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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2006-12-15 14:14:17 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2006-12-15 14:14:17 +0000
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Fix markup.
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diff --git a/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 b/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1
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+++ b/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1
@@ -57,22 +57,24 @@ Set the file permission bits of the created fifos to the
specified mode, ignoring the
.Xr umask 2
of the calling process.
-The mode argument takes any format that can be specified to the
+The
+.Ar mode
+argument takes any format that can be specified to the
.Xr chmod 1
command.
If a symbolic mode is specified, the op symbols
-.Dq +
+.Ql +
(plus) and
-.Dq -
+.Ql -
(hyphen) are interpreted relative to an assumed initial mode of
-.Dq a=rw
+.Dq Li a=rw
(read and write permissions for all).
.El
.Pp
If the
.Fl m
option is not specified, fifos are created with mode
-.Li \&0666
+.Li 0666
modified by the
.Xr umask 2
of the calling process.
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