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.\" John W. Eaton
.\" jwe@che.utexas.edu
.\" Department of Chemical Engineering
.\" The University of Texas at Austin
.\" Austin, Texas  78712
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.Dd August 16, 1999
.Dt MANPATH 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm manpath
.Nd determine user's search path for man pages
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl dLq
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Manpath
tries to determine the user's manpath from a set of system
defaults and the user's
.Ev PATH ,
echoing the result to the standard output.
Warnings and errors are written to the standard error.
If a directory in the user's path is not listed in the
.Pa /etc/manpath.config
file,
.Nm
looks for the subdirectories
.Pa man
or
.Pa MAN .
If they exist, they are added to the search path.
If they do not exist, but the directory ends in
.Pa /bin ,
.Nm
replaces
.Pa /bin
with
.Pa /man
and checks if that directory exists.
If it exists, it is added to the search path.
.Pp
.Nm Manpath
is used by
.Xr man 1
to determine the search path, so users normally don't need to set the
.Ev MANPATH
environment variable directly.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl d
Output additional debug information.
.It Fl L
Output man locales list (if exist).
.It Fl q
Operate quietly.
Only echo the final result.
.El
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width MANLOCALES -compact
.It Ev MANPATH
If
.Ev MANPATH
is set,
.Nm
echoes its value on the standard output and issues a warning on the
standard error.
.It Ev MANLOCALES
If
.Ev MANLOCALES
is set and
.Fl L
option is set,
.Nm
echoes its value on the standard output and issues a warning on the
standard error.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/manpath.config -compact
.It Pa /etc/manpath.config
System configuration file.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr apropos 1 ,
.Xr man 1 ,
.Xr whatis 1 ,
.Xr manpath.config 5
.Sh BUGS
None known.