DWWW-FIND
Section: Debian (8)
Updated: December 21th, 2020
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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 registered 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-quickfind(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
document-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.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- SEE ALSO
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- AUTHORS
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