-.TH AFILE 1 "26 Feb 1998"
+.TH afile 1 26\ Feb\ 1998 "Netatalk 2.0-alpha1"
.SH NAME
-afile \- display type and creator of Apple Macintosh files (netatalk format)
+afile \- display type and creator of Apple Macintosh files (netatalk format)
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B afile
-[
-.B -a
-]
-.I file ...
-
+\fBafile\fR [\-a] \fBfile\fR \&...
+.sp 1
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B afile
-displays the name and Macintosh type and creator of the
-.I file
-arguments. Tests whether the file is an AppleDouble header,
-in which case it checks the corresponding data fork exists, or assumes
-it is a data fork in which case it looks for the corresponding AppleDouble
-to find the type/creator information.
-
-.LP
-.B afile
-does not look at any of the extension mapping files such
-as AppleVolumes.system.
-
+afile displays the name and Macintosh type and
+creator of the \fIfile\fR arguments. Tests
+whether the file is an AppleDouble header, in which case it checks the
+corresponding data fork exists, or assumes it is a data fork in which case
+it looks for the corresponding AppleDouble to find the type/creator
+information.
+.PP
+afile does not look at any of the extension
+mapping files such as AppleVolumes.system.
.SH OPTIONS
-.TP
-.B -a
-Include directories and data files of unknown type (i.e. without
-corresponding AppleDouble) in output.
-
+.TP
+\fB\-a\fR
+Include directories and data files of unknown type (i.e.
+without corresponding AppleDouble) in output.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
-returns exit status 0 if all files have a corresponding valid .AppleDouble header or data fork, or 99 for bad command line options. Otherwise it returns the following error code relating to the last invalid file.
-.br
+returns exit status 0 if all files have a corresponding valid
+\&.AppleDouble header or data fork, or 99 for bad command line options.
+Otherwise it returns the following error code relating to the last invalid
+file.
+.PP
+1 file doesn't exist
+.PP
+2 file is unreadable
+.PP
+3 file is directory
+.PP
+4 file is AppleDouble without data fork
+.PP
+5 file is AppleDouble with unreadable data fork
+.PP
+6 file is data fork without AppleDouble
+.PP
+7 file is data fork with unreadable AppleDouble
+.PP
+8 file is data fork with short AppleDouble
+.PP
+9 bad magic in AppleDouble
+.SH SEE\ ALSO
+\fBachfile\fR(1),
+\fBafpd\fR(1)
-1 file doesn't exist
-.br
-2 file is unreadable
-.br
-3 file is directory
-.br
-4 file is AppleDouble without data fork
-.br
-5 file is AppleDouble with unreadable data fork
-.br
-6 file is data fork without AppleDouble
-.br
-7 file is data fork with unreadable AppleDouble
-.br
-8 file is data fork with short AppleDouble
-.br
-9 bad magic in AppleDouble
-
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR achfile (1),
-.BR afpd (1)