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NAME

6       install-info - update info/dir entries
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SYNOPSIS

9       install-info [OPTION]... [INFO-FILE [DIR-FILE]]
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DESCRIPTION

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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OPTIONS

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‐
25              umn 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  in‐
32              sert any new entries.
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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  op‐
40              tion 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
44              the DIR-FILE argument.
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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
52              item line followed
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54       by zero or more extra lines starting with whitespace.
55              If you specify more than one entry, all are added.  If you don't
56              specify any entries, they are determined
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58              from information in the Info file itself.
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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 us‐
67              ing the INFO-FILE argument.
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69       --item=TEXT
70              same as --entry=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
79              same as --name=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
93              expression R (ignoring case).
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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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106       are added in each of the sections.
107              If you don't specify any sections, they are determined
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109       from information in the Info file itself;
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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REPORTING BUGS

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 © 2021 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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SEE ALSO

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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140              info install-info
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142       should give you access to the complete manual.
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