=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/pta/pta.1,v retrieving revision 1.7 retrieving revision 1.8 diff -u -p -r1.7 -r1.8 --- pta/pta.1 2021/12/06 15:21:02 1.7 +++ pta/pta.1 2025/01/16 18:23:05 1.8 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -.\" $Id: pta.1,v 1.7 2021/12/06 15:21:02 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: pta.1,v 1.8 2025/01/16 18:23:05 schwarze Exp $ .\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2020 Ingo Schwarze +.\" Copyright (c) 2020, 2025 Ingo Schwarze .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: December 6 2021 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 16 2025 $ .Dt PTA 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -25,11 +25,18 @@ .Op Fl abcnps .Op Fl D Oo Ar start : Oc Ns Op Ar end .Op Fl L Cm de +.Op Ar journal .Sh DESCRIPTION -The Plain Text Accounting program reads bookkeeping journals that -users are expected to create and maintain with arbitrary text editors -and writes account lists, balances, and cost center assessments +The Plain Text Accounting program reads the bookkeeping +.Ar journal , +or the file +.Pa journal.txt +in the current directory by default. +The user is expected to create and maintain the journal file +with an arbitrary text editor. +The program writes account lists, balances, and cost center assessments to standard output. +.Pp All input files are .Xr ascii 7 text files, using strings of one or more space characters