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1.1       root        1: .TH CATMAN 8 "4 February 1983"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: catman \- create the cat files for the manual
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B /etc/catman
                      7: [
                      8: .B \-p
                      9: ] [
                     10: .B \-n
                     11: ] [
                     12: .B \-w
                     13: ]
                     14: [ sections ]
                     15: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     16: .I Catman
                     17: creates the preformatted versions of the on-line manual from the nroff
                     18: input files.
                     19: Each manual page is examined and those whose preformatted versions are
                     20: missing or out of date are recreated.
                     21: If any changes are made,
                     22: .I catman
                     23: will recreate the
                     24: .B /usr/lib/whatis
                     25: database.
                     26: .PP
                     27: If there is one parameter not starting with a `\-',
                     28: it is take to be a list of manual sections to look in.
                     29: For example
                     30: .IP
                     31: .B catman 123
                     32: .LP
                     33: will cause the updating to only happen to manual sections
                     34: 1, 2, and 3.
                     35: .PP
                     36: Options:
                     37: .TP
                     38: .B \-n
                     39: prevents creations of
                     40: .BR /usr/lib/whatis .
                     41: .TP
                     42: .B \-p
                     43: prints what would be done instead of doing it.
                     44: .TP
                     45: .B \-w
                     46: causes only the 
                     47: .B /usr/lib/whatis
                     48: database to be created.
                     49: No manual reformatting is done.
                     50: .SH FILES
                     51: .ta 2i
                     52: /usr/man/man?/*.*      raw (nroff input) manual sections
                     53: .br
                     54: /usr/man/cat?/*.*      preformatted manual pages
                     55: .br
                     56: /usr/lib/makewhatis    commands to make whatis database
                     57: .DT
                     58: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     59: man(1)
                     60: .SH BUGS
                     61: Acts oddly on nights with full moons.

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