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author | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000 |
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committer | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000 |
commit | e8937ba00998cca6f259b3fdf32a7f7a38bc26ec (patch) | |
tree | 9eb4b7d718b67229ee4b8e61e9cad466a5a36945 /usr.bin/rpcgen | |
parent | 1c2451c24d59abde50b89c0d506523298e1ae1e1 (diff) | |
download | src-e8937ba00998cca6f259b3fdf32a7f7a38bc26ec.tar.gz src-e8937ba00998cca6f259b3fdf32a7f7a38bc26ec.zip |
Use `The .Nm utility'
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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. |