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XMLCATMGR(1)		     General Commands Manual		    XMLCATMGR(1)

NAME
     xmlcatmgr -- XML and SGML catalog manager

SYNOPSIS
     xmlcatmgr [-hpsv] [-c catalog] action [action_arg ...]

DESCRIPTION
     xmlcatmgr is a utility used to manipulate SGML and XML catalogs.  It is de-
     signed with simplicity in mind: it does not depend on external programs nor
     libraries.  This manpage corresponds to xmlcatmgr version 2.2.

     A	catalog is a lookup mechanism used to translate entities into other dif-
     ferent entities.  They can, for example, map public  identifiers  to  local
     files  or URIs.  This allows you to tell the parser where to look for enti-
     ties without having to modify the original document source.

     Catalogs come in two different formats: SGML  catalogs  and  XML  catalogs.
     The  former  are  supported by many programs, as are very easy to parse and
     have existed for a long time.  XML catalogs are quite recent and  are  much
     more  powerful than the others.  xmlcatmgr can manage both of them, but its
     default behavior is to handle XML catalogs (hence, the  name  of  the  pro-
     gram).

     The following options are available:

     -c catalog  Use catalog as the catalog file.  If not specified, the catalog
		 defaults  to  /usr/local/share/xml/catalog.ports  if running in
		 XML mode, or to /usr/local/share/sgml/catalog.ports if  running
		 in SGML mode (see the -s flag).

     -h 	 Show a descriptive usage message and exit.

     -p 	 When  adding  a  new entry to a catalog (using the add action),
		 prepend it instead of inserting it at the end.

     -s 	 Use the standard SGML catalog format to parse the catalog,  in-
		 stead of the XML format.

     -v 	 Show version information and exit.

     The  action  argument  specifies  what  to do with the catalog file.  It is
     mandatory and may require extra arguments.  The action name can be preceded
     by the `--' string, to maintain  some  compatibility  with  the  xmlcatalog
     utility included in the libxml2 package.

     The following actions are available:

     add type orig replace  Add  an  entry  to	the catalog.  type specifies the
			    type of entry (see below), orig is the public  iden-
			    tifier  to be replaced and replace is the system URI
			    used to do the replacement.

			    If replace is the `--' string, it is ignored.   This
			    is	specially  useful  in  scripts, as you can parse
			    three arguments at a  time	regardless  the  current
			    type expectations.

			    If	all  entries can be added successfully, the pro-
			    gram returns 0; otherwise >0.

     create		    Create an empty catalog.  Produces an  error  if  it
			    already exists.

     destroy		    Delete the catalog file.

     lookup value	    Check  if given entries exist in the catalog, speci-
			    fied by their  value  argument.   This  matches  the
			    value  passed  to  orig when using the `add' action.
			    All entries found are printed to standard output.

			    Note that this action does not  recurse  into  cata-
			    logs, nor does network lookups.  It is only provided
			    to check if entries exist in an specific catalog, to
			    decide if they should be registered or not.

			    If	all entries exist, the program returns 0; other-
			    wise >0.

     remove type value	    Remove entries from the catalog, specified by  their
			    type  and their value.  The former provides the type
			    of entry (see below), while the  later  matches  the
			    value  passed  in  the orig parameter when using the
			    `add' action.

			    If just one argument is provided, all  matching  en-
			    tries  are	removed, regardless their type.  This is
			    only provided for command  line  compatibility  with
			    all  previous versions, so do not use it any more (a
			    warning message will be shown).

			    If all entries were removed successfully,  the  pro-
			    gram returns 0; otherwise >0.

     When parsing SGML catalogs, the type used by `add' and `remove' actions can
     be   one  of  the	following:  `BASE',  `CATALOG',  `DELEGATE',  `DOCTYPE',
     `DOCUMENT',  `ENTITY',  `LINKTYPE',   `NOTATION',	 `OVERRIDE',   `PUBLIC',
     `SGMLDECL'   and	`SYSTEM'.    When  parsing  XML  catalogs,  it	can  be:
     `delegatePublic', `delegateSystem', `delegateURI', `group' (not supported),
     `nextCatalog', `public', `rewriteSystem', `rewriteURI', `system' and `uri'.

SEE ALSO
     *	 http://www.jclark.com/sp/catalog.htm - Quick introduction to  the  SGML
	 catalog format.

     *	 http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/entity/spec.html	- Full reference
	 of the XML catalog format.

     *	 http://www.xmlsoft.org/ - libxml2 homepage.

     *	 http://xmlcatmgr.sourceforge.net/ - xmlcatmgr homepage.

HISTORY
     xmlcatmgr was created because the NetBSD Packages Collection needed a  very
     small  catalog  manager  to automatically (un)register catalog entries when
     (de)installing packages.

     It was released as an independant program through Sourceforge in  the  hope
     that it is useful to more people.

     For      a      list      of     changes	  between     versions,     see:
     /usr/local/share/doc/xmlcatmgr/CHANGES.

AUTHORS
     The  xmlcatmgr   utility	was   written	by   Julio   M.   Merino   Vidal
     <jmmv@users.sourceforge.net>.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	   May 1, 2004			    XMLCATMGR(1)

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