freebsd man page for manpath

MANPATH(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						MANPATH(1)

NAME
     manpath -- display search path for manual pages

SYNOPSIS
     manpath [-Ldq]

DESCRIPTION
     The manpath utility determines the user's manual search path from the user's PATH, and local configuration files.	This result is echoed to
     the standard output.

     -L  Output manual locales list instead of the manual path.

     -d  Print extra debugging information.

     -q  Suppresses warning messages.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
     The manpath utility constructs the manual path from two sources:
     1.   From each component of the user's PATH for the first of:
	  -   pathname/man
	  -   pathname/MAN
	  -   If pathname ends with /bin: pathname/../man
	  Note: Special logic exists to make /bin and /usr/bin look in /usr/share/man for manual files.
     2.   The configuration files listed in the FILES section for MANPATH entries.
     The information from these locations is then concatenated together.

     If the -L flag is set, the manpath utility will search the configuration files listed in the FILES section for MANLOCALE entries.

ENVIRONMENT
     The following environment variables affect the execution of manpath:

     MANLOCALES  If set with the -L flag, causes the utility to display a warning and the value, overriding any other configuration found on the
		 system.

     MANPATH	 If set, causes the utility to display a warning and the value, overriding any other configuration found on the system.

     PATH	 Influences the manual path as described in the IMPLEMENTATION NOTES.

FILES
     /etc/man.conf
	     System configuration file.
     /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf
	     Local configuration files.

SEE ALSO
     apropos(1), man(1), whatis(1), man.conf(5)

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