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- NNAAMMEE
- man - Print entries in the user reference manual
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- mmaann [_o_p_t_i_o_n_s] [_s_e_c_t_i_o_n_N_u_m_b_e_r] _e_n_t_r_y_N_a_m_e _e_n_t_r_y_N_a_m_e ...
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- --aa Search all man directories. By default,
- directories marked "ALL" in the configure
- file will be skipped. In Sprite, the --aa flag
- will cause Software Warehouse directories to
- be searched.
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- --cc _c_o_n_f_i_g_F_i_l_e MMaann normally looks in the file
- //sspprriittee//lliibb//mmaann//ccoonnffiigg for information about
- where the man pages are. If the --cc switch is
- given, then mmaann uses _c_o_n_f_i_g_F_i_l_e instead.
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- --ii Generate index. Instead of printing manual
- entries, treat each _e_n_t_r_y_N_a_m_e as a file name.
- Read all the files, and output index informa-
- tion on standard output.
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- --hheellpp Print a summary of the command-line options
- and exit without printing any manual pages.
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- --kk Keyword search. Instead of printing manual
- entries, treat each _e_n_t_r_y_N_a_m_e argument as a
- keyword, search the manual indexes for infor-
- mation about the keywords, and print all the
- matching index entries.
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- --rr Normally, mmaann retains formatted versions of
- man pages for faster printing. It only
- reformats a man page if there is no formatted
- version or if the source is newer than the
- formatted version. This switch causes mmaann to
- reformat the man page even if the formatted
- copy appears to be up-to-date.
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- --ss _s_e_c_t_i_o_n_N_a_m_e Check only in section _s_e_c_t_i_o_n_N_a_m_e of the
- manual for the desired entries.
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- --tt Print the manual entries on the printer
- instead of on standard output.
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- -- MMaann normally filters the man pages through
- mmoorree --ss to break up the output and process
- underline and boldface requests. If the --
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- directly to standard output. The PPAAGGEERR
- environment variable can be set to the name
- of a program to use instead of mmoorree.
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- The mmaann program locates and prints one or more entries of
- the Sprite reference manual. The entries are given by the
- _e_n_t_r_y_N_a_m_e arguments; these are usually the names of pro-
- grams or library procedures. Normally, mmaann searches the
- entire manual and invokes mmoorree to print the first entry that
- matches each _e_n_t_r_y_N_a_m_e. The manual is divided into sec-
- tions, and it is possible for the same name to be used for
- entries in different sections. You may use the --ss switch to
- specify a particular section; in this case, mmaann will look
- only in the named section. Section names include both the
- traditional UNIX names (11, 22, etc.) and the Sprite names
- (ccmmddss, lliibb, lliibb//cc, ddeevv, etc.). You may specify a section
- name without the --ss switch if the section name starts with a
- number and is entered as the first _e_n_t_r_y_N_a_m_e.
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- The default configuration file causes the current directory
- to be searched for the desired manual entry before the sys-
- tem directories. If there is a file _e_n_t_r_y_N_a_m_e..mmaann in the
- current directory, then it will be printed in preference to
- any entries in the system area.
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- The --ii switch causes mmaann to generate an index instead of
- printing a manual page. Each _e_n_t_r_y_N_a_m_e argument is taken to
- be a file name. MMaann will read all the files and output
- index information for them on standard output. Normally,
- each directory containing installed unformatted manual
- entries also has a file named iinnddeexx containing index infor-
- mation for all the files in the directory. When printing
- manual entries, if mmaann cannot locate a file for a given
- _e_n_t_r_y_N_a_m_e, then it reads the iinnddeexx files to see if _e_n_t_r_y_N_a_m_e
- is an alternate name for some other manual entry (an alter-
- nate name is any name listed in the NNAAMMEE section of the
- entry).
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- The --kk switch causes mmaann to perform a keyword search instead
- of printing a manual page. Each _e_n_t_r_y_N_a_m_e argument is taken
- to be a keyword, and mmaann searches all the iinnddeexx files for
- entries that match the keywords. Each matching entry is
- printed on standard output in a human-readable form. A key-
- word matches an index entry if it is a substring of any of
- the entry's name, synopsis, or keyword fields.
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- /sprite/lib/man/config - default configuration file
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- help, index, keyword, manual, reference, section
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