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| 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 column 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 corresponding 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.
- 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
discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2023 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.
SEE ALSO¶
The full documentation for install-info is maintained as a Texinfo manual. 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.
| March 2023 | GNU texinfo 7.0.3 |