MERGE-INFO(1) XStow Reference Guide MERGE-INFO(1)NAME
merge-info, merge and unmerge GNU Info index files
SYNOPSISmerge-info [OPTION ...] FILE FILE
DESCRIPTIONmerge-info can merge and unmerge the GNU Info index files named 'dir'.
These files are usally created by install-info at install time of an
application, or automatically generated by a mkinfodir script.
If you are installing 2 packages at two different locations, two
different 'dir' files are created. Eg.: One in
/stow/foo/usr/local/info/dir
and one in
/stow/bar/usr/local/info/dir
This is the common case if you are using a tool like xstow(1). merge-
info can handle this and can merge both 'dir' files and creates a new
'dir' file.
USAGEmerge-info [OPTION ...] FILE FILE
Merge two files:
merge-info /stow/foo/info/dir /stow/bar/info/dir
Remove the content of a 'dir' file from another 'dir' file
merge-info-u /stow/foo/info/dir /stow/bar/info/dir
OPTIONS-dl -debug-level INT
Set's the debug level. An unsigned integer is accepted. The default
value is 0.
-h -help
Shows a help screen.
-V -Version
Displays the verion number of the XStow package. merge-info is
shipped with xstow(1).
-C -no-curses
Do not detect the terminal width by using curses.
-u -unmerge
Unmerge instead of merge. Note: It is not possible splitting up one
'dir' file into two. But removing the content of one 'dir' file
from the other one is possible.
-o -outfile
Write the resulting 'dir' file not to stdout. Write it to a given
file. Since merge-info does not open this outfile until all the
merging or unmerging stuff is done it is allowed that the outfile
is one the source files. eg.:
merge-info-u foo/info/dir bar/info/dir -o foo/info/dir
-d -duplicate
Remove duplicate entries. When merging 2 files an entry can appear
in more than one section. If you do not wan't this, use this
option.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
XSTOW_DEBUG_LEVEL
Same as the -debug-level option.
XSTOW_USE_CURSES
Same as the -no-curses option.
In previous versions xstow tried detecting the terminal width and
height, by default at the startup routine. Even if this value is
only used by the help screen. The result was:
$ TERM="" xstow
Error opening terminal: unknown.
The error message is reported by the ncurses lib. This can cause
problems if you wan't start xstow as a cron job. Now xstow tries
detecting the terminal width not in it's startup, but when the help
screen is printed out. As an extra option you can set the
environment variable XSTOW_USE_CURSES="0" this will tell xstow not
using curses anyway.
merge-info has the same behaviour.
AUTHORSmerge-info was written by Martin Oberzalek <kingleo@gmx.at>.
COPYING
merge-info, a tool for merging GNU Info index files.
Copyright (C) 2004-2005 by Martin Oberzalek <kingleo@gmx.at>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
SEE ALSOinfo(1)install-info(1)xstow(1)XStow 1.0.2 2014-04-06 MERGE-INFO(1)
