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28.Dd March 11, 2017
29.Dt MANPATH 1
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm manpath
33.Nd display search path for manual pages
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Nm
36.Op Fl Ldq
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm
40utility determines the user's manual search path from
41the user's
42.Ev PATH ,
43and local configuration files.
44This result is echoed to the standard output.
45.Bl -tag -width ".Fl d"
46.It Fl L
47Output manual locales list instead of the manual path.
48.It Fl d
49Print extra debugging information.
50.It Fl q
51Suppresses warning messages.
52.El
53.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
54The
55.Nm
56utility constructs the manual path from two sources:
57.Bl -enum -compact
58.It
59From each component of the user's
60.Ev PATH
61for the first of:
62.Bl -dash -compact
63.It
64.Pa pathname/man
65.It
66.Pa pathname/MAN
67.It
68If pathname ends with /bin:
69.Pa pathname/../share/man
70and
71.Pa pathname/../man
72.El
73.It
74The configuration files listed in the
75.Sx FILES
76section for
77.Va MANPATH
78entries.
79.El
80The information from these locations is then concatenated together.
81.Pp
82If the
83.Fl L
84flag is set, the
85.Nm
86utility will search the configuration files listed in the
87.Sx FILES
88section for
89.Va MANLOCALE
90entries.
91.Sh ENVIRONMENT
92The following environment variables affect the execution of
93.Nm :
94.Bl -tag -width ".Ev MANLOCALES"
95.It Ev MANLOCALES
96If set with the
97.Fl L
98flag, causes the utility to display a warning and the value, overriding any
99other configuration found on the system.
100.It Ev MANPATH
101If set, causes the utility to display a warning and the value, overriding
102any other configuration found on the system.
103.It Ev PATH
104Influences the manual path as described in the
105.Sx IMPLEMENTATION NOTES .
106.El
107.Sh FILES
108.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
109.It Pa /etc/man.conf
110System configuration file.
111.It Pa /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf
112Local configuration files.
113.El
114.Sh SEE ALSO
115.Xr apropos 1 ,
116.Xr man 1 ,
117.Xr whatis 1 ,
118.Xr man.conf 5
119