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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: catman.8,v 1.1 1995/10/18 08:47:29 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $Id: catman.8,v 1.2 1998/11/08 00:21:27 aaron Exp $
.\"
.Dd July 30, 1993
.Dt CATMAN 8
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
.Op Fl M Ar directory
.Op Ar sections
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Catman
+.Nm catman
creates formatted versions of the on-line manual pages from their
.Xr nroff 1
source.
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ regenerated.
If manual pages are regenerated,
.Nm catman
also regenerates the
-.Nm whatis
+.Xr whatis 1
database.
.Pp
The optional
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ The optional
argument is one word, and contains the section numbers of all the
sections to be checked. For example, if
.Ar sections
-is ``138'', the
+is
+.Dq 138 ,
+the
manual pages in sections 1, 3, and 8 will be checked and regenerated.
If no
.Ar sections
@@ -69,10 +71,12 @@ will try to operate on all of the known manual sections.
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl k
-Ignore errors from nroff when building manpages.
+Ignore errors from
+.Xr nroff
+when building man pages.
.It Fl n
Do not create the
-.Nm whatis
+.Xr whatis 1
database.
.It Fl p
Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not actually
@@ -81,14 +85,14 @@ execute them.
Perform work silently; do not echo commands as they are executed. This
flag is ignored if
.Fl p
-is specified.
+is also specified.
.It Fl w
Only create the
-.Nm whatis
+.Xr whatis 1
database.
.It Fl M Ar directory
Update manual pages in
-.Ar directory.
+.Ar directory .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr apropos 1 ,