Description: Man page fixes as of mmv 1.01b-15

 This patch contains the man-page fixes as of mmv 1.01b-15 when it has

 been converted to the source format "3.0 (quilt)"

Author: Multiple Authors. See changelog for details.

Reviewed-By: Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>

Last-Update: 2012-12-29

--- mmv-1.01b.orig/mmv.1

+++ mmv-1.01b/mmv.1

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 .\" To print the MS-DOS version, use option -rO2.

 .\" Under System V, take out the '.\"  ' from the next line.

 .\" .nr O 1

-.TH MMV 1 "November 20, 1989 (v1.0)"

+.TH MMV 1 "November 20, 2001 (v1.0lfs)"

 .ie !'\nO'2' \{\

 .SH NAME

 mmv \- move/copy/append/link multiple files by wildcard patterns

@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@ mmv \- move/copy/append multiple files b

 \}

 .SH SYNOPSIS

 .B mmv

-.if '\nO'2' [\fB-m\fP|\fBx\fP|\fBr\fP|\fBc\fP|\fBo\fP|\fBa\fP|\fBz\fP]

-.if '\nO'0' [\fB-m\fP|\fBx\fP|\fBr\fP|\fBc\fP|\fBo\fP|\fBa\fP|\fBl\fP|\fBs\fP]

-.if '\nO'1' [\fB-m\fP|\fBx\fP|\fBr\fP|\fBc\fP|\fBo\fP|\fBa\fP|\fBl\fP]

-[\fB-h\fP]

-[\fB-d\fP|\fBp\fP]

-[\fB-g\fP|\fBt\fP]

-[\fB-v\fP|\fBn\fP]

+.if '\nO'2' [\fB\-m\fP|\fBx\fP|\fBr\fP|\fBc\fP|\fBo\fP|\fBa\fP|\fBz\fP]

+.if '\nO'0' [\fB\-m\fP|\fBx\fP|\fBr\fP|\fBc\fP|\fBo\fP|\fBa\fP|\fBl\fP|\fBs\fP]

+.if '\nO'1' [\fB\-m\fP|\fBx\fP|\fBr\fP|\fBc\fP|\fBo\fP|\fBa\fP|\fBl\fP]

+[\fB\-h\fP]

+[\fB\-d\fP|\fBp\fP]

+[\fB\-g\fP|\fBt\fP]

+[\fB\-v\fP|\fBn\fP]

+[\fB\-\-\fP]

 [\fBfrom to\fP]

 .if '\nO'2' \{\

 .br

@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@ from the entire set of actions specified

 and gives the user the choice of either

 proceeding by avoiding the offending parts

 or aborting.

+.I mmv

+does support large files (LFS) but it does *NOT* support 

+sparse files (i.e. it explodes them).

 .ce

 The Task Options

@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ If none of these are specified,

 .ie '\nO'2' \{\

 a default (patchable by

 .IR mmvpatch ,

-and initially -x)

+and initially \-x)

 determines the task.

 \}

 .el \{\

@@ -81,18 +85,18 @@ was invoked (argv[0]):

 	command name	default task

-	mmv			-x

+	mmv			\-x

 .br

-	mcp			-c

+	mcp			\-c

 .br

-	mad			-a

+	mad			\-a

 .br

-	mln			-l

+	mln			\-l

 \}

 .PP

 The task option choices are:

 .TP

--m :

+\-m :

 move source file to target name.

 Both must be on the same device.

 Will not move directories.

@@ -102,8 +106,8 @@ moves the link without checking if the l

 directory is different than the old.

 \}

 .TP

--x :

-same as -m, except cross-device moves are done

+\-x :

+same as \-m, except cross-device moves are done

 by copying, then deleting source.

 When copying, sets the

 .ie !'\nO'2' permission bits

@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ When copying, sets the

 and file modification time

 of the target file to that of the source file.

 .TP

--r :

+\-r :

 rename source file or directory to target name.

 The target name must not include a path:

 the file remains in the same directory in all cases.

@@ -119,7 +123,7 @@ This option is the only way of renaming

 .IR mmv .

 .if '\nO'2' It is only available under DOS version 3.0 or higher.

 .TP

--c :

+\-c :

 copy source file to target name.

 Sets the file modification time and

 .ie !'\nO'2' permission bits

@@ -128,7 +132,7 @@ of the target file to that of the source

 regardless of whether the target file already exists.

 Chains and cycles (to be explained below) are not allowed.

 .TP

--o :

+\-o :

 overwrite target name with source file.

 .ie '\nO'2' \{\

 If target file exists, its attributes are left unchanged.

@@ -146,38 +150,38 @@ and the execute permission bits copied f

 In either case, the file modification time is set to the current time.

 \}

 .TP

--a :

+\-a :

 append contents of source file to target name.

 Target file modification time is set to the current time.

 If target file does not exist,

 it is created with

 .ie '\nO'2' attributes

 .el permission bits

-set as under -o.

-Unlike all other options, -a allows multiple source files to have the

-same target name, e.g. "mmv -a

+set as under \-o.

+Unlike all other options, \-a allows multiple source files to have the

+same target name, e.g. "mmv \-a

 .ie '\nO'2' *.c

 .el \\*.c

 big" will append all ".c" files to "big".

-Chains and cycles are also allowed, so "mmv -a f f" will double up "f".

+Chains and cycles are also allowed, so "mmv \-a f f" will double up "f".

 .ie '\nO'2' \{\

 .TP

--z :

-same as -a, but if the target file exists, and its last character is a ^Z,

+\-z :

+same as \-a, but if the target file exists, and its last character is a ^Z,

 and the source file is not empty,

 this ^Z is truncated before doing the append.

 \}

 .el \{\

 .TP

--l :

+\-l :

 link target name to source file.

 Both must be on the same device,

 and the source must not be a directory.

 Chains and cycles are not allowed.

 .if '\nO'0' \{\

 .TP

--s :

-same as -l, but use symbolic links instead of hard links.

+\-s :

+same as \-l, but use symbolic links instead of hard links.

 For the resulting link to aim back at the source,

 either the source name must begin with a '/',

 or the target must reside in either the current or the source directory.

@@ -190,7 +194,7 @@ and the source can be a directory.

 Only one of these option may be given,

 and it applies to all matching files.

 Remaining options need not be given separately,

-i.e. "mmv -mk" is allowed.

+i.e. "mmv \-mk" is allowed.

 .ce

 Multiple Pattern Pairs

@@ -232,7 +236,7 @@ a b

 a c

 .in -3

-would give the error message "a -> c : no match" because file "a"

+would give the error message "a \-> c : no match" because file "a"

 (even if it exists)

 was already matched by the first pattern pair.

@@ -255,10 +259,10 @@ matching any single character,

 and matching any one of a set of characters.

 .PP

 Between the '[' and ']', a range from character 'a' through character 'z'

-is specified with "a-z".

+is specified with "a\-z".

 The set of matching characters can be negated by inserting

 a '^' after the '['.

-Thus, "[^b-e2-5_]"

+Thus, "[^b\-e2\-5_]"

 will match any character but 'b' through 'e', '2' through '5', and '_'.

 .if '\nO'2' \{\

 .PP

@@ -305,13 +309,13 @@ However, the '~' is not treated as a wil

 in the sense that it is not assigned a wildcard index (see below).

 \}

 .PP

-Since matching a directory under a task option other than -r or -s

+Since matching a directory under a task option other than \-r or \-s

 would result in an error,

-tasks other than -r and -s

+tasks other than \-r and \-s

 match directories only against completely explicit

 .I from

 patterns (i.e. not containing wildcards).

-Under -r and -s, this applies only to "." and "..".

+Under \-r and \-s, this applies only to "." and "..".

 .PP

 .ie '\nO'2' \{\

 Hidden and system files are also only matched

@@ -324,7 +328,7 @@ Files beginning with '.' are only matche

 .I from

 patterns that begin with an explicit '.'.

 \}

-However, if -h is specified, they are matched normally.

+However, if \-h is specified, they are matched normally.

 .if !'\nO'2' \{\

 .PP

 Warning: since the shell normally expands wildcards

@@ -332,8 +336,9 @@ before passing the command-line argument

 .IR mmv ,

 it is usually necessary to enclose the command-line

 .I from

-pattern

-in quotes.

+and

+.I to

+patterns in quotes.

 \}

 .ce

@@ -363,7 +368,7 @@ pattern is "abc*.*" and the

 pattern is "xyz#2.#1",

 then "abc.txt" is targeted to "xyztxt.".

 (The first '*' matched "", and the second matched "txt".)

-Similarly, for the pattern pair ";*.[clp]" -> "#1#3\*(SL#2",

+Similarly, for the pattern pair ";*.[clp]" \-> "#1#3\*(SL#2",

 "foo1\*(SLfoo2\*(SLprog.c" is targeted to "foo1\*(SLfoo2\*(SLc\*(SLprog".

 Note that there is no '\*(SL' following the "#1" in the

 .I to

@@ -397,7 +402,7 @@ expands the '~' in the exact same manner

 does not expand it at all).

 \}

 .PP

-For all task options other than -r, if the target name is a directory,

+For all task options other than \-r, if the target name is a directory,

 the real target name is formed by appending

 a '\*(SL' followed by the last component

 of the source file name.

@@ -434,7 +439,7 @@ a b

 .br

 b c

-specifies the chain "a" -> "b" -> "c".

+specifies the chain "a" \-> "b" \-> "c".

 A cycle is a chain where the last target name

 refers back to the first source file,

 e.g. "mmv a a".

@@ -461,9 +466,9 @@ Furthermore,

 .I mmv

 checks if any of its actions will result

 in the destruction of existing files.

-If the -d (delete) option is specified,

+If the \-d (delete) option is specified,

 all file deletions or overwrites are done silently.

-Under -p (protect), all deletions or overwrites

+Under \-p (protect), all deletions or overwrites

 (except those specified with "(*)" on the standard input, see below)

 are treated as errors.

 And if neither option is specified,

@@ -487,16 +492,16 @@ Once all errors are detected,

 queries the user whether he wishes

 to continue by avoiding the erroneous actions or to abort altogether.

 This and all other queries may be avoided by specifying either the

--g (go) or -t (terminate) option.

+\-g (go) or \-t (terminate) option.

 The former will resolve all difficulties by avoiding the erroneous actions;

 the latter will abort

 .I mmv

 if any errors are detected.

 Specifying either of them defaults

 .I mmv

-to -p, unless -d is specified

+to \-p, unless \-d is specified

 (see above).

-Thus, -g and -t are most useful when running

+Thus, \-g and \-t are most useful when running

 .I mmv

 in the background or in

 a shell script,

@@ -508,28 +513,28 @@ Reports

 Once the actions to be performed are determined,

 .I mmv

 performs them silently,

-unless either the -v (verbose) or -n (no-execute) option is specified.

+unless either the \-v (verbose) or \-n (no-execute) option is specified.

 The former causes

 .I mmv

 to report each performed action

 on the standard output as

-a -> b : done.

+a \-> b : done.

 Here, "a" and "b" would be replaced by the source and target names,

 respectively.

 If the action deletes the old target,

 a "(*)" is inserted after the the target name.

-Also, the "->" symbol is modified when a cycle has to be broken:

+Also, the "\->" symbol is modified when a cycle has to be broken:

 the '>' is changed to a '^' on the action prior to which the old target

 is renamed to a temporary,

-and the '-' is changed to a '=' on the action where the temporary is used.

+and the '\-' is changed to a '=' on the action where the temporary is used.

 .PP

-Under -n, none of the actions are performed,

+Under \-n, none of the actions are performed,

 but messages like the above are printed on the standard output

 with the ": done." omitted.

 .PP

-The output generated by -n can (after editing, if desired)

+The output generated by \-n can (after editing, if desired)

 be fed back to

 .I mmv

 on the standard input

@@ -545,9 +550,9 @@ To facilitate this,

 ignores lines on the standard input that look

 like its own error and "done" messages,

 as well as all lines beginning with white space,

-and will accept pattern pairs with or without the intervening "->"

-(or "-^", "=>", or "=^").

-Lines with "(*)" after the target pattern have the effect of enabling -d

+and will accept pattern pairs with or without the intervening "\->"

+(or "\-^", "=>", or "=^").

+Lines with "(*)" after the target pattern have the effect of enabling \-d

 for the files matching this pattern only,

 so that such deletions are done silently.

 When feeding

@@ -596,11 +601,11 @@ on a copy of

 .I mmv

 named as follows:

-	-x, -m, -r		mmv.exe

+	\-x, \-m, \-r		mmv.exe

 .br

-	-c, -o			mcp.exe

+	\-c, \-o			mcp.exe

 .br

-	-a, -z			mad.exe

+	\-a, \-z			mad.exe

 .PP

 .I Mmvpatch

 also determines the best way to uniquely identify directories.