X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/sw-tools/blobdiff_plain/c629200be4128053bb2c1e73f1b337cf099c2411..9796a7877cd1e7f6908c678e71b8fea6045ba0e7:/perl/sw-tidy.1 diff --git a/perl/sw-tidy.1 b/perl/sw-tidy.1 index 0e0ebe6..f7ffeb8 100644 --- a/perl/sw-tidy.1 +++ b/perl/sw-tidy.1 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .\" -*-nroff-*- .\" -.\" $Id: sw-tidy.1,v 1.1 1999/07/30 18:48:16 mdw Exp $ +.\" $Id: sw-tidy.1,v 1.2 2004/04/08 01:52:19 mdw Exp $ .\" .\" Manual page for `sw-tidy' .\" @@ -25,74 +25,3 @@ .\" along with sw-tools; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, .\" Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. . -.\"----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------- -.\" -.\" $Log: sw-tidy.1,v $ -.\" Revision 1.1 1999/07/30 18:48:16 mdw -.\" Tidy up the software index file. -.\" -. -.ie \n(.g \{\ -. fam P -. ds mw \fR[\f(BImdw\fR] -.\} -.el .ds mw \fR[\fBmdw\fR] -.ds sw \fBsw\fP -. -.\"----- Main manual text --------------------------------------------------- -. -.TH sw-tidy 1 "30 July 1999" sw-tools -. -.\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -. -.SH NAME -. -sw-tidy \- tidy \fBsw\fP's index file -. -.\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -. -.SH "SYNOPSIS" -. -.B sw-tidy -. -.\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -. -.SH "DESCRIPTION" -. -The -.B sw-tidy -command reads -.BR sw (1)'s -index file -.IB prefix /sw-index -and writes out a new version with duplicate packages removed. This -makes it take less space, and lets programs read it faster. Also, as a -side-effect, the new version is written out in alphabetical order of -package-name, although that's not very important. -.PP -The program copes (a bit) if the index file is written to while it's -being tidied. -. -.\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -. -.SH "BUGS" -. -Perhaps there ought to be a locking convention for the index file. -However, it's nice that people can update it using -.BR cat (1) -and text editors. -. -.\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -. -.SH "SEE ALSO" -. -.BR sw (1), -.BR sw-info (5). -. -.SH "AUTHOR" -. -The \*(sw program, and this manual, are \*(mw productions, in association -with the European Bioinformatics Institute. They were written by Mark -Wooding . Go and ask him if you have problems. -. -.\"----- That's all, folks --------------------------------------------------