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authorRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>1999-08-21 07:23:40 +0000
committerRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>1999-08-21 07:23:40 +0000
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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath/manpath.man b/gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath/manpath.man
index 3a80dbc7c71f..956e7d8aa6bc 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath/manpath.man
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath/manpath.man
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.\"
.\" You may distribute under the terms of the GNU General Public
.\" License as specified in the README file that comes with the man 1.0
-.\" distribution.
+.\" distribution.
.\"
.\" John W. Eaton
.\" jwe@che.utexas.edu
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
.\" The University of Texas at Austin
.\" Austin, Texas 78712
.\"
-.Dd Jan 5, 1991
+.\" $Id: manpath.man,v 1.4 1999/08/16 11:34:57 ru Exp $
+.Dd Aug 16, 1999
.Dt MANPATH 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -22,27 +23,34 @@
.Nm
.Op Fl q
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm manpath
+.Nm Manpath
tries to determine the user's manpath from a set of system
defaults and the user's
.Ev PATH ,
-echoing the result to the standard output. Warnings and errors are
-written to the standard error.
-If a directory in the user's path is not listed in the manpath.config
-file, manpath looks for the subdirectories man or MAN. If they exist,
-they are added to the search path.
-.Pp
+echoing the result to the standard output.
+Warnings and errors are written to the standard error.
+If a directory in the user's path is not listed in the
+.Pa %manpath_config_file%
+file,
.Nm
+looks for the subdirectories
+.Pa man
+or
+.Pa MAN .
+If they exist, they are added to the search path.
+.Pp
+.Nm Manpath
is used by
-.Nm man
-to determine the search path, so user's normally don't need to set the
+.Xr man 1
+to determine the search path, so users normally don't need to set the
.Ev MANPATH
environment variable directly.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl q
-Operate quietly. Only echo the final manpath.
+Operate quietly.
+Only echo the final manpath.
.El
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width MANPATH -compact
@@ -50,7 +58,7 @@ Operate quietly. Only echo the final manpath.
If
.Ev MANPATH
is set,
-.Nm manpath
+.Nm
echoes its value on the standard output and issues a warning on the
standard error.
.El