X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fdp.man;fp=man%2Fdp.man;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=5aaedc4256d58afe2481d667afdcb5162a914ba9;hp=274280686c47c0194d183e1866aa9d85c19323f9;hpb=2676fdf95667cfa0fec45372dbb956c8645c1119;p=mmh diff --git a/man/dp.man b/man/dp.man deleted file mode 100644 index 2742806..0000000 --- a/man/dp.man +++ /dev/null @@ -1,94 +0,0 @@ -.\" -.\" %nmhwarning% -.\" -.TH DP %manext8% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%] -.SH NAME -dp \- parse dates 822-style -.SH SYNOPSIS -.HP 5 -.na -.B %libdir%/dp -.RB [ \-form -.IR formatfile ] -.RB [ \-format -.IR string ] -.RB [ \-width -.IR columns ] -.RB [ \-version ] -.RB [ \-help ] -.I dates -\&... -.ad -.SH DESCRIPTION -.B Dp -is a program that parses dates according to the ARPA Internet standard. -It also understands many non\-standard formats, -such as those produced by TOPS\-20 sites and some UNIX sites using -.BR ctime (3). -It is useful for seeing how -.B nmh -will interpret a date. -.PP -The -.B dp -program treats each argument as a single date, -and prints the date out in the official 822\-format. -Hence, it is usually best to enclose each argument in double\-quotes for the -shell. -.PP -To override the output format used by -.BR dp , -the -.B \-format -.I string -or -.B \-format -.I file -switches are used. -This permits individual fields of the address to be extracted with ease. -The string is simply a format string and the file is simply a format file. -See -.BR mh\-format (5) -for the details. -.PP -Here is the default format string used by -.BR dp : -.PP -.RS 5 -%<(nodate{text})error: %{text}%|%(putstr(pretty{text}))%> -.RE -.PP -which says that if an error was detected, print the error, a `:', -and the date in error. -Otherwise, output the 822\-proper format of the date. - -.SH FILES -.fc ^ ~ -.nf -.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u -^$HOME/.mmh/profile~^The user profile -.fi - -.SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS" -None - -.SH "SEE ALSO" -ap(8), -.I "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages" -(RFC\-822) - -.SH DEFAULTS -.nf -.RB ` \-format "' default as described above" -.RB ` \-width "' default to the width of the terminal" -.fi - -.SH CONTEXT -None - -.SH BUGS -The argument to the -.B \-format -switch must be interpreted as a single token by the shell that invokes -.BR dp . -Therefore, one must usually place the argument to this switch inside double\-quotes.