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MERGE-INFO(1)						       XStow Reference Guide						     MERGE-INFO(1)

NAME
merge-info, merge and unmerge GNU Info index files
SYNOPSIS
merge-info [OPTION ...] FILE FILE
DESCRIPTION
merge-info can merge and unmerge the GNU Info index files named 'dir'. These files are usally created by install-info at install time of an application, or automatically generated by a mkinfodir script. If you are installing 2 packages at two different locations, two different 'dir' files are created. Eg.: One in /stow/foo/usr/local/info/dir and one in /stow/bar/usr/local/info/dir This is the common case if you are using a tool like xstow(1). merge-info can handle this and can merge both 'dir' files and creates a new 'dir' file.
USAGE
merge-info [OPTION ...] FILE FILE Merge two files: merge-info /stow/foo/info/dir /stow/bar/info/dir Remove the content of a 'dir' file from another 'dir' file merge-info -u /stow/foo/info/dir /stow/bar/info/dir
OPTIONS
-dl -debug-level INT Set's the debug level. An unsigned integer is accepted. The default value is 0. -h -help Shows a help screen. -V -Version Displays the verion number of the XStow package. merge-info is shipped with xstow(1). -u -unmerge Unmerge instead of merge. Note: It is not possible splitting up one 'dir' file into two. But removing the content of one 'dir' file from the other one is possible. -o -outfile Write the resulting 'dir' file not to stdout. Write it to a given file. Since merge-info does not open this outfile until all the merging or unmerging stuff is done it is allowed that the outfile is one the source files. eg.: merge-info -u foo/info/dir bar/info/dir -o foo/info/dir -d -duplicate Remove duplicate entries. When merging 2 files an entry can appear in more than one section. If you do not wan't this, use this option.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
XSTOW_DEBUG_LEVEL Same as the -debug-level option.
AUTHORS
merge-info was written by Martin Oberzalek <kingleo@gmx.at>.
COPYING
merge-info, a tool for merging GNU Info index files. Copyright (C) 2004-2005 by Martin Oberzalek <kingleo@gmx.at> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
SEE ALSO
info(1) install-info(1) xstow(1) XStow 1.0.0 2012-05-29 MERGE-INFO(1)
Related Man Pages
ginstall-info(1) - opensolaris
info(1) - redhat
merge-info(1) - debian
install-info(1) - osx
xstow.ini(5) - debian
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