.\"- .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Gordon Tetlow .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .Dd September 1, 2010 .Dt MANPATH 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm manpath .Nd display search path for manual pages .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl Ldq .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility determines the user's manual search path from the user's .Ev PATH , and local configuration files. This result is echoed to the standard output. .Bl -tag -width ".Fl d" .It Fl L Output manual locales list instead of the manual path. .It Fl d Print extra debugging information. .It Fl q Suppresses warning messages. .El .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES The .Nm utility constructs the manual path from two sources: .Bl -enum -compact .It From each component of the user's .Ev PATH for the first of: .Bl -dash -compact .It .Pa pathname/man .It .Pa pathname/MAN .It If pathname ends with /bin: .Pa pathname/../man .El Note: Special logic exists to make .Pa /bin and .Pa /usr/bin look in .Pa /usr/share/man for manual files. .It The configuration files listed in the .Sx FILES section for .Va MANPATH entries. .El The information from these locations is then concatenated together. .Pp If the .Fl L flag is set, the .Nm utility will search the configuration files listed in the .Sx FILES section for .Va MANLOCALE entries. .Sh ENVIRONMENT The following environment variables affect the execution of .Nm : .Bl -tag -width ".Ev MANLOCALES" .It Ev MANLOCALES If set with the .Fl L flag, causes the utility to display a warning and the value, overriding any other configuration found on the system. .It Ev MANPATH If set, causes the utility to display a warning and the value, overriding any other configuration found on the system. .It Ev PATH Influences the manual path as described in the .Sx IMPLEMENTATION NOTES . .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width indent -compact .It Pa /etc/man.conf System configuration file. .It Pa /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf Local configuration files. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr apropos 1 , .Xr man 1 , .Xr whatis 1 , .Xr man.conf 5