NAME

manctl — manipulating manual pages

SYNOPSIS

manctl

[ -compress][ -uncompress][ -purge][ -help] path ...

DESCRIPTION

The manctl utility compress or uncompress manual pages in directory path. If possible, .so's are replaced with hard links.

The following options are available:

-help

Print options and exit.

-compress

Compress uncompressed man pages (eliminating .so's).

-uncompress

Uncompress compressed man pages.

-purge

Purge old formatted man pages (not implemented yet).

SEE ALSO

catman(1), man(1)