X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/misc/blobdiff_plain/3770fe80fa49fe8ad6a3c3697b268a18b8c13eb1..f9f9787aa08f519b3df9953a6b8877f7e65950f0:/inplace.1 diff --git a/inplace.1 b/inplace.1 index e4fb9ce..eaebe9d 100644 --- a/inplace.1 +++ b/inplace.1 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ inplace \- update a file in-place .SH SYNOPSIS .B inplace .I file -... +\&... .B \-\- .I program .RI [ arguments ...] @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ with standard input redirected from and redirecting standard output to .IR file \c .BR .new . -If all these programs are successful, then each +If all these programs are successful, then each .I file is copied to .IB file .old @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ renamed to .IR file ; the .IB file .old -files are then deleted. If something went wrong, the +files are then deleted. If something went wrong, the .IB file .new files are all deleted and the original .IR file s @@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ Doesn't exit correctly if subprogram was killed by a signal. The update isn't completely perfect but it's very good; it can leave debris lying around if strange things happen during the renaming. .SH AUTHOR -Mark Wooding (mdw@nsict.org). +Mark Wooding