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.TH CATMAN 8 ""
.UC 4
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.TH CATMAN 8 ""
.UC 4
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.SH DESCRIPTION
No manual reformatting is done.
.TP
.B \-M
No manual reformatting is done.
.TP
.B \-M
-update manual pages located in the specified
-.I directory
+updates manual pages located in the set of directories specified by
+.I path
+.I Path
+has the form of a colon (`:') separated list of directory names,
+for example `/usr/local/man:/usr/man'.
+If the environment variable `MANPATH' is set,
+its value is used for the default path.
-If the nroff source file contains only a line of the form ".so manx/yyy.x",
+If the nroff source file contains only a line of the form `.so manx/yyy.x',
a link is made in the catx directory to the appropriate preformatted manual
page.
This feature allows easy distribution of the preformatted manual pages
a link is made in the catx directory to the appropriate preformatted manual
page.
This feature allows easy distribution of the preformatted manual pages