wok-next annotate man-db/description.txt @ rev 20143
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author | Pascal Bellard <pascal.bellard@slitaz.org> |
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date | Wed Nov 01 11:18:25 2017 +0100 (2017-11-01) |
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al@19582 | 1 `man-db` is an implementation of the standard Unix documentation system |
al@19582 | 2 accessed using the `man` command. It uses a Berkeley DB database in place of |
al@19582 | 3 the traditional flat-text whatis databases. `man-db` is used by several |
al@19582 | 4 popular GNU/Linux distributions. |
al@19582 | 5 |
al@19582 | 6 Package contents: |
al@19582 | 7 |
al@19582 | 8 * `accessdb` - Dumps the `whatis` database contents in human-readable form |
al@19582 | 9 * `apropos` - Searches the `whatis` database and displays the short |
al@19582 | 10 descriptions of system commands that contain a given string |
al@19582 | 11 * `catman` - Creates or updates the pre-formatted manual pages |
al@19582 | 12 * `lexgrog` - Displays one-line summary information about a given manual |
al@19582 | 13 page |
al@19582 | 14 * `man` - Formats and displays the requested manual page |
al@19582 | 15 * `mandb` - Creates or updates the `whatis` database |
al@19582 | 16 * `manpath` - Displays the contents of $MANPATH or (if $MANPATH is not set) |
al@19582 | 17 a suitable search path based on the settings in man.conf and the user's |
al@19582 | 18 environment |
al@19582 | 19 * `whatis` - Searches the whatis database and displays the short |
al@19582 | 20 descriptions of system commands that contain the given keyword as a |
al@19582 | 21 separate word |
al@19582 | 22 * `libman` - Contains run-time support for man |
al@19582 | 23 * `libmandb` - Contains run-time support for man |