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[bsdgames-darwin.git] / rain / rain.6

diff --git a/rain/rain.6 b/rain/rain.6
index 55ed23371255fcebacb0099b3f7e19d59afe50ff..c59e3af59bad588747ef2488f9f6b157fab4f878 100644 (file)
--- a/rain/rain.6
+++ b/rain/rain.6
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: rain.6,v 1.4 1995/04/22 08:23:33 cgd Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: rain.6,v 1.8 2001/04/02 22:42:38 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -37,24 +37,21 @@
 .Dt RAIN 6
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
-.Nm rain 
+.Nm rain
 .Nd animated raindrops display
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm /usr/games/rain
+.Nm
+.Op Fl d Ar delay
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Rain 's
-display is modeled after the 
-.Tn VAX/VMS 
+The output of
+.Nm
+is modeled after the
+.Tn VAX/VMS
 program of the same name.
-The terminal has to be set for 9600 baud to obtain the proper effect.
-.Pp
-As with all programs that use
-.Tn termcap ,
-the 
-.Ev TERM
-environment variable must be set (and exported) to the type of the
-terminal being used.
-.Sh FILES
-.Pa /etc/termcap
+To obtain the proper effect, either the terminal must be set for 9600
+baud or the
+.Fl d
+option must be used to specify a delay, in milliseconds, between each
+update.  A reasonable delay is 120; the default is 0.
 .Sh AUTHOR
 Eric P. Scott