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.Os Linux
.Sh NAME
.Nm gosher
-.Nd a Gopher server in a shell script
+.Nd a Gopher server in a shell script
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm gosher
.Op Ar GOPHERDIR Op Ar HOSTNAME Op Ar PORT
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Pp
-.Ic gosher
+.Nm
is a server for the Gopher protocol (RFC 1436) in a POSIX shell
script.
-
.Pp
Gopher is a textual protocol for information exchange over the Internet,
-that provides a unified hierarchical menu-based interface. The Gopher
-protocol has assigned port 70 by IANA.
-
+that provides a unified hierarchical menu-based interface.
+The Gopher protocol has assigned port 70 by IANA.
.Pp
-.Ic gosher
+.Nm
uses
-.Em netcat(1)
-to listen for incoming connections on the specified
+.Xr nc 1
+to listen for incoming connections on the specified
.Ar HOSTNAME
-(defaults to 'localhost' if not specified) and
+(defaults to 'localhost' if not specified) and
.Ar PORT
-(defaults to 70 if
+(defaults to 70 if
.Ar PORT
is not specified) and makes available all the files under the folder
.Ar GOPHERDIR
-(defaults to the current directory if not specified).
-
-
-
-.\" This next request is for sections 1, 6, 7 & 8 only
-.\".Sh ENVIRONMENT
-
-
-.\".Sh EXAMPLES
-.\" This next request is for sections 1, 6, 7 & 8 only
-.\" (command return values (to shell) and
-.\" fprintf/stderr type diagnostics)
-
-.\" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+(defaults to the current directory if not specified).
.Sh SEE ALSO
-lynx(1), gopher(1), sacc(1), clic(1)
-.\" .Sh CONFORMING TO
-.\" .Sh HISTORY
+.Xr clic 1 ,
+.Xr gopher 1 ,
+.Xr lynx 1 ,
+.Xr sacc 1 ,
.Sh AUTHORS
-.Ic gosher
+.Nm
is Free Software, distributed under the terms of the GNU
General Public License (GPL), version 3 of the License.
.Pp
-.Ic gosher
+.Nm
is copyleft (c) 2018 by
-.An Vincenzo (KatolaZ) Nicosia <katolaz@freaknet.org>
-
+.An Vincenzo (KatolaZ) Nicosia Aq Mt katolaz@freaknet.org
.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
It is recommended to run
-.Ic gosher
-under chroot(8).
+.Nm
+under
+.Xr chroot 8 .