Re: 1003.2 Status, manual page conventions ?

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From: Jeremy Epstein
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 23:51

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Submitted-by: epstein@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Jeremy Epstein)

mclemore@edsel.eng.gtefsd.com (Ken McLemore) writes:
>i'm looking for a POSIX convention for manual pages (Section 1,2,3,4,5,8)
>and 1003.1 alludes to 1003.2 as possibly supplying the manual page
>conventions.  does 1003.2 address this issue and what is the current status
>of 1003.2 (eg. draft, being published, etc) ?

1003.2 doesn't have "manual page" conventions per se, although
commands are described in a form somewhat similar to manual pages.

1003.2 is published, and available from IEEE for US$95 (request
a copy of IEEE Std 1003.2-1992).

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