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3 | .\" $Id: sw-tidy.1,v 1.1 1999/07/30 18:48:16 mdw Exp $ |
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5 | .\" Manual page for `sw-tidy' |
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28 | .\"----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------- |
29 | .\" |
30 | .\" $Log: sw-tidy.1,v $ |
31 | .\" Revision 1.1 1999/07/30 18:48:16 mdw |
32 | .\" Tidy up the software index file. |
33 | .\" |
34 | . |
35 | .ie \n(.g \{\ |
36 | . fam P |
37 | . ds mw \fR[\f(BImdw\fR] |
38 | .\} |
39 | .el .ds mw \fR[\fBmdw\fR] |
40 | .ds sw \fBsw\fP |
41 | . |
42 | .\"----- Main manual text --------------------------------------------------- |
43 | . |
44 | .TH sw-tidy 1 "30 July 1999" sw-tools |
45 | . |
46 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
47 | . |
48 | .SH NAME |
49 | . |
50 | sw-tidy \- tidy \fBsw\fP's index file |
51 | . |
52 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
53 | . |
54 | .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
55 | . |
56 | .B sw-tidy |
57 | . |
58 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
59 | . |
60 | .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
61 | . |
62 | The |
63 | .B sw-tidy |
64 | command reads |
65 | .BR sw (1)'s |
66 | index file |
67 | .IB prefix /sw-index |
68 | and writes out a new version with duplicate packages removed. This |
69 | makes it take less space, and lets programs read it faster. Also, as a |
70 | side-effect, the new version is written out in alphabetical order of |
71 | package-name, although that's not very important. |
72 | .PP |
73 | The program copes (a bit) if the index file is written to while it's |
74 | being tidied. |
75 | . |
76 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
77 | . |
78 | .SH "BUGS" |
79 | . |
80 | Perhaps there ought to be a locking convention for the index file. |
81 | However, it's nice that people can update it using |
82 | .BR cat (1) |
83 | and text editors. |
84 | . |
85 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
86 | . |
87 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
88 | . |
89 | .BR sw (1), |
90 | .BR sw-info (5). |
91 | . |
92 | .SH "AUTHOR" |
93 | . |
94 | The \*(sw program, and this manual, are \*(mw productions, in association |
95 | with the European Bioinformatics Institute. They were written by Mark |
96 | Wooding <mdw@nsict.org>. Go and ask him if you have problems. |
97 | . |
98 | .\"----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------- |