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2011-06-03 13:45:11 +00:00
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.Dd June 3, 2011
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.Os
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.Dt MAN.CONF 5
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm man.conf
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.Nd
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.Xr man 1
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and
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.Xr manpath 1
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configuration files
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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file is used to configure the manual search path, locales, and utility set for
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.Xr man 1
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and its related utilities.
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During initialization,
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.Xr man 1
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reads the configuration files located at
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.Pa /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf
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and
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.Pa /etc/man.conf .
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.Pp
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The files contained in
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.Pa /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf
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are intended to be used by the
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.Xr ports 7
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system for extending the manual set to support additional paths and locales.
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.Pa /etc/man.conf
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is intended to be used by the local administrator to set additional policy.
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.Pp
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Currently supported configuration variables include:
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.Bl -tag -offset indent
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.It MANCONFIG
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Overrides the default location to import additional manual configuration files.
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Defaults to
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.Pa /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf .
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.It MANPATH
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Adds the specified directory to the manual search path.
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.It MANLOCALE
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Indicates support is available for the given locale.
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.El
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.Pp
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For pages in a given language, overriding the default toolset for
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display is supported via the following definitions:
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.Bl -tag -offset indent -compact
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.It EQN Ns _ Ns Va LANG
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.It NROFF Ns _ Ns Va LANG
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.It PIC Ns _ Ns Va LANG
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.It TBL Ns _ Ns Va LANG
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.It TROFF Ns _ Ns Va LANG
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.It REFER Ns _ Ns Va LANG
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.It VGRIND Ns _ Ns Va LANG
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.El
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.Pp
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See the
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.Sx EXAMPLES
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section for how to use these variables.
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.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
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The parser used for this utility is very basic and only supports comment
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characters (#) at the beginning of a line.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -compact
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.It Pa /etc/man.conf
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System configuration file.
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.It Pa /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf
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Local configuration files.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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A perl port that needs to install additional manual pages outside of the
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default location could install a file in
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.Pa /usr/local/etc/man.d/perl.conf
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with the following contents:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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# Add perl man pages to search path
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MANPATH /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/man
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MANPATH /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/perl/man
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.Ed
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.Pp
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A Japanese localization port could install a custom toolset and include a
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file in
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.Pa /usr/local/etc/man.d/ja-man-doc.conf
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with the following contents:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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# Setup Japanese toolset
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MANLOCALE ja_JP.eucJP
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EQN_JA /usr/local/bin/geqn
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PIC_JA /usr/local/bin/gpic
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TBL_JA /usr/local/bin/gtbl
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NROFF_JA /usr/local/bin/groff -man -dlang=ja_JP.eucJP
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TROFF_JA /usr/local/bin/groff -man -dlang=ja_JP.euc.jp
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.Ed
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.Pp
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If the system administrator decides to override the
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.Va LOCALBASE
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.Xr make 1
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variable causing all
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.Xr ports 7
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to be installed into
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.Pa /opt
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instead of
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.Pa /usr/local ,
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specifying the following in
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.Pa /etc/man.conf
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will accommodate this change:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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# Look for additional configuration files
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MANCONFIG /opt/etc/man.d/*.conf
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr apropos 1 ,
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.Xr man 1 ,
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.Xr manpath 1 ,
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.Xr whatis 1
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