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)