11/3/71 ROFF (I)
NAME roff -- format text
SYNOPSIS roff [ +number ] [ -number ] name ...
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DESCRIPTION roff formats text according to control lines em-
bedded in the text. The optional argument "+num-
ber" causes printing to begin at the first page
with the appropriate number; "-number" causes
printing to cease at the first page with a higher
number.
roff is fully described in a separate publication
[reference].
FILES /etc/suftab contains a list of suffixes used to
guide hyphenation. /tmp/rtma, rtmb, ... tempo-
rary. /dev/ttyn to suspend messages.
SEE ALSO [reference], mesg
DIAGNOSTICS none -- files not found are ignored
BUGS roff does not check for various kinds of buffer
overflow. If a fault occurs, check the input in
the region where the error occured
OWNER jfo, dmr, ken