Use mandoc.1's error codes (we use them internally).

[mandoc.git] / makewhatis.1

diff --git a/makewhatis.1 b/makewhatis.1
index c78027850e7317846e8a03a49fce452ad1d19ef3..aa0cf5b4cccbc6d12fa08466612d311b063323cb 100644 (file)
--- a/makewhatis.1
+++ b/makewhatis.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $Id: makewhatis.1,v 1.9 2011/07/01 12:02:44 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: makewhatis.1,v 1.12 2011/07/11 09:44:07 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 1 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 11 2011 $
 .Dt MAKEWHATIS 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ If the link has no section, the period terminates the string.
 Path reference as given in the FILES section.
 .It Li 0x800
 Environment variable as given in the ENVIRONMENT section.
+.It Li 0x1000
+Error codes as given in the ERRORS section.
 .El
 .Pp
 The last four bytes are a host-ordered record number within the
@@ -138,19 +140,30 @@ A
 .Xr btree 3
 keyword database mapping keywords to a type and file reference in
 .Pa mandoc.index .
-.It Pa mandoc.db~
-Working copy of
-.Pa mandoc.db .
 .It Pa mandoc.index
 A
 .Xr recno 3
 database of indexed file-names.
-.It Pa mandoc.index~
-Working copy of
-.Pa mandoc.index .
 .El
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
-.Ex -std
+The
+.Nm
+utility exits with one of the following values:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
+.It 0
+No errors occurred.
+.It 5
+Invalid command line arguments were specified.
+No input files have been read.
+.It 6
+An operating system error occurred, for example memory exhaustion or an
+error accessing input files.
+Such errors cause
+.Nm
+to exit at once, possibly in the middle of parsing or formatting a file.
+The output databases are corrupt and should be removed .
+.El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mandoc 1
 .Sh AUTHORS