From: Sascha Wildner <saw@online.de>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:24:08 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: kget.8: Rewrite it a bit and fix some mdoc stuff.
X-Git-Tag: v3.4.0rc~1342
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/commitdiff_plain/e73192a1c2e7176f396fc6a44543c1441c5c61dd

kget.8: Rewrite it a bit and fix some mdoc stuff.
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diff --git a/sbin/kget/kget.8 b/sbin/kget/kget.8
index cc8117c40a..461cf5ebcf 100644
--- a/sbin/kget/kget.8
+++ b/sbin/kget/kget.8
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD: src/sbin/kget/kget.8,v 1.3.2.5 2001/08/16 11:35:45 ru Exp $
-.\" $DragonFly: src/sbin/kget/kget.8,v 1.3 2006/02/17 19:33:32 swildner Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd February 20, 1999
 .Dt KGET 8
@@ -38,30 +37,22 @@
 The
 .Nm
 utility allows one to view or save any device configuration information
-which was changed in userconfig (-c) session.  Most typically, it is written
-to a /boot/kernel.conf file which is then loaded from /boot/loader.rc
-(using "load -t userconfig_script /boot/kernel.conf"), saving the user
-from having to re-enter it each time the system is booted.
+which was changed in a userconfig (-c) session.
 .Pp
-.Nm
-uses the
-.Xr sysctl 3
-interface to retrieve data from the kernel and requires that at least
-the
-.Va machdep.uc_devlist
-symbol be present.  If it's not, you may need to update your kernel
-before using this utility.
-.Pp
-Usage:
-.Nm
+The
 .Ar filename
+argument specifies which file (or
+.Sq -
+for stdout) the information should be saved to.
+If the file exists, it will be overwritten.
 .Pp
-where
-.Ar filename
-is either a regular file (which is overwritten) or -, indicating that
-standard output should be used.
-.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr sysctl 3
+Most typically, the information is written to a
+.Pa /boot/kernel.conf
+file which is then loaded from
+.Pa /boot/loader.rc
+(using
+.Dq "load -t userconfig_script /boot/kernel.conf" ) ,
+saving the user from having to re-enter it each time the system is booted.
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm