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Increased the number of characters in the name field of the nameEntry struct from 34 to 36. This gives an 8-byte alignment to the offset entry, which provides binary compatibility of the precompiled database file between the IIgs and little-endian 32-bit machines such as Linux boxes. *** THIS MEANS THAT THE PRECOMPILED DATABASE IS NO LONGER BINARY COMPATIBLE WITH EARLIER VERSIONS. Updated descu so that the "Last Updated" line in the describe source "header" is updated to reflect the current date and time (GMT, if supported). Fixed a bug in descu that caused the "header" to be slowly eaten, one character at a time. The describe database source file is no longer part of this archive. It is available separately from the url, above. Added a "Known Bugs" section and URLs on where to find the online database to this README. Modified the installation instructions a bit.
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.\"
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.\" $Id: describe.1,v 1.6 1998/01/17 07:20:07 gdr Exp $
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.\"
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.TH DESCRIBE 1 "22 September 1997" GNO "Commands and Applications"
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.SH NAME
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describe \- show information about a program
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.BR describe
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[
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.BR -hvV
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]
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.I program
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This manual page documents
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.BR describe
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version 1.0.5.
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.LP
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.BR describe
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will show current information about
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.IR program .
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This information includes:
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.nf
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The name of the program;
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The program version number;
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The shell the program was written for;
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The author (or the person currently maintaining the program);
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Contact information for the author;
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Where the utility should be installed;
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An FTP site from which the program may be obtained, and;
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A brief description of the program.
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.fi
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.LP
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.BR describe
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uses a database compiled by
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.BR descc (8).
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.SH OPTIONS
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.nf
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\fB-h\fR Show usage information.
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\fB-v\fR Verbose debugging mode.
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\fB-V\fR Show version information.
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.fi
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.SH FILES
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.IP \fB/usr/lib/describe.db\fR
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The system
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.B describe
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database. If the environment variable
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.B DESCDB
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is set, its value will be used instead.
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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.IP DESCDB
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Full path to the system describe database. If
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.B DESCDB
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is set, its value is used instead of the default location
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.BR /usr/lib/describe.db .
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.SH AUTHOR
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James Brookes <jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu>.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR apropos (1),
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.BR man (1),
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.BR whatis (1),
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.BR descc (8),
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.BR descu (8).
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