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authorPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000
committerPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000
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Use `The .Nm utility'
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Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=95124
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diff --git a/usr.bin/rpcgen/rpcgen.1 b/usr.bin/rpcgen/rpcgen.1
index c0e355c36d96..4f4385f425d6 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.