cleanup-info

CLEANUP-INFO(8) dpkg utilities CLEANUP-INFO(8)

NAME

cleanup-info - clean up the mess that bogus install-info may have done


SYNOPSIS
cleanup-info [--help] [--unsafe] [--version] [--] []

DESCRIPTION

cleanup-info is a Perl script that tries to clean up the mess that
bogus install-info may have done. It gathers all sections with the same
heading into a single one. It tries to be smart about cases and trail-
ing colon/spaces.
Other clean-ups include removing of empty sections, and squeezing the
blank lines (in entries part only).


Order of sections is preserved (the first encountered section counts).
Order of entries within a section is preserved.


Please be extremely careful when using this utility - it might not be
100% safe. cleanup-info tries to be careful with your info dir file,
but only until it writes it. You should back the file up prior to using
this.


OPTIONS
--help Output the help screen and exit successfully.


--unsafe
Set some additional possibly useful options.
Warning: the "--unsafe" option may garble an otherwise correct
file!


--version
Output version and exit successfully.


FILES
/usr/info/dir or /dir
The info directory file. The lock file is named the same, with
".lock" suffix.


BUGS
Probably many.



SEE ALSO

install-info(8), info(1).

AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1996 Kim-Minh Kaplan.


This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or
later for copying conditions. There is NO warranty.






Debian Project November 1999 CLEANUP-INFO(8)