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authorAlexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org>2000-05-10 15:47:30 +0000
committerAlexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org>2000-05-10 15:47:30 +0000
commitcffe77ef75ed139b11ed177d66fb9af3e9b57e3e (patch)
treec567724e0df44198627d05b77dcf6dfec882ba43 /usr.bin
parent26d705914e9e681b987a234f95837715bc060c84 (diff)
Notes
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/ldd/ldd.117
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ldd/ldd.1 b/usr.bin/ldd/ldd.1
index e78a5e809de6..5b95e993ee59 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ldd/ldd.1
+++ b/usr.bin/ldd/ldd.1
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@
.Op Fl f Ar format
.Ar program ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm ldd
+.Nm
displays all shared objects that are needed to run the given program.
-Contrary to nm(1), the list includes
+Contrary to
+.Xr nm 1 ,
+the list includes
.Dq indirect
dependencies that are the result of needed shared objects which themselves
depend on yet other shared objects.
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ options may be given.
The argument is a format string passed to
.Xr rtld 1
and allows customization of
-.Nm ldd Ns 's
+.Nm Ns 's
output.
See
.Xr rtld 1
@@ -40,10 +42,11 @@ files for the definitive meaning of all the fields.
.Xr nm 1
.Sh HISTORY
A
-.Nm ldd
-utility first appeared in SunOS 4.0, it appeared in its current form
-in FreeBSD 1.1.
+.Nm
+utility first appeared in SunOS 4.0, it appeared in its current form in
+.Fx 1.1 .
.Pp
The
.Fl v
-support is based on code written by John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
+support is based on code written by
+.An John Polstra Aq jdp@polstra.com