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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath/manpath.man')
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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath/manpath.man b/gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath/manpath.man index 3a80dbc..c27c074 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath/manpath.man +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath/manpath.man @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ .\" .\" You may distribute under the terms of the GNU General Public .\" License as specified in the README file that comes with the man 1.0 -.\" distribution. +.\" distribution. .\" .\" John W. Eaton .\" jwe@che.utexas.edu @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ .\" The University of Texas at Austin .\" Austin, Texas 78712 .\" -.Dd Jan 5, 1991 +.\" $Id$ +.Dd Aug 16, 1999 .Dt MANPATH 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -22,27 +23,34 @@ .Nm .Op Fl q .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm manpath +.Nm Manpath tries to determine the user's manpath from a set of system defaults and the user's .Ev PATH , -echoing the result to the standard output. Warnings and errors are -written to the standard error. -If a directory in the user's path is not listed in the manpath.config -file, manpath looks for the subdirectories man or MAN. If they exist, -they are added to the search path. -.Pp +echoing the result to the standard output. +Warnings and errors are written to the standard error. +If a directory in the user's path is not listed in the +.Pa %manpath_config_file% +file, .Nm +looks for the subdirectories +.Pa man +or +.Pa MAN . +If they exist, they are added to the search path. +.Pp +.Nm Manpath is used by -.Nm man -to determine the search path, so user's normally don't need to set the +.Xr man 1 +to determine the search path, so users normally don't need to set the .Ev MANPATH environment variable directly. .Pp The options are as follows: -.Bl -tag -width Ds +.Bl -tag -width Fl .It Fl q -Operate quietly. Only echo the final manpath. +Operate quietly. +Only echo the final manpath. .El .Sh ENVIRONMENT .Bl -tag -width MANPATH -compact @@ -50,7 +58,7 @@ Operate quietly. Only echo the final manpath. If .Ev MANPATH is set, -.Nm manpath +.Nm echoes its value on the standard output and issues a warning on the standard error. .El |
