From 69895e05fd8e6f858b4dcff17e95a33c62a9eca7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gjb Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:06:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] MFC r225857: - Fix a few grammar and mdoc nits in script.1 PR: 161088 git-svn-id: svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/8@226188 ccf9f872-aa2e-dd11-9fc8-001c23d0bc1f --- usr.bin/script/script.1 | 33 +++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/script/script.1 b/usr.bin/script/script.1 index eb4b49e91..8fd20ed71 100644 --- a/usr.bin/script/script.1 +++ b/usr.bin/script/script.1 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)script.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd January 22, 2004 +.Dd September 28, 2011 .Dt SCRIPT 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -77,15 +77,16 @@ or .Pa typescript , retaining the prior contents. .It Fl k -Log keys sent to program as well as output. +Log keys sent to the program as well as output. .It Fl q Run in quiet mode, omit the start and stop status messages. .It Fl t Ar time -Specify time interval between flushing script output file. +Specify the interval at which the script output file will be flushed +to disk, in seconds. A value of 0 causes .Nm -to flush for every character I/O event. +to flush after every character I/O event. The default interval is 30 seconds. .El @@ -140,13 +141,15 @@ If .Ev SHELL is not set, the Bourne shell is assumed. -(Most shells set this variable automatically). +.Pq Most shells set this variable automatically . .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr csh 1 -(for the +.Po +for the .Em history -mechanism). +mechanism +.Pc . .Sh HISTORY The .Nm @@ -169,13 +172,15 @@ mode, echo cancelling is far from ideal. The slave terminal mode is checked for ECHO mode to check when to avoid manual echo logging. This does not -work when in a raw mode where the program being run is doing manual echo. +work when the terminal is in a raw mode where +the program being run is doing manual echo. .Pp -If the +If .Nm -reads zero bytes from the terminal it switches to a mode when it probes read -only once a second until it gets some data. -This prevents the +reads zero bytes from the terminal, it switches to a mode when it +only attempts to read +once a second until there is data to read. +This prevents .Nm -spinning on zero-byte reads, but might cause a 1-second delay in -processing of the user input. +from spinning on zero-byte reads, but might cause a 1-second delay in +processing of user input. -- 2.45.0