summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/factor/factor.6
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'factor/factor.6')
-rw-r--r--factor/factor.610
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/factor/factor.6 b/factor/factor.6
index 69b1c535..32029eca 100644
--- a/factor/factor.6
+++ b/factor/factor.6
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: factor.6,v 1.11 2010/04/22 06:57:13 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: factor.6,v 1.12 2010/05/15 21:22:39 joerg Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
.\"
.\" chongo <for a good prime call: 391581 * 2^216193 - 1> /\oo/\
.\"
-.Dd April 22, 2010
+.Dd May 15, 2010
.Dt FACTOR 6
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-utility factors positive integers.
+utility factors integers larger than 1.
When a number is factored, it is printed, followed by a
.Dq \&: ,
and the list of
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ is invoked with no arguments,
.Nm
reads numbers, one per line, from standard input, until end of file or error.
Leading white-space and empty lines are ignored.
-Numbers may be preceded by a single \- or +, although negative numbers
-are rejected.
+Numbers may be preceded by a single +.
+Integer less than 2 are rejected.
Numbers are terminated by a non-digit character (such as a newline).
After a number is read, it is factored.
Input lines must not be longer than