DWWW-FIND(8) Debian DWWW-FIND(8)
NAME
dwww-find - find documentation related to a search argument
SYNOPSIS
dwww-find [--package|--menu|--documentation|--docfile|--doc-base-list]
[--skip=number] argument [...]
DESCRIPTION
dwww-find is part of the dwww package, which provides access to on-line
documentation on a Debian system via WWW.
dwww-find searches for a documentation related to a given program, for
entries from Debian Documentation Menu, or at least for documents reg-
istered with doc-base. It returns a HTML-formatted document with
search results.
OPTIONS
--package argument
Search for documentation (man pages, info files, etc.) related
to argument, which can be a name of package or program that is
installed in the system. The argument is passed to dwww-quick-
find(8) to retrieve a list of names of packages related to it.
--menu argument
Search for entries in Debian Documentation Menu pages generated
by dwww-build-menu(8).
--documentation argument
Search in documentation files registered with doc-base. It uses
search++(1) for searching.
--docfile argument
Search for documentation for package, which contains the file
specified by the argument. The file must be located in or below
a directory that has been allowed by the system administrator;
see dwww(7) for more info.
--doc-base-list argument
Show list of registerered doc-base files for given argument,
which should be specified as format/document-id, where docu-
ment-id is an identificator of registered doc-base document, and
format is a name of format (e.g. text or pdf) registered by the
document, for which the list list is to be generated.
--skip=number
Works only with --documentation. Skip number of search results.
When no options are specified, --package is assumed.
FILES
/etc/dwww/dwww.conf
Configuration file for dwww.
SEE ALSO
dwww(7), dwww-quickfind(8), dwww-build-menu(8), dwww-index++(8),
search++(1), Debian doc-base Manual in
/usr/share/doc/doc-base/doc-base.html/index.html.
AUTHORS
Lars Wirzenius. Robert Luberda.
See dwww(7) for copyrights and stuff.
dwww 1.14 December 21th, 2020 DWWW-FIND(8)
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