CLEANUP-INFO(O)           dpkg utilities          CLEANUP-INFO(O)



NAME
       cleanup-info  -  clean up the mess that bogus install-info
       may have done

SYNOPSIS
       cleanup-info   [--help]   [--unsafe]   [--version]    [--]
       [<dirname>]

DESCRIPTION
       cleanup-info  is  a Perl script that tries to clean up the
       mess that bogus install-info may have done. It gathers all
       sections  with  the  same  heading  into a single one.  It
       tries to be smart about cases and trailing colon/spaces.
       Other clean-ups include removing of  empty  sections,  and
       squeezing the blank lines (in entries part only).

       Order of sections is preserved (the first encountered sec-
       tion counts).  Order of entries within a section  is  pre-
       served.

       Please  be  extremely careful when using this utility - it
       might not be 100% safe. cleanup-info tries to  be  careful
       with  your info dir file, but only until it writes it. You
       should back the file up prior to using this.

OPTIONS
       --help Output the help screen and exit successfully.

       --unsafe
              Set some additional possibly useful options.
              Warning: the `--unsafe' option may garble an other-
              wise correct file!

       --version
              Output version and exit successfully.

FILES
       /usr/info/dir or <dirname>/dir
              The info directory file. The lock file is named the
              same, with ".lock" suffix.

BUGS
       Probably many.

SEE ALSO
       install-info(o), info(o).

AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1996 Kim-Minh Kaplan.

       This is free software; see the GNU General Public  Licence
       version  2  or  later for copying conditions.  There is NO
       warranty.



Debian Project            November 1999           CLEANUP-INFO(O)