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.\" $NetBSD: man.conf.5,v 1.20 2007/02/10 19:27:39 reed Exp $
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.\" @(#)man.conf.5 8.5 (Berkeley) 1/2/94
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.\"
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.Dd April 10, 2006
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.Dt MAN.CONF 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm man.conf
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.Nd configuration file for manual pages
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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file contains the default configuration used by
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.Xr man 1 ,
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.Xr apropos 1 ,
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.Xr whatis 1 ,
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.Xr catman 8 ,
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and
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.Xr makewhatis 8
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to find manual pages and information about manual pages (e.g. the
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whatis database).
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.Pp
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Manual pages are located by searching an ordered set of directories
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called the
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.Dq man path
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for a file that matches the name of the requested page.
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Each directory in the search path usually has a set of subdirectories
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in it (though this is not required).
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When subdirectories are used, there are normally two subdirectories
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for each section of the manual.
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One subdirectory contains formatted copies of that section's manual
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pages that can be directly displayed to a terminal, while the other
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section subdirectory contains unformatted copies of the pages (see
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.Xr nroff 1
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and
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.Xr mdoc 7 ) .
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Formatted manual pages are normally named with a trailing
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.Dq \.0
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suffix.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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file contains comment and configuration lines.
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Comment lines start with the
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.Dq #
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character.
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Blank lines are also treated as comment lines.
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Configuration lines consist of a configuration keyword followed by a
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configuration string.
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There are two types of configuration keywords: control keywords and
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section keywords.
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Control keywords must start with the
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.Dq _
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character.
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The following control keywords are currently defined:
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.Bl -tag -width "_version"
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.It _build
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identifies the set of suffixes used for manual pages that must be
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formatted for display and the command that should be used to format
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them.
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Manual file names, regardless of their format, are expected to end in a
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.Dq \.*
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pattern, i.e. a
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.Dq \&\.
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followed by some suffix.
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The first field of a _build line contains a man page suffix specification.
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The suffix specification may contain the normal shell globbing characters
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(NOT including curly braces
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.Pq Dq {} ) .
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The rest of the _build line is a shell command line whose standard
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output is a formatted manual page that can be directly displayed to
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the user.
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Any occurrences of the string
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.Dq %s
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in the shell command line will
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be replaced by the name of the file which is being formatted.
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.It _crunch
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used by
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.Xr catman 8
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to determine how to crunch formatted pages
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which originally were compressed man pages: The first field lists a suffix
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which indicates what kind of compression were used to compress the man page.
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The rest of the line must be a shell command line, used to compress the
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formatted pages.
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.It _default
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contains the system-wide default man path used to search for man pages.
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.It _subdir
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contains the list (in search order) of section subdirectories which will
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be searched in any man path directory named with a trailing slash
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.Pq Dq /
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character.
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This list is also used, even if there is no trailing slash character,
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when a path is specified to the
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.Xr man 1
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utility by the user, by the
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.Ev MANPATH
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environment variable, or by the
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.Fl M
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and
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.Fl m
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options.
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.It _suffix
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identifies the set of suffixes used for formatted man pages
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(the
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.Dq \.0
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suffix is normally used here).
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Formatted man pages can be directly displayed to the user.
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Each suffix may contain the normal shell globbing characters (NOT
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including curly braces
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.Pq Dq {} ) .
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.It _version
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contains the version of the configuration file.
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.It _whatdb
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defines the full pathname (not just a directory path) for a database to
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be used
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by the
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.Xr apropos 1
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and
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.Xr whatis 1
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commands.
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The pathname may contain the normal shell globbing characters,
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including curly braces
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.Pq Dq {} ;
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to escape a shell globbing character,
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precede it with a backslash
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.Pq Dq \e .
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.El
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.Pp
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Section configuration lines in
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.Nm
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consist of a section keyword naming the section and a configuration
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string that defines the directory or subdirectory path that the section's
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manual pages are located in.
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The path may contain the normal shell globbing characters,
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including curly braces
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.Pq Dq {} ;
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to escape a shell globbing character,
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precede it with a backslash
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.Pq Dq \e .
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Section keywords must not start with the
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.Dq _
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character.
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.Pp
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A section path may contain either a list of absolute directories or
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a list of or relative directories (but not both).
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Relative directory paths are treated as a list of subdirectories that
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are appended to the current man path directory being searched.
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Section configuration lines with absolute directory paths (starting with
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.Dq / )
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completely replace the current man search path directory with their
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content.
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.Pp
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Section configuration lines with absolute directory paths ending
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with a trailing slash character are expected to contain subdirectories
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of manual pages, (see the keyword
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.Dq _subdir
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above).
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The
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.Dq _subdir
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subdirectory list is not applied to absolute section directories
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if there is no trailing slash.
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.Pp
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In addition to the above rules, the
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.Xr man 1
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command also always checks in each directory that it searches for
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a subdirectory with the same name as the current machine type.
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If the machine-specific directory is found, it is also searched.
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This allows the manual to contain machine-specific man pages.
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Note that the machine subdirectory does not need to be specified
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in the
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.Nm
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file.
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.Pp
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Multiple specifications for all types of
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.Nm
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configuration lines are
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cumulative and the entries are used in the order listed in the file;
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multiple entries may be listed per line, as well.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /etc/man.conf -compact
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.It Pa /etc/man.conf
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Standard manual configuration file.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Given the following
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.Nm
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file:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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_version BSD.2
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_subdir cat[123]
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_suffix .0
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_build .[1-9] nroff -man %s
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_build .tbl tbl %s | nroff -man
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_default /usr/share/man/
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sect3 /usr/share/man/{old/,}cat3
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.Ed
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.Pp
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By default, the command
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.Dq Li man mktemp
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will search for
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.Dq mktemp.\*[Lt]any_digit\*[Gt]
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and
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.Dq mktemp.tbl
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in the directories
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.Dq Pa /usr/share/man/cat1 ,
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.Dq Pa /usr/share/man/cat2 ,
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and
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.Dq Pa /usr/share/man/cat3 .
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If on a machine of type
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.Dq vax ,
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the subdirectory
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.Dq vax
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in each
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directory would be searched as well, before the directory was
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searched.
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.Pp
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If
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.Dq mktemp.tbl
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was found first, the command
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.Dq Li tbl \*[Lt]manual page\*[Gt] | nroff -man
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would be run to build a man page for display to the user.
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.Pp
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The command
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.Dq Li man sect3 mktemp
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would search the directories
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.Dq Pa /usr/share/man/old/cat3
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and
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.Dq Pa /usr/share/man/cat3 ,
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in that order, for
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the mktemp manual page.
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If a subdirectory with the same name as the current machine type
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existed in any of them, it would be searched as well, before each
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of them were searched.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr apropos 1 ,
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.Xr machine 1 ,
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.Xr man 1 ,
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.Xr whatis 1 ,
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.Xr whereis 1 ,
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.Xr fnmatch 3 ,
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.Xr glob 3 ,
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.Xr catman 8 ,
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.Xr makewhatis 8
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