Improve lexical analysis. In particular, `chmod' patterns don't have to

[fwd] / fw.1

diff --git a/fw.1 b/fw.1
index c65c6c0..6cd0c64 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 1.4 1999/08/19 18:32:48 mdw Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Manual page for fw
 .\"
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 .\" ---- Revision history ---------------------------------------------------
 .\" 
 .\" $Log: fw.1,v $
+.\" 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 +486,7 @@ sources and targets is like this:
 .br
 .I null-spec
 ::=
-.RB [[ : ] null [ : ]]
+.RB [ : ] null [ : ]
 .PP
 The
 .I file
@@ -603,14 +607,11 @@ 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.
-.RE
+do not have to be quoted within the mode string.
 .PP
 .IB prefix .fattr.owner
 .RB [ = ]