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Updated: February 2021
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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. INFO-FILE and DIR-FILE are required unless the --info-file or --dir-file (or --info-dir) options are given, respectively.

OPTIONS

--add-once: add only to first matching section, not all.
--align=,COL/: start description of new entries at column COL.
--calign=,COL/: format second and subsequent description lines to start at column COL.
--debug: report what is being done.
--delete: delete existing entries for INFO-FILE from DIR-FILE; don't insert any new entries.
--defsection=,TEXT/: like --section, but only use TEXT if no sections are present in INFO-FILE (replacing "Miscellaneous").
--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, overriding any corresponding entry from DIR-FILE. 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.
--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.
--maxwidth, --max-width=,COL/: wrap description at column COL.
--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;: if nothing is available there, the --defsection value is used; if that is not specified, the final default is "Miscellaneous".
--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 © 2019 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.