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12284 errors in compress(1) and pack(1) man pages
@@ -42,15 +42,14 @@
.\"
.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
.\" Portions Copyright (c) 1992, X/Open Company Limited All Rights Reserved
.\" Copyright (c) 1996, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved
.\"
-.TH PACK 1 "Mar 13, 2008"
+.TH PACK 1 "Feb 5, 2020"
.SH NAME
pack, pcat, unpack \- compress and expand files
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.LP
.nf
\fBpack\fR [\fB-f/\fR] [\fB-\fR] \fIfile\fR...
.fi
.LP
@@ -63,12 +62,10 @@
\fBunpack\fR [\fB-/\fR] \fIfile\fR...
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.SS "pack"
-.sp
-.LP
The \fBpack\fR command attempts to store the specified files in a compressed
form. Wherever possible (and useful), each input file \fBfile\fR is replaced by
a packed file \fBfile\fR\fB\&.z\fR with the same access modes, access and
modified dates, and owner as those of \fBfile\fR. If \fBpack\fR is successful,
\fBfile\fR is removed.
@@ -153,14 +150,12 @@
an I/O error occurred during processing.
.RE
.sp
.LP
The last segment of the file name must be short enough to allow space for the
-appended \fB\&.z\fRextension. Directories cannot be compressed.
+appended \fB\&.z\fR extension. Directories cannot be compressed.
.SS "pcat"
-.sp
-.LP
The \fBpcat\fR command does for packed files what \fBcat\fR(1) does for
ordinary files, except that \fBpcat\fR cannot be used as a filter. The
specified files are unpacked and written to the standard output.
.sp
.LP
@@ -177,12 +172,10 @@
.ie t \(bu
.el o
the file does not appear to be the output of \fBpack\fR.
.RE
.SS "unpack"
-.sp
-.LP
The \fBunpack\fR command expands files created by \fBpack\fR. For each
\fBfile\fR specified in the command, a search is made for a file called
\fBfile\fR\fB\&.z\fR (or just \fBfile\fR, if \fBfile\fR ends in \fB\&.z\fR). If
this file appears to be a packed file, it is replaced by its expanded version.
The new file has the \fB\&.z\fR suffix stripped from its name, and has the same
@@ -204,12 +197,10 @@
.ie t \(bu
.el o
the unpacked file cannot be created.
.RE
.SH OPTIONS
-.sp
-.LP
The following options are supported by \fBpack\fR:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-f\fR\fR
@@ -235,12 +226,10 @@
message is written to \fBstderr\fR, and the final exit status is
\fBnon-zero\fR.
.RE
.SH OPERANDS
-.sp
-.LP
The following operands are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBfile\fR\fR
@@ -262,17 +251,14 @@
to be printed on the standard output. Additional occurrences of \fB\(mi\fR in
place of \fBfile\fR causes the internal flag to be set and reset.
.RE
.SH USAGE
-.sp
-.LP
See \fBlargefile\fR(5) for the description of the behavior of \fBpack\fR,
\fBpcat\fR, and \fBunpack\fR when encountering files greater than or equal to 2
-Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).
+Gbyte (2^31 bytes).
.SH EXAMPLES
-.LP
\fBExample 1 \fRViewing a Packed File
.sp
.LP
To view a packed file named \fBfile.z\fR use:
@@ -287,11 +273,11 @@
.sp
.LP
\fBexample%\fR \fBpcat\fR \fBfile\fR
.LP
-\fBExample 2 \fRMaking and Unpacked Copy:
+\fBExample 2 \fRMaking an Unpacked Copy:
.sp
.LP
To make an unpacked copy, say \fBnnn\fR, of a packed file named \fBfile.z\fR
(without destroying \fBfile.z\fR) use the command:
@@ -298,18 +284,14 @@
.sp
.LP
\fBexample%\fR \fBpcat\fR \fBfile\fR \fB>nnn\fR
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-.sp
-.LP
See \fBenviron\fR(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
that affect the execution of \fBpack\fR, \fBpcat\fR, and \fBunpack\fR:
\fBLC_CTYPE\fR, \fBLC_MESSAGES\fR, and \fBNLSPATH\fR.
.SH EXIT STATUS
-.sp
-.LP
The following exit values are returned:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB0\fR\fR
@@ -328,12 +310,10 @@
returned. If the number of failures exceeds \fB255\fR, then \fB255\fR is
returned.
.RE
.SH ATTRIBUTES
-.sp
-.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
.sp
.TS
@@ -344,9 +324,7 @@
_
CSI Enabled
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO
-.sp
-.LP
\fBcat\fR(1), \fBcompress\fR(1), \fBzcat\fR(1), \fBfgetattr\fR(3C),
\fBfsetattr\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBenviron\fR(5), \fBlargefile\fR(5)