[patch #5114] man page should mention re_format(7)

[Ben Byer]

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                 Summary: man page should mention re_format(7)
                 Project: grep
            Submitted by: bbyer
            Submitted on: Saturday 05/20/2006 at 16:10
                Category: None
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open

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Details:

In the discussion of the POSIX standard, grep should cite re_format(7).



--- doc/grep.1~ Sat May 20 09:07:43 2006
+++ doc/grep.1  Sat May 20 09:07:43 2006
@@ -690,6 +690,10 @@
 instead of reporting a syntax error in the regular expression.
 \s-1POSIX.2\s0 allows this behavior as an extension, but portable scripts
 should avoid it.
+.PP
+For more information see
+.IR "re_format" (7).
+.X
 .SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
 The behavior of
 .B grep







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