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@(#)	mand.hf  Last revised 26/08/85.
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mand	Commands available in ``mand'' are:
mand	 
mand		APROPOS	CAT	DEBUG	FIND	HELP
mand		LIST	PATH	QUIT	RAW	SHOW
mand		SECS	STAT	TYPE	VER	WHATIS
mand	 
mand	For help with a specific command, use "HELP topic".
mand	Send questions or bug reports to broome@ucb-vax.berkeley.edu
mand	This is an experimental version.

apropos	Usage: apropos topic
apropos		Searches through the permuted index for lines containing the
apropos		topic substring.  Very verbose.

cat	Usage: cat <section> page
cat		This is the main command used - it searches for the named
cat		page and retrieves it, formatting it if needed.

debug	Usage: debug
debug		Enables tracing of search and configuration routines.
debug		Not especially interesting.

find	Usage: find <section> name
find		Searches for the named page, returns the location
find		of the source (unformatted) page or error if not found.

fmt	Usage: fmt <section> name
fmt		Takes the unformatted page and formats it, sending the
fmt		output directly to the connection socket.
fmt		NOT YET IMPLEMENTED ....

help	Usage: help <command>
help		Shows the help page for the named command

list	Usage: list
list		Lists all known directories and sections in the order
list		that they will be searched (ie. when the section is 
list		left unspecified in a CAT command.)

path	Usage: path [section]
path		Lists the named section by name, showing each corresponding
path		directory and suffix list in the order searched. When given
path		no arguments, shows the information for all sections.

quit	Usage: quit
quit		Prints a goodbye message and closes down the connection.

raw	Usage: raw <section> page
raw		Sends the raw (unformatted) page if found, ERR otherwise.

secs	Usage: secs
secs		Returns a list of all currently valid section names,
secs		preceded by the number of sections to be sent.
secs		Can be used by a client to verify section names.
secs		(No pun intended!)

show	Usage: show page [ page [ page ] ... ]
show		Shows all the known files for topic `page' in 
show		the order that they are selected.

stat	Usage: stat <section> page 
stat		Returns OK status if a formatted copy of the named
stat		page is found (and is of non-zero length), ERR otherwise

type	Usage: type <cpu_type>
type		If given an argument, will cause ``mand'' to reconfigure 
type		itself for ``cpu_type'', elsee will show the currently
type		selected cpu type.  Used to allow mand to specially
type		cater to any of several	machine types, such as Suns and 
type		System V workstations with special man pages.

ver	Usage: ver
ver		Shows the date this daemon was last compiled and 
ver		the current version number.

whatis	Usage: whatis topic
whatis		Searches for a line in the permuted manual index
whatis		corresponding to the named topic and returns it.