[src/trunk]: src/usr.bin/man _whatdb has supported glob(3)ing pathnames for o...

[lukem <lukem%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/7cbfaecf007a
branches:  trunk
changeset: 511740:7cbfaecf007a
user:      lukem <lukem%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Mon Jun 25 21:37:24 2001 +0000

description:
_whatdb has supported glob(3)ing pathnames for over 3 years ...

diffstat:

 usr.bin/man/man.conf.5 |  7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diffs (28 lines):

diff -r fd950523bd94 -r 7cbfaecf007a usr.bin/man/man.conf.5
--- a/usr.bin/man/man.conf.5    Mon Jun 25 21:28:03 2001 +0000
+++ b/usr.bin/man/man.conf.5    Mon Jun 25 21:37:24 2001 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: man.conf.5,v 1.8 2000/05/27 21:33:26 jdolecek Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: man.conf.5,v 1.9 2001/06/25 21:37:24 lukem Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"    @(#)man.conf.5  8.5 (Berkeley) 1/2/94
 .\"
-.Dd January 2, 1994
+.Dd June 26, 2001
 .Dt MAN.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@
 and
 .Xr whatis 1
 commands.
+The pathname may contain the normal shell globbing characters,
+including curly braces (``{}''); to escape a shell globbing character,
+precede it with a backslash (``\e'').
 .El
 .Pp
 Multiple specifications for all types of lines are cumulative and the