corrected documentation for "write" command

SCCS-vsn: usr.bin/mail/mail.1 6.2

diff --git a/usr/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
index c7acfa1..94d344f 100644 (file)
--- a/usr/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
+++ b/usr/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
 .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
 .\"
 .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
 .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
 .\"

-.\"    @(#)mail.1      6.1 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\"    @(#)mail.1      6.2 (Berkeley) %G%

 .\"
 .TH MAIL 1 ""
 .UC 4
 .\"
 .TH MAIL 1 ""
 .UC 4


@@ -533,8 +533,13 @@ the inverse of
 (\fBv\fR) Takes a message list and invokes the display editor on each message.
 .TP
 .B write
 (\fBv\fR) Takes a message list and invokes the display editor on each message.
 .TP
 .B write

-(\fBw\fR) A synonym for
-.BR save .
+(\fBw\fR) Similar to
+.BR save ,
+except that
+.I only
+the message body (\fIwithout\fP the header) is saved.
+Extremely useful for such tasks as sending and receiving source
+program text over the message system.

 .TP
 .B xit
 (\fBx\fR) A synonym for
 .TP
 .B xit
 (\fBx\fR) A synonym for