NAME
cleanup-info - clean up the mess that bogus install-info may have done
SYNOPSIS
cleanup-info [options] [--] [dirname]
DESCRIPTION
cleanup-info is a Perl script that tries to clean up the mess that bogus install-info(8) may have done. It gathers all sections with the same heading into a single one. It tries to be smart about cases and trailing colon/spaces.
Other clean-ups include removing of empty sections, and squeezing the blank lines (in entries part only).
Order of sections is preserved (the first encountered section counts). Order of entries within a section is preserved.
Please be extremely careful when using this utility - it might not be 100% safe. cleanup-info tries to be careful with your info dir file, but only until it writes it. You should back the file up prior to using this script.
OPTIONS
- --unsafe
-
Set some additional possibly useful options.
Warning: the `--unsafe' option may garble an otherwise correct file!
- --help
-
Show the usage message and exit.
- --version
-
Show the version and exit.
FILES
- /usr/info/dir or <dirname>/dir
-
The info directory file. The lock file is named the same, with ".lock" suffix.
BUGS
Probably many.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1996 Kim-Minh Kaplan
This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or later for copying conditions. There is NO WARRANTY.