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MAN.CONF(5)							   MAN.CONF(5)

NAME
       man.conf - man command's configuration file

DESCRIPTION
       Man(1),	apropos(1),  and  whatis(1)  search  for manual pages or their
       database files as specified by the man.conf  file.   Manual  pages  are
       expected	 to  be	 preformatted (see nroff(1)) and named with a trailing
       ``.0''.

       The man.conf file contains two types of lines.

       The first type of line is a ``section'' line, which contains a  section
       name  followed  by a directory path.  Lines in this format specify that
       manual pages for the section may be found in the directory.

       Directories named with a trailing slash character (``/'') are  expected
       to  contain  subdirectories (see the keyword ``_subdir'' below) instead
       of manual pages.	 These subdirectories  are  searched  instead  of  the
       directory.

       All  directories	 (either explicitly specified or named with a trailing
       slash) may contain subdirectories.  Man(1) automatically	 searches  any
       subdirectory  with the same name as the current machine type before the
       directory is searched.  No specification	 of  these  subdirectories  is
       necessary in the man.conf file.

       Section	names are unrestricted except for the reserved words specified
       below; in general, however, it is best to avoid anything beginning with
       an underscore (``_'') in order to avoid future incompatibilities.

       The  section  named  ``_default''  is  the  list	 of  directories to be
       searched if no section is specified.

       The second type of line is preceded with a ``keyword''.	 The  possible
       keywords and their meanings are as follows:

       _subdir
	      The  list	 (in  search  order)  of  subdirectories which will be
	      searched in any directory named with a  trailing	slash  (``/'')
	      character.   This	 list is also used when a path is specified by
	      the MANPATH environment variable or the -M option.

       _version
	      The version of the configuration file.

       _whatdb
	      The full pathname (not just a directory path) for a database  to
	      be used by the apropos(1) and whatis(1) commands.

       Multiple	 specifications	 for  all  types  of lines (except for ``_ver‐
       sion'') are cumulative and the entries are used in the order listed  in
       the file; multiple entries may be listed per line, as well.

       Empty  lines  or	 lines	whose first non-whitespace character is a hash
       mark (``#'') are ignored.

EXAMPLES
       Given the following man.conf file:

	      _version	     BSD.1
	      _subdir	     cat1 cat2 cat3
	      _default	     /usr/share/man/
	      sect3	     /usr/share/man/cat3

       The   default   mktemp(3)   manual   page   should   be	  stored    in
       ``/usr/share/man/cat3/mktemp.0''.   Any	VAX architecture specific ver‐
       sion of it should be stored in ``cat3/vax/mktemp.0''.

       The command ``man mktemp'' would	 search	 the  subdirectories  ``cat1''
       ``cat2'',  and  ``cat3'',  in  ``/usr/share/man'',  in  that order, for
       ``mktemp.0''.  If a subdirectory with the  same	name  as  the  current
       machine type existed in any of them, it would be searched as well.

       The    command	 ``man	  sect3	   mktemp''    would	only	search
       ``/usr/share/man/cat3'' and any possible per machine subdirectory.

FILES
       /etc/man.conf  standard manual directory search path

SEE ALSO
       apropos(1), machine(1), man(1), whatis(1), whereis(1)

				 June 28, 1990			   MAN.CONF(5)
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