INSTALL-INFO

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: September 2008
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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.

OPTIONS

--debug: report what is being done.
--delete: delete existing entries for INFO-FILE from DIR-FILE; don't insert any new entries.
--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. 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.
: When removing, TEXT specifies the entry to remove. TEXT is only removed as a last resort, if the entry as determined from the Info file is not present, and the basename of the Info file isn't found either.
--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.
--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.
--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

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2008 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.