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.Sh SYNOPSIS |
.Sh SYNOPSIS |
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.Op Fl C Ar file |
.Op Fl C Ar file |
.Op Fl M Ar manpath |
.Op Fl M Ar path |
.Op Fl m Ar manpath |
.Op Fl m Ar path |
.Op Fl S Ar arch |
.Op Fl S Ar arch |
.Op Fl s Ar section |
.Op Fl s Ar section |
.Ar name ... |
.Ar name ... |
Line 41 You can then use the |
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Line 41 You can then use the |
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.Xr man 1 |
.Xr man 1 |
command to get more information. |
command to get more information. |
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.Pp |
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By default, |
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searches for |
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.Xr mandocdb 8 |
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databases in the default paths stipulated by |
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.Xr man 1 . |
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.Pp |
The options are as follows: |
The options are as follows: |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
.It Fl C Ar file |
.It Fl C Ar file |
Line 49 Specify an alternative configuration |
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Line 56 Specify an alternative configuration |
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in |
in |
.Xr man.conf 5 |
.Xr man.conf 5 |
format. |
format. |
.It Fl M Ar manpath |
.It Fl M Ar path |
Use the colon-separated |
Use the colon-separated |
.Ar manpath |
.Ar path |
instead of the default list of paths searched for |
instead of the default list of paths searched for |
.Xr mandocdb 8 |
.Xr mandocdb 8 |
databases. |
databases. |
Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. |
Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. |
.It Fl m Ar manpath |
.It Fl m Ar path |
Prepend the colon-separated |
Prepend the colon-separated |
.Ar manpath |
.Ar path |
to the list of paths searched for |
to the list of paths searched for |
.Xr mandocdb 8 |
.Xr mandocdb 8 |
databases. |
databases. |
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for a listing of manual sections. |
for a listing of manual sections. |
.El |
.El |
.Pp |
.Pp |
By default, |
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.Nm |
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searches for |
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.Xr mandocdb 8 |
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databases in the default paths stipulated by |
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.Xr man 1 . |
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Results are sorted by manual title, with output formatted as |
Results are sorted by manual title, with output formatted as |
.Pp |
.Pp |
.D1 title(sec) \- description |
.D1 title(sec) \- description |
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT |
.Sh ENVIRONMENT |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
.It Ev MANPATH |
.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. |
manual databases. |
Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. |
Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. |
Overridden by |
Overridden by |
.Fl M . |
.Fl M . |
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If |
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.Ev MANPATH |
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begins with a |
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.Sq \&: , |
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it is appended to the default list; |
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else if it ends with |
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.Sq \&: , |
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it is prepended to the default list; else if it contains |
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.Sq \&:: , |
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the default list is inserted between the colons. |
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If none of these conditions are met, it overrides the default list. |
.El |
.El |
.Sh FILES |
.Sh FILES |
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/man.conf" -compact |
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/man.conf" -compact |
Line 156 wrote the original |
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Line 168 wrote the original |
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in 1979. |
in 1979. |
The current version was written by |
The current version was written by |
.An Kristaps Dzonsons , |
.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv . |
.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv . |
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