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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: wtf.6,v 1.8 2003/04/25 19:08:31 jmmv Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: wtf.6,v 1.9 2005/06/22 20:11:03 hubertf Exp $
.\"
.\" Public Domain
.\"
-.Dd April 25, 2003
+.Dd June 22, 2005
.Dt WTF 6
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl f Ar dbfile
-.Op Fl t Ar type
.Op Ar is
.Ar acronym Ar ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
@@ -19,11 +18,13 @@ The
.Nm
utility displays the expansion of the acronyms
specified on the command line.
-If the acronym is unknown,
+If the acronym is not in any of the acronyms databases,
.Nm
will check to see if the acronym is known by the
.Xr whatis 1
-command.
+or the
+.Xr pkg_info 1
+commands.
.Pp
If
.Dq is
@@ -38,13 +39,6 @@ The following options are available:
Overrides the default acronym database, bypassing the value of the
.Ev ACRONYMDB
variable.
-.It Fl t Ar type
-Specifies the acronym's type.
-Simply put, it makes the program use the acronyms database named
-.Pa /usr/share/misc/acronyms.type ,
-where
-.Ar type
-is given by the argument.
.El
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width ACRONYMDB
@@ -52,7 +46,9 @@ is given by the argument.
The default acronym database may be overridden by setting the
environment variable
.Ev ACRONYMDB
-to the name of a file in the proper format (acronym[tab]meaning).
+to the name of one or more space-seperated 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
@@ -62,6 +58,7 @@ default acronym database.
computer-related acronym database.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr pkg_info 1 ,
.Xr whatis 1
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm