install-info - update info/dir entries
install-info [OPTION]... [INFO-FILE [DIR-FILE]]
INSTALL-INFO(1) User Commands INSTALL-INFO(1)
NAME
install-info - update info/dir entries
SYNOPSIS
install-info [OPTION]... [INFO-FILE [DIR-FILE]]
DESCRIPTION
Add or remove entries in INFO-FILE from the Info directory DIR-FILE.
INFO-FILE and DIR-FILE are required unless the --info-file or
--dir-file (or --info-dir) options are given, respectively.
OPTIONS
--add-once
add only to first matching section, not all.
--align=COL
start description of new entries at column COL.
--calign=COL
format second and subsequent description lines to start at col-
umn COL.
--debug
report what is being done.
--delete
delete existing entries for INFO-FILE from DIR-FILE; don't
insert any new entries.
--defsection=TEXT
like --section, but only use TEXT if no sections are present in
INFO-FILE (replacing "Miscellaneous").
--description=TEXT
the description of the entry is TEXT; used with the --name
option to become synonymous with the --entry option.
--dir-file=NAME
specify file name of Info directory file; equivalent to using
the DIR-FILE argument.
--dry-run
same as --test.
--entry=TEXT
insert TEXT as an Info directory entry, overriding any corre-
sponding entry from DIR-FILE. TEXT is written as an Info menu
item line followed
by zero or more extra lines starting with whitespace.
If you specify more than one entry, all are added. If you don't
specify any entries, they are determined
from information in the Info file itself.
--help display this help and exit.
--info-dir=DIR
same as --dir-file=DIR/dir.
--info-file=FILE
specify Info file to install in the directory; equivalent to
using the INFO-FILE argument.
--item=TEXT
same as --entry=TEXT.
--keep-old
do not replace entries, or remove empty sections.
--maxwidth, --max-width=COL
wrap description at column COL.
--menuentry=TEXT
same as --name=TEXT.
--name=TEXT
the name of the entry is TEXT; used with --description to become
synonymous with the --entry option.
--no-indent
do not format new entries in the DIR file.
--quiet
suppress warnings.
--regex=R
put this file's entries in all sections that match the regular
expression R (ignoring case).
--remove
same as --delete.
--remove-exactly
only remove if the info file name matches exactly; suffixes such
as .info and .gz are not ignored.
--section=SEC
put entries in section SEC of the directory. If you specify
more than one section, all the entries
are added in each of the sections.
If you don't specify any sections, they are determined
from information in the Info file itself;
if nothing is available there, the --defsection value is used;
if that is not specified, the final default is "Miscellaneous".
--section R SEC
equivalent to --regex=R --section=SEC --add-once.
--silent
suppress warnings.
--test suppress updating of DIR-FILE.
--version
display version information and exit.
REPORTING BUGS
Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general questions and discus-
sion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | text/texinfo |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for install-info is maintained as a Texinfo man-
ual. If the info and install-info programs are properly installed at
your site, the command
info install-info
should give you access to the complete manual.
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/tex-
info-6.1.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/.
install-info 6.1 February 2016 INSTALL-INFO(1)