From ad8a79e6a5c75acf360e9310860387b68066c0b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: charnier Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 12:18:28 +0000 Subject: Use `The .Nm utility' --- usr.bin/rpcgen/rpcgen.1 | 18 +++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'usr.bin/rpcgen') diff --git a/usr.bin/rpcgen/rpcgen.1 b/usr.bin/rpcgen/rpcgen.1 index c0e355c..4f4385f 100644 --- a/usr.bin/rpcgen/rpcgen.1 +++ b/usr.bin/rpcgen/rpcgen.1 @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ .\" @(#)rpcgen.1 1.35 93/06/02 SMI .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" Copyright 1985-1993 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +.\" .Dd March 28, 1993 .Dt RPCGEN 1 .Os @@ -50,8 +51,9 @@ .\" .LP .\" SUNWcsu .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Rpcgen -is a tool that generates C code to implement an +The +.Nm +utility is a tool that generates C code to implement an .Tn RPC protocol. The input to @@ -60,8 +62,9 @@ is a language similar to C known as .Tn RPC Language (Remote Procedure Call Language). .Pp -.Nm Rpcgen -is normally used as in the first synopsis where +The +.Nm +utility is normally used as in the first synopsis where it takes an input file and generates three output files. If the .Ar infile @@ -85,8 +88,9 @@ it also generates the dispatch table in .Pa proto_tbl.i . .Pp -.Nm Rpcgen -can also generate sample client and server files +The +.Nm +utility can also generate sample client and server files that can be customized to suit a particular application. The .Fl \&Sc , @@ -382,7 +386,7 @@ However, the functions are not yet MT-safe, which means that rpcgen generated server-side code will not be MT-safe. .It Fl N -This option allows procedures to have multiple arguments. +Allow procedures to have multiple arguments. It also uses the style of parameter passing that closely resembles C. So, when passing an argument to a remote procedure, you do not have to pass a pointer to the argument, but can pass the argument itself. -- cgit v1.1