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1 | .TH CATMAN 8 "4 February 1983" |
2 | .UC 4 | |
3 | .SH NAME | |
4 | catman \- create the cat files for the manual | |
5 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
6 | .B /etc/catman | |
7 | [ | |
8 | .B \-p | |
9 | ] [ | |
10 | .B \-n | |
11 | ] [ | |
12 | .B \-w | |
13 | ] | |
14 | [ sections ] | |
15 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
16 | .I Catman | |
17 | creates the preformatted versions of the on-line manual from the nroff | |
18 | input files. | |
19 | Each manual page is examined and those whose preformatted versions are | |
20 | missing or out of date are recreated. | |
21 | If any changes are made, | |
22 | .I catman | |
23 | will recreate the | |
24 | .B /usr/lib/whatis | |
25 | database. | |
26 | .PP | |
27 | If there is one parameter not starting with a `\-', | |
28 | it is take to be a list of manual sections to look in. | |
29 | For example | |
30 | .IP | |
31 | .B catman 123 | |
32 | .LP | |
33 | will cause the updating to only happen to manual sections | |
34 | 1, 2, and 3. | |
35 | .PP | |
36 | Options: | |
37 | .TP | |
38 | .B \-n | |
39 | prevents creations of | |
40 | .BR /usr/lib/whatis . | |
41 | .TP | |
42 | .B \-p | |
43 | prints what would be done instead of doing it. | |
44 | .TP | |
45 | .B \-w | |
46 | causes only the | |
47 | .B /usr/lib/whatis | |
48 | database to be created. | |
49 | No manual reformatting is done. | |
50 | .SH FILES | |
51 | .ta 2i | |
52 | /usr/man/man?/*.* raw (nroff input) manual sections | |
53 | .br | |
54 | /usr/man/cat?/*.* preformatted manual pages | |
55 | .br | |
56 | /usr/lib/makewhatis commands to make whatis database | |
57 | .DT | |
58 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
59 | man(1) | |
60 | .SH BUGS | |
61 | Acts oddly on nights with full moons. |