Reference

accessdb(8)

dumps the content of a man-db database in a human readable format

NAME

accessdb - dumps the content of a man-db database in a human readable format

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/accessdb [-d?V] [<index-file>]

DESCRIPTION

accessdb will output the data contained within a man-db database in a human readable form. By default, it will dump the data from /var/cache/man/index.<db-type>, where <db-type> is dependent on the database library in use.

Supplying an argument to accessdb will override this default.

OPTIONS

-d, --debug

Print debugging information.

-?, --help

Print a help message and exit.

--usage

Print a short usage message and exit.

-V, --version

Display version information.

AUTHOR

Wilf. ([email protected]).
Fabrizio Polacco ([email protected]).
Colin Watson ([email protected]).

BUGS

https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db/-/issues
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=man-db

History

--debug since Debian 8 (Jessie); --help since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --usage since Debian 8 (Jessie); --version since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -? since Debian 8 (Jessie); -V since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -d since Debian 8 (Jessie).

-h until Debian 7 (Wheezy); -v until Debian 4.0 (Etch).