MANPATH(1)              FreeBSD General Commands Manual             MANPATH(1)

NAME

     manpath - display search path for manual pages

SYNOPSIS

     manpath [-Ldq]

DESCRIPTION

     The manpath utility determines the user's manual search path from the
     user's PATH, and local configuration files.  This result is echoed to the
     standard output.

     -L  Output manual locales list instead of the manual path.

     -d  Print extra debugging information.

     -q  Suppresses warning messages.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTES

     The manpath utility constructs the manual path from two sources:
     1.   From each component of the user's PATH for the first of:
          -   pathname/man
          -   pathname/MAN
          -   If pathname ends with /bin: pathname/../share/man and
              pathname/../man
     2.   The configuration files listed in the FILES section for MANPATH
          entries.
     The information from these locations is then concatenated together.

     If the -L flag is set, the manpath utility will search the configuration
     files listed in the FILES section for MANLOCALE entries.

ENVIRONMENT

     The following environment variables affect the execution of manpath:

     MANLOCALES  If set with the -L flag, causes the utility to display a
                 warning and the value, overriding any other configuration
                 found on the system.

     MANPATH     If set, causes the utility to display a warning and the
                 value, overriding any other configuration found on the
                 system.

     PATH        Influences the manual path as described in the IMPLEMENTATION
                 NOTES.

FILES

     /etc/man.conf                System configuration file.
     /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf  Local configuration files.

SEE ALSO

     apropos(1), man(1), whatis(1), man.conf(5)

FreeBSD 15.1-STABLE-HBSD        March 11, 2017                      MANPATH(1)