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Diffstat (limited to 'apropos.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | apropos.1 | 30 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 19 deletions
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ for each file in each database. Its arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl m Ar manpath -A colon-separated list of paths containing +Append the colon-separated paths to the default list of paths searched +for .Xr mandocdb 8 databases. -Paths may be relative or absolute. +Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. .It Fl S Ar arch Search only for a particular architecture. .It Fl s Ar cat @@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ is evaluated case-insensitively. .Pp By default, .Nm -searches for +searches for a .Xr mandocdb 8 database in the current working directory and parses terms as case-sensitive regular expressions @@ -143,12 +144,13 @@ Resulting manuals may be accessed as If an architecture is specified in the output, use .Pp .Dl $ man \-s sec \-S arch title -.\" .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES -.\" Not used in OpenBSD. -.\" .Sh RETURN VALUES -.\" For sections 2, 3, & 9 only. -.\" .Sh ENVIRONMENT -.\" For sections 1, 6, 7, & 8 only. +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Ev MANPATH +Comma-separated paths overriding the default list of paths searched for +manual databases. +Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. +.El .\" .Sh FILES .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std @@ -182,23 +184,13 @@ Search for all manuals referencing in any letter case: .Pp .Dl $ apropos \-\- \-i posix -.\" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS -.\" For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, & 8 only. -.\" .Sh ERRORS -.\" For sections 2, 3, & 9 only. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr man 1 , .Xr mandoc 1 , .Xr re_format 7 -.\" .Sh STANDARDS -.\" .Sh HISTORY .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm utility was written by .An Kristaps Dzonsons , .Mt kristaps@bsd.lv . -.\" .Sh CAVEATS -.\" .Sh BUGS -.\" .Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS -.\" Not used in OpenBSD. |