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.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>. Berlin.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd January 1, 1996
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.Dt MANCTL 8
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.Os FreeBSD
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm manctl
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.Nd manipulating manual pages
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl compress
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.Op Fl uncompress
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.Op Fl purge
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.Op Fl help
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.Ar path ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Manctl
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compress or uncompress manual pages in directory path.
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If possible, .so's are replaced with hard links.
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.Pp
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The following options are available:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl help
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Print options and exit.
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.It Fl compress
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Compress uncompressed man pages (eliminating .so's).
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.It Fl uncompress
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Uncompress compressed man pages.
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.It Fl purge
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Purge old formatted man pages (not implemented yet).
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr catman 1 ,
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.Xr man 1
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