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; 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.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.

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