MANPATH(1)							Manual pager utils							MANPATH(1)

NAME

       manpath - determine search path for manual pages

SYNOPSIS

       manpath [-qgdc?V] [-m system[,...]] [-C file]

DESCRIPTION

       If  $MANPATH  is  set, manpath will simply display its contents and issue a warning.  If not, manpath will determine a suitable manual page
       hierarchy search path and display the results.

       The colon-delimited path is determined using information gained from the man-db configuration file  -  (/etc/man_db.conf)  and  the  user's
       environment.

OPTIONS

       -q, --quiet
	      Do not issue warnings.

       -d, --debug
	      Print debugging information.

       -c, --catpath
	      Produce a catpath as opposed to a manpath.  Once the manpath is determined, each path element is converted to its relative catpath.

       -g, --global
	      Produce a manpath consisting of all paths named as `global' within the man-db configuration file.

       -m system[,...], --systems=system[,...]
	      If  this	system has access to other operating system's manual hierarchies, this option can be used to include them in the output of
	      manpath.	To include NewOS's manual page hierarchies use the option -m NewOS.

	      The system specified can be a combination of comma delimited operating system names.  To include the native operating system's  man-
	      ual  page  hierarchies, the system name man must be included in the argument string.  This option will override the $SYSTEM environ-
	      ment variable.

       -C file, --config-file=file
	      Use this user configuration file rather than the default of ~/.manpath.

       -?, --help
	      Print a help message and exit.

       --usage
	      Print a short usage message and exit.

       -V, --version
	      Display version information.

ENVIRONMENT

       MANPATH
	      If $MANPATH is set, manpath displays its value rather than determining it on the fly.  If $MANPATH is prefixed by a colon, then  the
	      value of the variable is appended to the list determined from the content of the configuration files.  If the colon comes at the end
	      of the value in the variable, then the determined list is appended to the content of the variable.  If the  value  of  the  variable
	      contains a double colon (::), then the determined list is inserted in the middle of the value, between the two colons.

       SYSTEM If $SYSTEM is set, it will have the same effect as if it had been specified as the argument to the -m option.

FILES

       /etc/man_db.conf  man-db configuration file.

SEE ALSO

       apropos(1), man(1), whatis(1)

AUTHOR

       Wilf. (G.Wilford@ee.surrey.ac.uk).
       Fabrizio Polacco (fpolacco@debian.org).
       Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org).

2.6.3								    2012-09-17								MANPATH(1)