From 79b64691980480d3a123903377530a58314f74e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ewt Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 15:46:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated man page CVS patchset: 1678 CVS date: 1997/06/02 15:46:25 --- CHANGES | 1 + rpm.8 | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES index 78e2c07a4..89853e463 100644 --- a/CHANGES +++ b/CHANGES @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ - added rpmfilename tag to rpmrc to define the filename format to use for binary packages (note the rpmdir is prepended to it) - used pclose() instead of fclose() in -t code + - updated man pages 2.4 -> 2.4.1: - take advantage of lchown() if it's available diff --git a/rpm.8 b/rpm.8 index 9d41f0d38..b9fd7ad4d 100644 --- a/rpm.8 +++ b/rpm.8 @@ -144,9 +144,11 @@ characters) and \fBprintf(3)\fP type formatters. As \fBrpm\fP already knows the type to print, the type specifier must be omitted however, and replaced by the name of the header tag to be printed, enclosed by \fB{}\fP characters. The -\fBRPMTAG_\fP portion of the tag name may be omitted, and the -tag name may be preceded by a \fB\-\fP to format the tag as -a date if possible. +\fBRPMTAG_\fP portion of the tag name may be omitted. + +Alternate output formats may be requested by following the tag with +\fB:\fItypetag\fR. Currently, the following types are supported: \fBoctal\fR, +\fBdate\fR, \fBshescape\fR, \fBperms\fR, \fBfflags\fR, and \fBdepflags\fR. For example, to print only the names of the packages queried, you could use \fB%{NAME}\fP as the format string. To print the packages