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.TH sw-tidy 1 "30 July 1999" sw-tools
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.SH NAME
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sw-tidy \- tidy \fBsw\fP's index file
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.B sw-tidy
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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The
.B sw-tidy
command reads
.BR sw (1)'s
index file
.IB prefix /sw-index
and writes out a new version with duplicate packages removed.  This
makes it take less space, and lets programs read it faster.  Also, as a
side-effect, the new version is written out in alphabetical order of
package-name, although that's not very important.
.PP
The program copes (a bit) if the index file is written to while it's
being tidied.
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.SH "BUGS"
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Perhaps there ought to be a locking convention for the index file.
However, it's nice that people can update it using
.BR cat (1)
and text editors.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR sw (1),
.BR sw-info (5).
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.SH "AUTHOR"
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The \*(sw program, and this manual, are \*(mw productions, in association
with the European Bioinformatics Institute.  They were written by Mark
Wooding <mdw@nsict.org>.  Go and ask him if you have problems.
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