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INSTALL-INFO

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

ginstall-info - update info/dir entries  

SYNOPSIS

ginstall-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

Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org. Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.shtml>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for ginstall-info is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and ginstall-info programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info ginstall-info

should give you access to the complete manual.

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Index

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

REPORTING BUGS

COPYRIGHT

SEE ALSO

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