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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2011-12-12 02:00:49 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2011-12-12 02:00:49 +0000
commitc42838fef393e5adf1aa518e01ad6d6a81fdacac (patch)
tree4159f03b7d7c3896b82b9ac86577327883c89771 /apropos.1
parent21233e404785a217f2bc0d3060f79f76911b9e1e (diff)
downloadmandoc-c42838fef393e5adf1aa518e01ad6d6a81fdacac.tar.gz
implement -C (alternative config file) for apropos(1) and mandocdb(8),
including various tweaks to the whatis(8) manual; ok kristaps@
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@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@
.Nd search manual page databases
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
+.Op Fl C Ar file
.Op Fl M Ar manpath
.Op Fl m Ar manpath
.Op Fl S Ar arch
.Op Fl s Ar section
-.Ar expression...
+.Ar expression ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
@@ -37,6 +38,12 @@ evaluating on
for each file in each database.
Its arguments are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl C Ar file
+Specify an alternative configuration
+.Ar file
+in
+.Xr man.conf 5
+format.
.It Fl M Ar manpath
Use the colon-separated path instead of the default list of paths
searched for
@@ -238,6 +245,21 @@ Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.
Overridden by
.Fl M .
.El
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width "/etc/man.conf" -compact
+.It Pa mandoc.db
+name of the
+.Xr mandocdb 8
+keyword database
+.It Pa mandoc.index
+name of the
+.Xr mandocdb 8
+filename database
+.It Pa /etc/man.conf
+default
+.Xr man 1
+configuration file
+.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
.Sh EXAMPLES