From 23734f8d580f6b1b4030bd2216d04096e2902f5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jsm Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 13:16:25 +0000 Subject: Separate primes manpage from that of factor. Correct DIAGNOSTICS information. --- primes/primes.6 | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 87 insertions(+) create mode 100644 primes/primes.6 (limited to 'primes/primes.6') diff --git a/primes/primes.6 b/primes/primes.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b30e6c76 --- /dev/null +++ b/primes/primes.6 @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: primes.6,v 1.1 2004/02/08 13:16:25 jsm Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Landon Curt Noll. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)factor.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 +.\" +.\" +.\" By: Landon Curt Noll chongo@toad.com, ...!{sun,tolsoft}!hoptoad!chongo +.\" +.\" chongo /\oo/\ +.\" +.Dd February 8, 2004 +.Dt PRIMES 6 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm primes +.Nd generate primes +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm primes +.Op Ar start Op Ar stop +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility prints primes in ascending order, one per line, starting at or above +.Ar start +and continuing until, but not including +.Ar stop . +The +.Ar start +value must be at least 0 and not greater than +.Ar stop . +The +.Ar stop +value must not be greater than 4294967295. +The default value of +.Ar stop +is 4294967295. +.Pp +When the +.Nm +utility is invoked with no arguments, +.Ar start +is read from standard input. +.Ar stop +is taken to be 4294967295. +The +.Ar start +value may be preceded by a single +. +The +.Ar start +value is terminated by a non-digit character (such as a newline). +The input line must not be longer than 255 characters. +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +Out of range or invalid input results in +an appropriate error message +being written to standard error. +.Sh BUGS +.Nm +won't get you a world record. -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451