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@@ -1,26 +1,28 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: wtf.6,v 1.13 2009/05/04 20:37:28 wiz Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: wtf.6,v 1.14 2012/10/03 19:50:11 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" Public Domain .\" -.Dd July 27, 2007 +.Dd September 25, 2012 .Dt WTF 6 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm wtf -.Nd translates acronyms for you +.Nd translate acronyms .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl f Ar dbfile .Op Ar is -.Ar acronym Ar ... +.Ar acronym ... .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility displays the expansion of the acronyms +utility displays the expansion of one or more acronyms specified on the command line. -If the acronym is not in any of the acronyms databases, +If an acronym is not in any of the acronym databases, +which are expected to be in the format +.Dq acronym[tab]meaning , .Nm -will check to see if the acronym is known by +will check to see if it is known by .Xr whatis 1 , .Xr pkg_info 1 , or via pkgsrc's internal help mechanism, @@ -36,26 +38,29 @@ usage. The following options are available: .Bl -tag -width flag .It Fl f Ar dbfile -Overrides the default acronym database, bypassing the value of the +Overrides the default list of acronym databases, bypassing the value of the .Ev ACRONYMDB variable. +Unlike this variable the +.Fl f +option only accepts one file name as an argument, +but it may be given multiple times to specify more than one file to use. .El .Sh ENVIRONMENT .Bl -tag -width ACRONYMDB .It Ev ACRONYMDB -The default acronym database may be overridden by setting the +The default list of acronym databases may be overridden by setting the environment variable .Ev ACRONYMDB to the name of one or more space-separated file names of acronym databases. -The files must be in the proper format (acronym[tab]meaning). .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/acronyms.XXXX -compact .It Pa /usr/share/misc/acronyms default acronym database. .It Pa /usr/share/misc/acronyms.comp -computer-related acronym database. +default computer-related acronym database. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr make 1 , |