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diff --git a/doc/man/cervisia/cvsaskpass.1 b/doc/man/cervisia/cvsaskpass.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d4b7e5df --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/cervisia/cvsaskpass.1 @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- +.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps +.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection +.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) +.TH CVSASKPASS 1 "March 19, 2005" +.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. +.\" +.\" Some roff macros, for reference: +.\" .nh disable hyphenation +.\" .hy enable hyphenation +.\" .ad l left justify +.\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins +.\" .nf disable filling +.\" .fi enable filling +.\" .br insert line break +.\" .sp <n> insert n+1 empty lines +.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7) +.SH NAME +cvsaskpass \- prompt for a password for the CVS DCOP service +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B cvsaskpass +.RI "[ " generic-options " ]" +.I prompt +.SH DESCRIPTION +This utility displays a dialog box prompting the user for the password to +a CVS repository, then writes the password to standard output and exits. +You should not need to run this program directly \- it is designed for +the internal use of +.BR cvsservice (1). +.PP +The prompt should be of the following form: +.RS +.PP +\fIuser\fP@\fIhost\fP's password: +.RE +.PP +This will allow the dialog box to display the details of the CVS +repository to the user. +.PP +This utility is part of the CVS service provided with Cervisia, which in +turn is part of the TDE Software Development Kit. +.SH OPTIONS +For a full summary of options, run \fIcvsaskpass \-\-help\fP. +.SH RETURN VALUE +If a password was succefully obtained, 0 is returned. If no prompt was +supplied on the command-line or if the dialog was cancelled, 1 is returned. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR cervisia (1), +.BR cvsservice (1), +.BR dcop (1). +.PP +Details of how to use the CVS service from within another script or C++ +program can be found in \fI/usr/share/doc/libcvsservice0/DESIGN\fP. +.SH AUTHOR +The CVS service was written by Christian Loose <christian.loose@kdemail.net>. +.br +Cervisia was written by Bernd Gehrmann <bernd@physik.hu-berlin.de>, +Christian Loose <christian.loose@kdemail.net>, +Andre Woebbeking <woebbeking@web.de>, +Carlos Woelz <carloswoelz@imap-mail.com> and others. +.br +This manual page was prepared by Ben Burton <bab@debian.org> +for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). |