Re: watch file syntax

[Ari Pollak <compwiz@aripollak.com>]

My uscan man page only uses one backslash..

On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 03:01:32PM -0800, Ian Duggan wrote:
> 
> When specifying the regexp to be used in a watch file, are backslashes
> supposed to be escaped? The New Maintainer's Guide says one thing, but
> the man page for uscan says another. Which is preferred/correct?
> 
> Where do I ask to get the incorrect version updated?
> 
> 
> man uscan:
> ----------
> 
> # Site               Directory   Pattern              Version Script
> tsx-11.mit.edu       /.../dosemu dosemu-(.*)\\.tgz    debian  uupdate
> ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk  /.../cweb   cweb-(.*)\\.tar\\.gz 3.4c
> http://www.cpan.org  /.../Text/  Text-CSV_XS-(.*)\\.tar\\.gz debian
> 
> 
> new maintainer's guide:
> -----------------------
> # watch control file for uscan
> # Site           Directory       Pattern                 Version Script
> ftp.obsession.se /gentoo         gentoo-(.*)\.tar\.gz    debian  uupdate
> 
> 
> -- Ian
> 

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