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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.man')
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.man b/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.man index 19cbd07..0e741e1 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.man +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.man @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl adfhkotw -.Op Fl m Ar system +.Op Fl m Ar machine .Op Fl p Ar string .Op Fl M Ar path .Op Fl P Ar pager @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Specify which pager to use. By default, .Nm uses -.Nm %pager% , +.Nm %pager% . This option overrides the .Ev PAGER environment variable. @@ -97,9 +97,20 @@ Print a one line help message and exit. .It Fl k Equivalent to .Nm apropos . -.It Fl m Ar system -Specify an alternate set of man pages to search based on the system -name given. +.It Fl m Ar machine +As some manual pages are intended only for specific architectures, +.Nm +searches any subdirectories, +with the same name as the current architecture, +in every directory which it searches. +Machine specific areas are checked before general areas. +The current machine type may be overridden using this option +or by setting the environment variable +.Ev MACHINE +to the name of a specific architecture. +This option overrides the +.Ev MACHINE +environment variable. .It Fl o Look for original, non-localized manpages only. .Pp @@ -185,16 +196,10 @@ These variables specify the preferred language for manual pages. .Fl o option above.) .It Ev MACHINE -As some manual pages are intended only for specific architectures, -.Nm -searches any subdirectories, -with the same name as the current architecture, -in every directory which it searches. -Machine specific areas are checked before general areas. -The current machine type may be overridden by setting the environment -variable +If .Ev MACHINE -to the name of a specific architecture. +is set, its value is used to override the current machine type +when searching machine specific subdirectories. .It Ev MANPATH If .Ev MANPATH |