INSTALL-INFO(1) User Commands INSTALL-INFO(1)NAMEinstall-info - update info/dir entries
SYNOPSISinstall-info [OPTION]... [INFO-FILE [DIR-FILE]]
DESCRIPTION
Install or delete dir entries from INFO-FILE in the Info
directory file DIR-FILE.
OPTIONS--delete
delete existing entries for INFO-FILE from DIR-FILE;
don't insert any new entries.
--dir-file=NAME
specify file name of Info directory file. This is
equivalent to using the DIR-FILE argument.
--entry=TEXT
insert TEXT as an Info directory entry. TEXT should
have the form of an Info menu item line plus zero or
more extra lines starting with whitespace. If you
specify more than one entry, they are all added. If you
don't specify any entries, they are determined from
information in the Info file itself.
--help
display this help and exit.
--info-file=FILE
specify Info file to install in the directory. This is
equivalent to using the INFO-FILE argument.
--info-dir=DIR
same as --dir-file=DIR/dir.
--item=TEXT
same as --entry TEXT. An Info directory entry is actu-
ally a menu item.
--quiet
suppress warnings.
--remove
same as --delete.
--section=SEC
put this file's entries in section SEC of the direc-
tory. If you specify more than one section, all the
entries are added in each of the sections. If you don't
specify any sections, they are determined from
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information in the Info file itself.
--version
display version information and exit.
REPORTING BUGS
Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general questions
and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org. Texinfo home page:
http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. There is
NO warranty. You may redistribute this software under the
terms of the GNU General Public License. For more informa-
tion about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for install-info is maintained as a
Texinfo manual. If the info and install-info programs are
properly installed at your site, the command
info install-info
should give you access to the complete manual.
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