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authorJune McEnroe <june@causal.agency>2020-05-03 19:32:55 +0000
committerJune McEnroe <june@causal.agency>2020-05-03 19:43:45 +0000
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Add exman script
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+die() {
+	echo "$@" >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+script=$0
+path=${script%/*}
+prefix=${path%/bin}
+exman="${prefix}/share/exman"
+[ -d "${exman}" ] || exman=$prefix
+
+system=${1:-}
+[ -n "${system}" ] || die 'What system do you want?'
+shift
+
+export MANPATH="${exman}/${system}"
+[ -d "${MANPATH}" ] || die "No manuals for ${system}"
+
+export MANSECT=
+for sect in "${MANPATH}"/man*/; do
+	sect=${sect%/}
+	sect=${sect##*/man}
+	MANSECT="${MANSECT:-}${MANSECT:+:}${sect}"
+done
+
+exec man "$@"