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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-02 23:13:00 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-02 23:13:00 +0000
commit6294018a208cf7742b1c021a9b75c26962505571 (patch)
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parent3f44360851448f8816c22f6b72e8dd5c9924c27f (diff)
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Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks.
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-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.818
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8 b/usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8
index ed7dcb2..be81be3 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ The
.Nm
utility is used by the remote dump and restore programs
in manipulating a magnetic tape drive through an interprocess
-communication connection. It is normally started up with an
+communication connection.
+It is normally started up with an
.Xr rexec 3
or
.Xr rcmd 3
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ The
.Nm
utility accepts requests specific to the manipulation of
magnetic tapes, performs the commands, then responds with
-a status indication. All responses are in
+a status indication.
+All responses are in
.Tn ASCII
and in
one of two forms.
@@ -118,7 +120,8 @@ closed before a new open is performed.
.It Xo Sy C Ar device No \en
.Xc
.Sm on
-Close the currently open device. The
+Close the currently open device.
+The
.Ar device
specified is ignored.
.Sm off
@@ -167,7 +170,8 @@ and responds with
.Sm on
if the read was
successful; otherwise an error in the
-standard format is returned. If the read
+standard format is returned.
+If the read
was successful, the data read is then sent.
.Sm off
.It Xo Sy I Ar operation
@@ -187,7 +191,8 @@ and
.Ar mt_count
fields of the structure used in the
.Xr ioctl 2
-call. The return value is the
+call.
+The return value is the
.Ar count
parameter when the operation is successful.
.It Sy S
@@ -195,7 +200,8 @@ Return the status of the open device, as
obtained with a
.Dv MTIOCGET
.Xr ioctl 2
-call. If the operation was successful,
+call.
+If the operation was successful,
an ``ack'' is sent with the size of the
status buffer, then the status buffer is
sent (in binary).
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