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author | Aleksej Bobylev <al.bobylev@gmail.com> |
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date | Fri Apr 27 16:32:16 2018 +0300 (2018-04-27) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/man-db/description.txt Fri Apr 27 16:32:16 2018 +0300 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ 1.4 +`man-db` is an implementation of the standard Unix documentation system 1.5 +accessed using the `man` command. It uses a Berkeley DB database in place of 1.6 +the traditional flat-text whatis databases. `man-db` is used by several 1.7 +popular GNU/Linux distributions. 1.8 + 1.9 +Package contents: 1.10 + 1.11 + * `accessdb` - Dumps the `whatis` database contents in human-readable form 1.12 + * `apropos` - Searches the `whatis` database and displays the short 1.13 + descriptions of system commands that contain a given string 1.14 + * `catman` - Creates or updates the pre-formatted manual pages 1.15 + * `lexgrog` - Displays one-line summary information about a given manual 1.16 + page 1.17 + * `man` - Formats and displays the requested manual page 1.18 + * `mandb` - Creates or updates the `whatis` database 1.19 + * `manpath` - Displays the contents of $MANPATH or (if $MANPATH is not set) 1.20 + a suitable search path based on the settings in man.conf and the user's 1.21 + environment 1.22 + * `whatis` - Searches the whatis database and displays the short 1.23 + descriptions of system commands that contain the given keyword as a 1.24 + separate word 1.25 + * `libman` - Contains run-time support for man 1.26 + * `libmandb` - Contains run-time support for man