From 7d68ace3cca3a7902ea2a8caec2c66c54c550d0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Donn Seeley Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1986 01:40:37 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Documented the new 'manpath' feature. Standardized quotation marks... SCCS-vsn: old/catman/catman.8 6.4 --- usr/src/old/catman/catman.8 | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr/src/old/catman/catman.8 b/usr/src/old/catman/catman.8 index 2a39c61c3e..d50ea6f5b6 100644 --- a/usr/src/old/catman/catman.8 +++ b/usr/src/old/catman/catman.8 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. .\" -.\" @(#)catman.8 6.3 (Berkeley) %G% +.\" @(#)catman.8 6.4 (Berkeley) %G% .\" .TH CATMAN 8 "" .UC 4 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ catman \- create the cat files for the manual .B \-w ] [ .B \-M -.I directory +.I path ] [ sections ] .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -59,11 +59,16 @@ database to be created. 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 (/usr/man by default). +.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. .PP -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 -- 2.20.1