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! .TH CATMAN 1M "Feb 27, 1998"
! .SH NAME
! catman \- create the formatted files for the reference manual
! .SH SYNOPSIS
! .LP
! .nf
! \fB/usr/bin/catman\fR [\fB-c\fR] [\fB-n\fR] [\fB-p\fR] [\fB-t\fR] [\fB-w\fR] [\fB-M\fR \fIdirectory\fR]
! [\fB-T\fR \fImacro-package\fR] [\fIsections\fR]
! .fi
!
! .SH DESCRIPTION
! .sp
! .LP
! The \fBcatman\fR utility creates the preformatted versions of the on-line
! manual from the \fBnroff\fR(1) or \fBsgml\fR(5) input files. This feature
! allows easy distribution of the preformatted manual pages among a group of
! associated machines (for example, with \fBrdist\fR(1)), since it makes the
! directories of preformatted manual pages self-contained and independent of the
! unformatted entries.
! .sp
! .LP
! \fBcatman\fR also creates the \fBwindex\fR database file in the directories
! specified by the \fBMANPATH\fR or the \fB-M\fR option. The \fBwindex\fR
! database file is a three column list consisting of a keyword, the reference
! page that the keyword points to, and a line of text that describes the purpose
! of the utility or interface documented on the reference page. Each keyword is
! taken from the comma separated list of words on the \fBNAME\fR line before the
! `\(mi' (dash). The reference page that the keyword points to is the first word
! on the \fBNAME\fR line. The text after the \(mi on the \fBNAME\fR line is the
! descriptive text in the third column. The \fBNAME\fR line must be immediately
! preceded by the page heading line created by the \fB\&.TH\fR macro (see
! \fBNOTES\fR for required format).
! .sp
! .LP
! Each manual page is examined and those whose preformatted versions are missing
! or out of date are recreated. If any changes are made, \fBcatman\fR recreates
! the \fBwindex\fR database.
! .sp
! .LP
! If a manual page is a \fIshadow\fR page, that is, it sources another manual
! page for its contents, a symbolic link is made in the \fBcat\fR\fIx\fR or
! \fBfmt\fR\fIx\fR directory to the appropriate preformatted manual page.
! .sp
! .LP
! Shadow files in an unformatted nroff source file are identified by the first
! line being of the form \fB\&.so man\fR\fIx\fR\fB/yyy.\fR\fIx\fR\fB\&.\fR
! .sp
! .LP
! Shadow files in the \fBSGML\fR sources are identified by the string
! \fBSHADOW_PAGE\fR. The file entity declared in the shadow file identifies the
! file to be sourced.
! .SH OPTIONS
! .sp
! .LP
! The following options are supported:
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fB-c\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 20n
! Create unformatted nroff source files in the appropriate \fBman\fR
! subdirectories from the \fBSGML\fR sources. This option will overwrite any
! existing file in the \fBman\fR directory of the same name as the \fBSGML\fR
! file.
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fB-n\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 20n
! Do not create (or recreate) the \fBwindex\fR database. If the \fB-n\fR option
! is specified, the \fBwindex\fR database is not created and the \fBapropos\fR,
! \fBwhatis\fR, \fBman\fR \fB-f\fR, and \fBman\fR \fB-k\fR commands will fail.
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fB-p\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 20n
! Print what would be done instead of doing it.
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fB-t\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 20n
! Create \fBtroff\fRed entries in the appropriate \fBfmt\fR subdirectories
! instead of \fBnroff\fRing into the \fBcat\fR subdirectories.
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fB-w\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 20n
! Only create the \fBwindex\fR database that is used by \fBwhatis\fR(1) and the
! \fBman\fR(1) \fB-f\fR and \fB-k\fR options. No manual reformatting is done.
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fB-M\fR\fI directory\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 20n
! Update manual pages located in the specified \fIdirectory\fR,
! (\fB/usr/share/man\fR by default). If the \fB-M\fR option is specified, the
! directory argument must not contain a `,' (comma), since a comma is used to
! delineate section numbers. See \fBman\fR(1).
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fB-T\fR\fI macro-package\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 20n
! Use \fImacro-package\fR in place of the standard manual page macros, (
! \fBman\fR(5) by default).
! .RE
!
! .SH OPERANDS
! .sp
! .LP
! The following operand is supported:
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fIsections\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 12n
! If there is one parameter not starting with a `\fB\(mi\fR\&', it is taken to be
! a space separated list of manual sections to be processed by \fBcatman\fR. If
! this operand is specified, only the manual sections in the list will be
! processed. For example,
! .sp
! .in +2
! .nf
! \fBcatman 1 2 3\fR
! .fi
! .in -2
! .sp
!
! only updates manual sections \fB1\fR, \fB2\fR, and \fB3\fR. If specific
! sections are not listed, all sections in the \fBman\fR directory specified by
! the environment variable \fBMANPATH\fR are processed.
! .RE
!
! .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fBTROFF\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 11n
! The name of the formatter to use when the \fB-t\fR flag is given. If not set,
! \fBtroff\fR(1) is used.
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fBMANPATH\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 11n
! A colon-separated list of directories that are processed by \fBcatman\fR and
! \fBman\fR(1). Each directory can be followed by a comma-separated list of
! sections. If set, its value overrides \fB/usr/share/man\fR as the default
! directory search path, and the \fBman.cf\fR file as the default section search
! path. The \fB-M\fR and \fB-s\fR flags, in turn, override these values.
! .RE
!
! .SH FILES
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fB/usr/share/man\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 28n
! default manual directory location
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fB/usr/share/man/man*/*.*\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 28n
! raw nroff input files
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fB/usr/share/man/sman*/*.*\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 28n
! raw \fBSGML\fR input files
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fB/usr/share/man/cat*/*.*\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 28n
! preformatted \fBnroff\fRed manual pages
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fB/usr/share/man/fmt*/*.*\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 28n
! preformatted \fBtroff\fRed manual pages
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fB/usr/share/man/windex\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 28n
! table of contents and keyword database
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fB/usr/lib/makewhatis\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 28n
! command script to make \fBwindex\fR database
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fB/usr/share/lib/tmac/an\fR\fR
! .ad
! .RS 28n
! default macro package
! .RE
!
! .SH ATTRIBUTES
! .sp
! .LP
! See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
! .sp
!
! .sp
! .TS
! box;
! c | c
! l | l .
! ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
! _
! CSI Enabled
! .TE
!
! .SH SEE ALSO
! .sp
! .LP
! \fBapropos\fR(1), \fBman\fR(1), \fBnroff\fR(1), \fBrdist\fR(1), \fBrm\fR(1),
! \fBtroff\fR(1), \fBwhatis\fR(1), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBman\fR(5),
! \fBsgml\fR(5)
! .SH DIAGNOSTICS
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fBman?/xxx.? (.so'ed from man?/yyy.?): No such file or directory\fR\fR
! .ad
! .sp .6
! .RS 4n
! The file outside the parentheses is missing, and is referred to by the file
! inside them.
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fBtarget of .so in man?/xxx.? must be relative to /usr/man\fR\fR
! .ad
! .sp .6
! .RS 4n
! \fBcatman\fR only allows references to filenames that are relative to the
! directory \fB/usr/man\fR.
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fBopendir:man?:\fR \fBNo\fR \fBsuch\fR \fBfile\fR \fBor\fR
! \fBdirectory\fR\fR
! .ad
! .sp .6
! .RS 4n
! A harmless warning message indicating that one of the directories \fBcatman\fR
! normally looks for is missing.
! .RE
!
! .sp
! .ne 2
! .na
! \fB\fB*.*:\fR \fBNo\fR \fBsuch\fR \fBfile\fR \fBor\fR \fBdirectory\fR\fR
! .ad
! .sp .6
! .RS 4n
! A harmless warning message indicating \fBcatman\fR came across an empty
! directory.
! .RE
!
! .SH WARNINGS
! .sp
! .LP
! If a user, who has previously run \fBcatman\fR to install the \fBcat*\fR
! directories, upgrades the operating system, the entire \fBcat*\fR directory
! structure should be removed prior to running \fBcatman\fR. See \fBrm\fR(1).
! .sp
! .LP
! Do not re-run \fBcatman\fR to re-build the \fBwhatis\fR database unless the
! complete set of \fBman*\fR directories is present. \fBcatman\fR builds this
! \fBwindex\fR file based on the \fBman*\fR directories.
! .SH NOTES
! .sp
! .LP
! To generate a valid windex index file, \fBcatman\fR has certain requirements.
! Within the individual man page file, \fBcatman\fR requires two macro lines to
! have a specific format. These are the \fB\&.TH \fRpage heading line and the
! \fB\&.SH NAME \fRline.
! .sp
! .LP
! The \fB\&.TH \fRmacro requires at least the first three arguments, that is, the
! filename, section number, and the date. The \fB\&.TH \fRline starts off with
! the \fB\&.TH \fRmacro, followed by a space, the man page filename, a single
! space, the section number, another single space, and the date. The date should
! appear in double quotes and is specified as "day month year," with the month
! always abbreviated to the first three letters (Jan, Feb, Mar, and so forth).
! .sp
! .LP
! The \fB\&.SH NAME \fRmacro, also known as the \fBNAME \fRline, must immediately
! follow the \fB\&.TH \fRline, with nothing in between those lines. No font
! changes are permitted in the \fBNAME \fRline. The \fBNAME \fRline is
! immediately followed by a line containing the man page filename; then shadow
! page names, if applicable, separated by commas; a dash; and a brief summary
! statement. These elements should all be on one line; no carriage returns are
! permitted.
! .sp
! .LP
! An example of proper coding of these lines is:
! .sp
! .in +2
! .nf
! \&.TH NISMATCH 1M "Apr "10, 1998""
! \&.SH NAME
! nismatch, nisgrep \e- utilities for searching NIS+ tables
! .fi
! .in -2
!
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! .\" Copyright 2014 Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org>
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! .Dd Jul 16, 2014
! .Dt CATAMN 1M
! .Os
! .Sh NAME
! .Nm catman
! .Nd generate
! .Nm whatis
! database files
! .Sh SYNOPSIS
! .Nm
! .Op Fl M Ar path
! .Sh DESCRIPTION
! The
! .Nm
! utility generates a set of
! .Nm whatis
! database files suitable for use with
! .Xr apropos 1
! and
! .Xr whatis 1 .
! It is supplied for compatibility reasons. The same databases can
! be generated using the
! .Fl w
! option with
! .Xr man 1 ,
! and that command should be used instead.
! .Bl -tag -width ".Fl d"
! .It Fl M Ar path
! Generate the
! .Nm whatis
! database files within the specified colon separated manual paths.
! Overrides the
! .Ev MANPATH
! environment variable.
! .El
! .Sh ENVIRONMENT
! The following environment variables affect the execution of
! .Nm :
! .Bl -tag -width ".Ev MANPATH"
! .It Ev MANPATH
! Used to specify a colon seperated list of manual paths within
! which to generate
! .Nm whatis
! database files.
! .El
! .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
! The
! .Nm
! utility exits 0 on success, and non-zero otherwise.
! .Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
! .Nm "Obsolete Committed" .
! .Sh CODE SET INDEPENDENCE
! Enabled.
! .Sh SEE ALSO
! .Xr apropos 1 ,
! .Xr man 1 ,
! .Xr whatis 1