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diff --git a/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man6/banner.6 b/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man6/banner.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..acf4c3a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man6/banner.6 @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: banner.6,v 1.13 2003/08/07 09:36:59 agc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993, 1995 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)banner.6 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95 +.\" +.Dd April 29, 1995 +.Dt BANNER 6 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm banner +.Nd print large banner on printer +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl w Ar width +.Ar message ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +prints a large, high quality banner on the standard output. +If the message is omitted, it prompts for and +reads one line of its standard input. +If +.Fl w +is given, the output is scrunched down from a width of 132 to +.Ar width , +suitable for a narrow terminal. +.Pp +The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width, +with no breaks between the pages. +.Sh BUGS +Several ASCII characters are not defined, notably \*[Lt], \*[Gt], [, ], \\, +^, _, {, }, |, and ~. Also, the characters ", ', and \*[Am] are funny +looking (but in a useful way.) +.Pp +The +.Fl w +option is implemented by skipping some rows and columns. +The smaller it gets, the grainier the output. +Sometimes it runs letters together. +.Sh AUTHOR +.An Mark Horton |