NAME
manpath – display search path for manual pages
SYNOPSIS
manpath [-Ldq]
DESCRIPTION
The manpath utility determines the user's manual search path from the user's PATH, and local configuration files. This result is echoed to the standard output.
- -L
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Output manual locales list instead of the manual path.
- -d
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Print extra debugging information.
- -q
-
Suppresses warning messages.
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
The manpath utility constructs the manual path from two sources:
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From each component of the user's PATH for the first of:
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pathname/man
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pathname/MAN
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If pathname ends with /bin: pathname/../share/man and pathname/../man
-
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The configuration files listed in the FILES section for MANPATH entries.
The information from these locations is then concatenated together.
If the -L flag is set, the manpath utility will search the configuration files listed in the FILES section for MANLOCALE entries.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of manpath:
- MANLOCALES
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If set with the -L flag, causes the utility to display a warning and the value, overriding any other configuration found on the system.
- MANPATH
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If set, causes the utility to display a warning and the value, overriding any other configuration found on the system.
- PATH
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Influences the manual path as described in the IMPLEMENTATION NOTES.
FILES
- /etc/man.conf
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System configuration file.
- /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf
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Local configuration files.