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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000
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Use `The .Nm utility'
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diff --git a/usr.bin/xlint/xlint/lint.1 b/usr.bin/xlint/xlint/lint.1
index 8bd14d7..182eddd 100644
--- a/usr.bin/xlint/xlint/lint.1
+++ b/usr.bin/xlint/xlint/lint.1
@@ -67,14 +67,16 @@
.Ar
.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
.Nm
-attempts to detect features of the named C program files
+utility attempts to detect features of the named C program files
that are likely to be bugs, to be non-portable, or to be
wasteful.
It also performs stricter type checking than does
the C compiler.
+The
.Nm
-runs the C preprocessor as its first phase, with the
+utility runs the C preprocessor as its first phase, with the
preprocessor symbol
.Dq Dv lint
defined to allow certain questionable code to be altered
@@ -119,14 +121,16 @@ files are analogous to the
from
.Pa .c
files.
+The
.Nm
-also accepts special libraries specified with the
+utility also accepts special libraries specified with the
.Fl l
option, which contain definitions of library routines and
variables.
.Pp
+The
.Nm
-takes all the
+utility takes all the
.Pa .c , .ln ,
and
.Pa llib-l Ns Ar library Ns Pa .ln
@@ -357,8 +361,9 @@ and
before searching the standard place.
.It Fl F
Print pathnames of files.
+The
.Nm
-normally prints the filename without the path.
+utility normally prints the filename without the path.
.It Fl H
If a complaint stems from an included file
.Nm
@@ -405,8 +410,9 @@ and ids can be found in
.Ss Input Grammar
.Nm Ns 's
first pass reads standard C source files.
+The
.Nm
-recognizes the following C comments as commands.
+utility recognizes the following C comments as commands.
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Li /* ARGSUSED Ns Ar n Li */
makes
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