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Diffstat (limited to 'apropos.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | apropos.1 | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ .Nd search manual page databases .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm +.Op Fl M Ar manpath .Op Fl m Ar manpath .Op Fl S Ar arch .Op Fl s Ar section @@ -36,8 +37,14 @@ evaluating on for each file in each database. Its arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl M Ar manpath +Use the colon-separated path instead of the default list of paths +searched for +.Xr mandocdb 8 +databases. +Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. .It Fl m Ar manpath -Append the colon-separated paths to the default list of paths searched +Append the colon-separated paths to the list of paths searched for .Xr mandocdb 8 databases. @@ -112,9 +119,10 @@ is evaluated case-insensitively. .Pp By default, .Nm -searches for a +searches for .Xr mandocdb 8 -database in the current working directory and +databases in the default paths stipulated by +.Xr man 1 , parses terms as case-sensitive regular expressions .Pq the Li \&~ operator over manual names and descriptions @@ -150,6 +158,8 @@ If an architecture is specified in the output, use Comma-separated paths overriding the default list of paths searched for manual databases. Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. +Takes precedence over +.Fl M . .El .\" .Sh FILES .Sh EXIT STATUS |