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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man1/athrd.1 b/static/freebsd/man1/athrd.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..34672736 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man1/athrd.1 @@ -0,0 +1,168 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2009 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting +.\" All rights reserved. +.\"" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer, +.\" without modification. +.\" 2. 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