Remove a fixed bug from the list. Fix some nasty formatting

[fwd] / fw.1

diff --git a/fw.1 b/fw.1
index c65c6c0..5c596e1 100644 (file)
--- a/fw.1
+++ b/fw.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" -*-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
 .\"
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@
 .\" ---- 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.
 .\"
@@ -482,7 +490,7 @@ sources and targets is like this:
 .br
 .I null-spec
 ::=
-.RB [[ : ] null [ : ]]
+.RB [ : ] null [ : ]
 .PP
 The
 .I file
@@ -573,7 +581,7 @@ options for controlling the attributes of the created file.  The prefix
 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
@@ -603,13 +611,11 @@ argument may be either an octal number or a
 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
@@ -1037,8 +1043,7 @@ from stdin, null to null, stdout
 .\"--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 .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.