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catman(1)
create the cat files for the manual
From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.
NAME
catman - create the cat files for the manual
SYNOPSIS
catman [ -nptw ] [ -M directory ] [ -T tmac.an ] [ sections ]
DESCRIPTION
The catman commands creates the preformatted versions of the on-line manual from the nroff(1) input files. Each manual page is examined and those whose preformatted versions are missing or out of date are recreated.
FILES
/usr/share/man default manual directory loca-
tion
/usr/share/catman preformatted nroffed manual
pages
SEE ALSO
man(1), nroff(1), troff(1), whatis(1)