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22 .Nd index UNIX manuals
43 utility extracts keywords from
45 manuals and indexes them in a database for fast retrieval by
53 creates a database in each
57 .Sy man Ar section Li /
63 .Sy cat Ar section Li /
68 Existing databases are replaced.
73 uses the default paths stipulated by
78 The arguments are as follows:
79 .Bl -tag -width "-C file"
81 Use all directories and files found below
84 Specify an alternative configuration
90 Merge (remove and re-add)
95 Do not create or modify any database;
100 for potential problems.
106 All diagnostic messages are printed to the standard output;
107 the standard error output is not used.
114 Display all files added or removed to the index.
116 Print warnings about potential problems with manual pages
117 to the standard error output.
120 If fatal parse errors are encountered while parsing, the offending file
121 is printed to stderr, omitted from the index, and the parse continues
122 with the next input file.
126 A database of manpages relative to the directory of the file.
127 This file is portable across architectures and systems, so long as the
128 manpage hierarchy it indexes does not change.
130 A temporary database used during scanning and parsing.
142 utility first appeared in
153 argument first appeared in
171 started the Perl version in 2000,
172 and the current version of
175 .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv
177 .An Ingo Schwarze Aq Mt schwarze@openbsd.org .