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6 install-info - update info/dir entries
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9 install-info [OPTION]... [INFO-FILE [DIR-FILE]]
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12 Add or remove entries in INFO-FILE from the Info directory DIR-FILE.
13 INFO-FILE and DIR-FILE are required unless the --info-file or
14 --dir-file (or --info-dir) options are given, respectively.
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17 --add-once
18 add only to first matching section, not all.
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20 --align=COL
21 start description of new entries at column COL.
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23 --calign=COL
24 format second and subsequent description lines to start at col‐
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27 --debug
28 report what is being done.
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30 --delete
31 delete existing entries for INFO-FILE from DIR-FILE; don't
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34 --defsection=TEXT
35 like --section, but only use TEXT if no sections are present in
36 INFO-FILE (replacing "Miscellaneous").
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38 --description=TEXT
39 the description of the entry is TEXT; used with the --name
40 option to become synonymous with the --entry option.
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42 --dir-file=NAME
43 specify file name of Info directory file; equivalent to using
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46 --dry-run
47 same as --test.
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49 --entry=TEXT
50 insert TEXT as an Info directory entry, overriding any corre‐
51 sponding entry from DIR-FILE. TEXT is written as an Info menu
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55 If you specify more than one entry, all are added. If you don't
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60 --help display this help and exit.
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62 --info-dir=DIR
63 same as --dir-file=DIR/dir.
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65 --info-file=FILE
66 specify Info file to install in the directory; equivalent to
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69 --item=TEXT
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72 --keep-old
73 do not replace entries, or remove empty sections.
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75 --maxwidth, --max-width=COL
76 wrap description at column COL.
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78 --menuentry=TEXT
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81 --name=TEXT
82 the name of the entry is TEXT; used with --description to become
83 synonymous with the --entry option.
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85 --no-indent
86 do not format new entries in the DIR file.
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88 --quiet
89 suppress warnings.
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91 --regex=R
92 put this file's entries in all sections that match the regular
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95 --remove
96 same as --delete.
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98 --remove-exactly
99 only remove if the info file name matches exactly; suffixes such
100 as .info and .gz are not ignored.
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102 --section=SEC
103 put entries in section SEC of the directory. If you specify
104 more than one section, all the entries
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110 if nothing is available there, the --defsection value is used;
111 if that is not specified, the final default is "Miscellaneous".
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113 --section R SEC
114 equivalent to --regex=R --section=SEC --add-once.
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116 --silent
117 suppress warnings.
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119 --test suppress updating of DIR-FILE.
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121 --version
122 display version information and exit.
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125 Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general questions and discus‐
126 sion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
127 Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
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130 Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
131 GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
132 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
133 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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136 The full documentation for install-info is maintained as a Texinfo man‐
137 ual. If the info and install-info programs are properly installed at
138 your site, the command
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