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3.2 KiB
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108 lines
3.2 KiB
Groff
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.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Winning Strategies, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by Winning Strategies, Inc.
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.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
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.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $NetBSD: catman.8,v 1.12 2021/08/15 11:00:43 christos Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd August 15, 2021
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.Dt CATMAN 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm catman
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.Nd format cat pages from man pages
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl knpsw
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.Op Fl m Ar directory
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.Op Ar sections
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.Nm
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.Op Fl knpsw
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.Op Fl M Ar directory
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.Op Ar sections
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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creates formatted versions of the on-line manual pages from their
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.Xr nroff 1
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source.
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Manual pages whose formatted versions are missing or out of date are
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regenerated.
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If manual pages are regenerated,
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.Nm
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also regenerates the
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.Pa whatis
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database.
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.Pp
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The optional
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.Ar sections
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argument is one word, and contains the section numbers of all the
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sections to be checked. For example, if
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.Ar sections
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is ``13f8'', the
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manual pages in sections 1, 3f, and 8 will be checked and regenerated.
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If no
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.Ar sections
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argument is provided,
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.Nm
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will try to operate on all of the known manual sections.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl k
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Ignore errors from nroff when building manpages.
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.It Fl n
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Do not create the
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.Pa whatis
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database.
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.It Fl p
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Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not actually
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execute them.
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.It Fl s
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Perform work silently; do not echo commands as they are executed. This
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flag is ignored if
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.Fl p
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is specified.
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.It Fl w
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Only create the
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.Pa whatis
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database.
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.It Fl m Ar directory
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Add
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.Ar directory
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to the set of directories to be updated.
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.It Fl M Ar directory
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Update manual pages in
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.Ar directory .
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr apropos 1 ,
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.Xr man 1 ,
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.Xr whatis 1
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.Sh BUGS
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Currently does not handle hard links.
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Acts oddly on nights with full moons.
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