man page synopsis syntax reference

[Michael P. Soulier]

Hello,

Is there an authoritative reference of what manpage syntax should look like?

ie.

foo [optional arg] required arg required multiple...

I can't seem to find a reference that explains this syntax.

Thanks,
Mike
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Re: man page synopsis syntax reference

[Pietro Cerutti]

On 1/12/07, Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hello,

Is there an authoritative reference of what manpage syntax should look like?


There's a section on style(9) which explains the synapsis of typical
usage() functions, asserting that such a syntax should be similar to
the one used in man pages, so maybe you can get some info there..



Thanks,
Mike
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