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.Dd March 9, 1998 |
.Dd May 19, 2007 |
.Dt MAN 1 |
.Dt MAN 1 |
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.Sh NAME |
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configuration file. |
configuration file. |
.It Fl S Ar subsection |
.It Fl S Ar subsection |
Specifies the machine-dependent subsection. |
Restricts the directories that |
This overrides the |
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will search to those of a specific machine architecture. |
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Overrides the |
.Ev MACHINE |
.Ev MACHINE |
environment variable. |
environment variable. |
See the |
See also the |
.Sx ENVIRONMENT |
.Sx ENVIRONMENT |
section below. |
section below. |
.It Fl s Ar section |
.It Fl s Ar section |
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.Ar section |
.Ar section |
argument restricts the directories that |
argument restricts the directories that |
.Nm |
.Nm |
will search. |
will search to a specific section. |
The currently available sections are: |
The currently available sections are: |
.Pp |
.Pp |
.Bl -tag -width "3p " -offset indent -compact |
.Bl -tag -width "3p " -offset indent -compact |
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.Pp |
The |
The |
.Nm |
.Nm |
configuration file (see |
configuration file, |
.Xr man.conf 5 ) |
.Xr man.conf 5 , |
specifies the possible |
specifies the possible |
.Ar section |
.Ar section |
values, and their search order. |
values, and their search order. |
If only a single argument is specified, or if the first argument is |
Additional sections may also be specified. |
not a valid section, |
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.Nm |
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assumes that the argument is the name of a manual page to be displayed. |
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.Pp |
.Pp |
Guidelines for |
Guidelines for |
.Ox |
.Ox |
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The current machine type may be overridden by setting the environment |
The current machine type may be overridden by setting the environment |
variable |
variable |
.Ev MACHINE |
.Ev MACHINE |
to the name of a specific architecture. |
to the name of a specific architecture, |
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or with the |
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option. |
.It Ev MANPAGER |
.It Ev MANPAGER |
Any non-null value of the environment variable |
Any non-null value of the environment variable |
.Ev MANPAGER |
.Ev MANPAGER |