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-.\" $Id: sw-tidy.1,v 1.1 1999/07/30 18:48:16 mdw Exp $
+.\" $Id: sw-tidy.1,v 1.2 2004/04/08 01:52:19 mdw Exp $
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-.\"----- Revision history ---------------------------------------------------
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-.\" $Log: sw-tidy.1,v $
-.\" Revision 1.1 1999/07/30 18:48:16 mdw
-.\" Tidy up the software index file.
-.\"
-.
-.ie \n(.g \{\
-. fam P
-. ds mw \fR[\f(BImdw\fR]
-.\}
-.el .ds mw \fR[\fBmdw\fR]
-.ds sw \fBsw\fP
-.
-.\"----- Main manual text ---------------------------------------------------
-.
-.TH sw-tidy 1 "30 July 1999" sw-tools
-.
-.\"--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-.
-.SH NAME
-.
-sw-tidy \- tidy \fBsw\fP's index file
-.
-.\"--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-.
-.SH "SYNOPSIS"
-.
-.B sw-tidy
-.
-.\"--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-.
-.SH "DESCRIPTION"
-.
-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.
-.
-.\"--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-.
-.SH "BUGS"
-.
-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.
-.
-.\"--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.
-.BR sw (1),
-.BR sw-info (5).
-.
-.SH "AUTHOR"
-.
-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.
-.
-.\"----- That's all, folks --------------------------------------------------