MANCTL(8)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1

👑 MANCTL(8) — manipulating manual pages 💅

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is a tiny little icon and I need you to know about it. manctl is the System Manager's Manual's own glowy little helper for wrangling manual pages, and yes, the vibe is immaculate. 🌸

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

manctl [-compress] [-uncompress] [-help] path ...

📖 DESCRIPTION 📖

So here's the tea: the manctl utility compress or uncompress manual pages in directory path. That's it, that's the whole main character arc. 🫶

And bestie, listen — if possible, .so's are replaced with hard links. Not always, but if possible. We love a conditional slay. 🔥

The following options are available, and I have thoughts about each one:

  • -help — Print options and exit. That's it, she's a one-hit wonder and she ate. 💅
  • -compress — Compress uncompressed man pages (eliminating .so's). Say goodbye to the .so's, they are not coming to the function. ✨
  • -uncompress — Uncompress compressed man pages. Releasing them back into the wild, butterfly energy. 🦋
ngl bestie, that's genuinely the entire manpage. No hidden lore, no secret flags, no -verbose to obsess over. She's short, she's sweet, she's giving minimalist icon behavior. 💀

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

  • man(1) — go read that one next, iykyk 📚

and that's the whole thing, bestie!! this little gem is from Debian, dated January 1, 1996 — yes, 1996, she's a vintage queen and she's still serving 💖👑 so go forth and compress responsibly. 🌈⭐

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