NAME
manctl – manipulating manual pages
SYNOPSIS
manctl [-compress] [-uncompress] [-help] path ...
DESCRIPTION
The manctl utility compress or uncompress manual pages in directory path. If possible, .so's are replaced with hard links.
The following options are available:
- -help
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Print options and exit.
- -compress
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Compress uncompressed man pages (eliminating .so's).
- -uncompress
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Uncompress compressed man pages.
History
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FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27) to FreeBSD 13.3-RELEASE: the text shown here
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FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE to FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 12.4-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 11.4-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 7.4-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE to FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE to FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE to FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE to FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 2.2.9-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE to FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE
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FreeBSD 2.1.7.1-RELEASE to FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE
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