getNAME(8) BSD System Manager's Manual getNAME(8)
NAME
getNAME - get NAME sections from manual source for whatis/apropos data
base
SYNOPSIS
[-itvw] path [path ...]
DESCRIPTION
The getNAME utility looks inside manual page sources to find the name of
the page. It can be used to create a table of contents, report the style
of manual, or to create an introductory manual page. By default, getNAME
returns data for use in an apropos(1) database. getNAME is designed to
be called from makewhatis(8) or other manual grovelling tools, not to be
used directly.
OPTIONS
The following options are available:
-i The -i option returns information useful in creating an introduc-
tion manual. See intro(1), intro(2), etc. for examples.
-t The -t option returns information useful for creating a table of
contents.
-v Complain about incorrectly formatted man pages.
-w The -w option determines whether traditional man (``OLD''), new
mandoc (``NEW''), or some unknown (``UNKNOWN'') macros are in
use.
HISTORY
The getNAME command first appeared in 2.0BSD
BUGS
It would be nice if getNAME could deal with compressed and/or preformat-
ted manual pages. Looks for .S[Hh] NAME for consistency checking, but
that breaks man pages in other languages.
SEE ALSO
man(1), catman(8), makewhatis(8)
NetBSD October 31, 1997 NetBSD
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