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commit 6f1d378b5125d2f5fe0b184f6b447d7bedf55f73
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Oct 23 12:26:50 2021 +1100
groff(1),nroff(1): Fix content nit.
Be more precise and ecumenical regarding path separator characters.
Also with this rewording we can scoop up $PATH itself.
---
src/roff/groff/groff.1.man | 6 +++---
src/roff/nroff/nroff.1.man | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man b/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
index 865f723..80c6f44 100644
--- a/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
+++ b/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
@@ -1598,9 +1598,9 @@ inspecting the exit status and any diagnostic messages of
each command.
.\" ====================================================================
.
Normally,
-the path separator in the environment variables ending with
-.I _PATH
-below is the colon;
+the path separator in environment variables ending with
+.I PATH
+is the colon;
this may vary depending on the operating system.
.
For example,
diff --git a/src/roff/nroff/nroff.1.man b/src/roff/nroff/nroff.1.man
index 637ba6f..a3c232c 100644
--- a/src/roff/nroff/nroff.1.man
+++ b/src/roff/nroff/nroff.1.man
@@ -238,6 +238,16 @@ otherwise.
.SH Environment
.\" ====================================================================
.
+Normally,
+the path separator in environment variables ending with
+.I PATH
+is the colon;
+this may vary depending on the operating system.
+.
+For example,
+Windows uses a semicolon instead.
+.
+.
.TP
.I GROFF_BIN_PATH
is a colon-separated list of directories in which to search for the
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