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; dont 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 dont 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 isnt 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 files 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 dont 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.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 | |