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+.\"-
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Gordon Tetlow
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"
+.Dd March 11, 2017
+.Dt MANPATH 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm manpath
+.Nd display search path for manual pages
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl Ldq
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility determines the user's manual search path from
+the user's
+.Ev PATH ,
+and local configuration files.
+This result is echoed to the standard output.
+.Bl -tag -width "-L"
+.It Fl L
+Output manual locales list instead of the manual path.
+.It Fl d
+Print extra debugging information.
+.It Fl q
+Suppresses warning messages.
+.El
+.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
+The
+.Nm
+utility constructs the manual path from two sources:
+.Bl -enum -compact
+.It
+From each component of the user's
+.Ev PATH
+for the first of:
+.Bl -dash -compact
+.It
+.Pa pathname/man
+.It
+.Pa pathname/MAN
+.It
+If pathname ends with /bin:
+.Pa pathname/../share/man
+and
+.Pa pathname/../man
+.El
+.It
+The configuration files listed in the
+.Sx FILES
+section for
+.Va MANPATH
+entries.
+.El
+The information from these locations is then concatenated together.
+.Pp
+If the
+.Fl L
+flag is set, the
+.Nm
+utility will search the configuration files listed in the
+.Sx FILES
+section for
+.Va MANLOCALE
+entries.
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT
+The following environment variables affect the execution of
+.Nm :
+.Bl -tag -width "MANLOCALES"
+.It Ev MANLOCALES
+If set with the
+.Fl L
+flag, causes the utility to display a warning and the value, overriding any
+other configuration found on the system.
+.It Ev MANPATH
+If set, causes the utility to display a warning and the value, overriding
+any other configuration found on the system.
+.It Ev PATH
+Influences the manual path as described in the
+.Sx IMPLEMENTATION NOTES .
+.El
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width "/usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf" -compact
+.It Pa /etc/man.conf
+System configuration file.
+.It Pa /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf
+Local configuration files.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr apropos 1 ,
+.Xr man 1 ,
+.Xr whatis 1 ,
+.Xr man.conf 5