catman.8

<B>Digital的Unix操作系统VAX 4.2源码</B>

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.TH catman 8
.SH Name
catman \- create the cat files for the manual
.SH Syntax
.B /etc/catman
[
.B \-p
] [
.B \-n
] [
.B \-w
]
[ 
.I sections 
]
.SH Description
.NXR "catman command"
.NXR "manual page" "formatting on line"
The
.PN catman
command creates the preformatted versions of
the on-line manual from the 
.PN nroff
input files.
Each manual page is examined and those whose preformatted versions are
missing or out of date are recreated.
If any changes are made,
.PN catman
will recreate the 
.PN /usr/lib/whatis
database.
.PP
If there is one parameter not starting with a minus sign (\-),
it is taken to be a list of manual sections to look in.
The following example causes updating to occur to 
manual sections 1, 2, and 3.  
.EX
catman 123
.EE
.SH Options
.TP
.B \-n
Prevents creations of 
.PN /usr/lib/whatis .
.TP
.B \-p
Prints what would be done instead of doing it.
.TP
.B \-w
Causes only the 
.PN /usr/lib/whatis
database to be created.
No manual reformatting is done.
.SH Files
.TP 20
.PN /usr/man/man?/*.*
Raw (nroff input) manual sections
.TP
.PN /usr/man/cat?/*.*
Preformatted manual pages
.TP
.PN /usr/lib/makewhatis
Commands to make whatis database
.DT
.SH See Also
man(1)