for setting file attributes is
.BR file.fattr .
.
-.SS "File attributes for created files `fattr'"
+.SS "File attributes for created files: `fattr'"
Both the
.B file
and
string which acts on the default permissions established by the
prevailing
.BR umask (2)
-setting. Note that
-.BR chmod -style
-strings may contain
+setting. The characters
.RB ` = '
and
.RB ` , '
-characters that will need to be escaped or quoted.
+do not have to be quoted within the mode string.
.RE
.PP
.IB prefix .fattr.owner
.\"--------------------------------------------------------------------------
.SH "BUGS"
.
-The syntax for IP addresses and filenames is nasty. The requirement
-that textual permissions strings be quoted is probably nastier.
+The syntax for IP addresses and filenames is nasty.
.PP
IPv6 is not supported yet. It's probably not a major piece of work to
add.