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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/Attic/mandocdb.8,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -p -r1.9 -r1.12
--- mandoc/Attic/mandocdb.8	2011/11/29 11:17:47	1.9
+++ mandoc/Attic/mandocdb.8	2011/12/12 02:00:49	1.12
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: mandocdb.8,v 1.9 2011/11/29 11:17:47 kristaps Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mandocdb.8,v 1.12 2011/12/12 02:00:49 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
@@ -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: November 29 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 12 2011 $
 .Dt MANDOCDB 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Op Fl av
-.Op Ar dir ...
+.Op Fl C Ar file
 .Nm
+.Op Fl av
+.Ar dir ...
+.Nm
 .Op Fl v
 .Fl d Ar dir
 .Op Ar
@@ -69,10 +72,16 @@ uses the default paths stipulated by
 .Xr man 1 .
 .Pp
 The arguments are as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.Bl -tag -width "-C file"
 .It Fl a
 Use all directories and files found below
 .Ar dir ... .
+.It Fl C Ar file
+Specify an alternative configuration
+.Ar file
+in
+.Xr man.conf 5
+format.
 .It Fl d Ar dir
 Merge (remove and re-add)
 .Ar
@@ -86,9 +95,7 @@ from the database in
 .Ar dir
 without truncating it.
 .It Fl v
-Verbose operation.
-Use once to display all files added or removed and twice for keywords as
-well.
+Display all files added or removed to the index.
 .El
 .Pp
 If fatal parse errors are encountered while parsing, the offending file
@@ -139,11 +146,11 @@ The keyword database,
 is a
 .Xr btree 3
 database of NUL-terminated keywords (record length is non-zero string
-length plus one) mapping to a 8-byte binary field consisting of the
-keyword type and source
+length plus one) mapping to a 12-byte binary field consisting of the
+64-bit keyword type and 32-bit source
 .Sx Index Database
-record number.
-The type, a 64-bit bit-mask in host order, consists of the following
+record number, both in network-byte order.
+The type bit-mask consists of the following
 values mapping into
 .Xr mdoc 7
 macro identifiers:
@@ -210,6 +217,10 @@ keyword database mapping keywords to a type and file r
 A
 .Xr recno 3
 database of indexed file-names.
+.It Pa /etc/man.conf
+The default
+.Xr man 1
+configuration file.
 .El
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 The
@@ -230,10 +241,33 @@ Such errors cause
 to exit at once, possibly in the middle of parsing or formatting a file.
 The output databases are corrupt and should be removed .
 .El
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+If the following errors occur, the
+.Nm
+databases should be rebuilt.
+.Bl -diag
+.It "%s: Corrupt database"
+The keyword database file indicated by
+.Pa %s
+is unreadable.
+.It "%s: Corrupt index"
+The index database file indicated by
+.Pa %s
+is unreadable.
+.It "%s: Path too long"
+The file
+.Pa %s
+is too long.
+This usually indicates database corruption or invalid command-line
+arguments.
+.El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr apropos 1 ,
 .Xr man 1 ,
+.Xr whatis 1 ,
 .Xr btree 3 ,
-.Xr recno 3
+.Xr recno 3 ,
+.Xr man.conf 5
 .Sh AUTHORS
 The
 .Nm