MANPATH(1)                                             Manual pager utils                                             MANPATH(1)



NAME
       manpath - determine search path for manual pages

SYNOPSIS
       manpath [-qgdchV] [-m system[,...]] [-C file]

DESCRIPTION
       If $MANPATH is set, manpath will simply display its contents and issue a warning.  If not, manpath will determine a suit-
       able manual page hierarchy search path and display the results.

       The colon-delimited path is determined using information gained from the man-db configuration file  -  (/etc/man_db.conf)
       and the user's environment.

OPTIONS
       -q, --quiet
              Do not issue warnings.

       -d, --debug
              Print debugging information.

       -c, --catpath
              Produce  a catpath as opposed to a manpath.  Once the manpath is determined, each path element is converted to its
              relative catpath.

       -g, --global
              Produce a manpath consisting of all paths named as `global' within the man-db configuration file.

       -m system[,...], --systems=system[,...]
              If this system has access to other operating system's manual hierarchies, this option can be used to include  them
              in the output of manpath.  To include NewOS's manual page hierarchies use the option -m NewOS.

              The  system specified can be a combination of comma delimited operating system names.  To include the native oper-
              ating system's manual page hierarchies, the system name man must be included in the argument string.  This  option
              will override the $SYSTEM environment variable.

       -C file, --config-file=file
              Use this user configuration file rather than the default of ~/.manpath.

       -h, --help
              Print a help message and exit.

       -V, --version
              Display version information.

ENVIRONMENT
       MANPATH
              If  $MANPATH is set, manpath displays its value rather than determining it on the fly.  If $MANPATH is prefixed by
              a colon, then the value of the variable is appended to the list determined from the content of  the  configuration
              files.   If  the  colon comes at the end of the value in the variable, then the determined list is appended to the
              content of the variable.  If the value of the variable contains a double colon (::), then the determined  list  is
              inserted in the middle of the value, between the two colons.

       SYSTEM If $SYSTEM is set, it will have the same effect as if it had been specified as the argument to the -m option.

FILES
       /etc/man_db.conf  man-db configuration file.

SEE ALSO
       apropos(1), whatis(1), man(1).

AUTHOR
       Wilf. (G.WilfordATee.uk).
       Fabrizio Polacco (fpolaccoATdebian.org).
       Colin Watson (cjwatsonATdebian.org).



2.5.7                                                      2010-02-16                                                 MANPATH(1)