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From: Paul Varner <gentoo-dev@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] 'man bash' needs updating
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 21:55:16
Message-Id: 1076277314.4727.3.camel@garath.local.domain
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] 'man bash' needs updating by purslow@sympatico.ca
1 On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 14:23, purslow@×××××××××.ca wrote:
2 > i just sent the exchange below to Gentoo User,
3 > but it occurs to me that there's a tiny alert for developers too.
4 >
5 > whence are 'man' files obtained for inclusion in Gentoo ?
6 > when/how are they updated ? can Gentoo developers add things, if needed ?
7 >
8 > more particularly, cd someone add a line re 'bash -x' to 'man bash' ?
9
10 It is in the man page, (it isn't necessarily clear what it does), but
11 quoting from the man page:
12
13 -x After expanding each simple command, display the
14 expanded value of PS4, followed by the command and its
15 expanded arguments.
16
17 Regards,
18 Paul
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20 My Gentoo stuff: http://varnerfamily.org/pvarner/gentoo
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