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37 .Nd describe what a command is
46 looks up a given command and gives the header line from the manual page.
49 command to get more information.
51 The options are as follows:
56 configuration file than the default,
59 Override the list of standard directories
61 searches for its database named
67 separated list of directories.
68 This search path may also be set using the environment variable
71 Augment the list of standard directories
73 searches for its database named
79 separated list of directories.
80 These directories will be searched before the standard directories
81 or the directories supplied with the
85 environment variable are searched.
88 .Bl -tag -width MANPATH
90 The standard search path used by
92 may be overridden by specifying a path in the
97 .Bl -tag -compact -width /etc/man.conf1
99 name of the whatis databases
102 configuration file, used to get location of whatis databases if