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MANPATH(1)		     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  en-
	  tries.
     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  warn-
		 ing  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			 March 11, 2017 		      MANPATH(1)
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