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diff --git a/catman.8 b/catman.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f5246f9a6ced --- /dev/null +++ b/catman.8 @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +.\" $Id: catman.8,v 1.5 2011/12/25 19:35:44 kristaps Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 25 2011 $ +.Dt CATMAN 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm catman +.Nd update a man.cgi manpage cache +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm catman +.Op Fl fv +.Op Fl C Ar file +.Op Fl M Ar manpath +.Op Fl m Ar manpath +.Op Fl o Ar path +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility updates cached manpages for a jailed +.Xr man.cgi 7 . +.Pp +By default, +.Nm +searches for +.Xr mandocdb 8 +databases in the default paths stipulated by +.Xr man 1 +and updates the cache in +.Pa /var/www/cache/man.cgi . +.Pp +Its arguments are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl f +Force an update to all files. +.It Fl v +Print each file being updated. +.It Fl C Ar file +Specify an alternative configuration +.Ar file +in +.Xr man.conf 5 +format. +.It Fl M Ar manpath +Use the colon-separated path instead of the default list of paths +searched for +.Xr mandocdb 8 +databases. +Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. +.It Fl m Ar manpath +Prepend the colon-separated paths to the list of paths searched +for +.Xr mandocdb 8 +databases. +Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. +.It Fl o Ar path +Update into the directory tree under +.Ar path . +.El +.Pp +Cache updates occur when a +.Xr mandocdb 8 +database is older than the cached copy unless +.Fl f +is specified, in which case files are always considered out of date. +Cached manual pages are only updated if older than the master copy. +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Ev MANPATH +Colon-separated paths modifying the default list of paths searched for +manual databases. +Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. +Overridden by +.Fl M . +If +.Ev MANPATH +begins with a +.Sq \&: , +it is appended to the default list; +else if it ends with +.Sq \&: , +it is prepended to the default list; else if it contains +.Sq \&:: , +the default list is inserted between the colons. +If none of these conditions are met, it overrides the default list. +.El +.Sh EXIT STATUS +.Ex -std +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mandoc 1 , +.Xr man.cgi 7 , +.Xr mandocdb 8 +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +utility was written by +.An Kristaps Dzonsons , +.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv . |