=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/catman.8,v retrieving revision 1.3 retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -p -r1.3 -r1.5 --- mandoc/catman.8 2011/12/18 18:51:01 1.3 +++ mandoc/catman.8 2011/12/25 19:35:44 1.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: catman.8,v 1.3 2011/12/18 18:51:01 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: catman.8,v 1.5 2011/12/25 19:35:44 kristaps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" @@ -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 18 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 25 2011 $ .Dt CATMAN 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ The .Nm utility updates cached manpages for a jailed .Xr man.cgi 7 . +.Pp +By default, +.Nm +searches for +.Xr mandocdb 8 +databases in the default paths stipulated by +.Xr man 1 +and updates the cache in +.Pa /var/www/cache/man.cgi . +.Pp Its arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl f @@ -61,30 +71,31 @@ Update into the directory tree under .Ar path . .El .Pp -By default, -.Nm -searches for +Cache updates occur when a .Xr mandocdb 8 -databases in the default paths stipulated by -.Xr man 1 -and updates the cache in -.Pa /var/www/cache/man.cgi . -.Pp -An update occurs when a -.Xr mandocdb 8 -database is older than the cached copy. -Cached manual pages are only updated if older than the master copy. -If +database is older than the cached copy unless .Fl f -is specified, all files are updated. +is specified, in which case files are always considered out of date. +Cached manual pages are only updated if older than the master copy. .Sh ENVIRONMENT .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Ev MANPATH -Colon-separated paths overriding the default list of paths searched for +Colon-separated paths modifying the default list of paths searched for manual databases. Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. Overridden by .Fl M . +If +.Ev MANPATH +begins with a +.Sq \&: , +it is appended to the default list; +else if it ends with +.Sq \&: , +it is prepended to the default list; else if it contains +.Sq \&:: , +the default list is inserted between the colons. +If none of these conditions are met, it overrides the default list. .El .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std