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@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ SRCS = Makefile \ man.h \ man.7 \ man.c \ + man.cgi.7 \ man_hash.c \ man_html.c \ man_macro.c \ diff --git a/man.cgi.7 b/man.cgi.7 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9ede2f11 --- /dev/null +++ b/man.cgi.7 @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 24 2011 $ +.Dt MAN.CGI 7 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm man.cgi +.Nd cgi for manpage query and display +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +script queries and displays manual pages. +It interfaces with +.Xr mandocdb 8 +databases for query and with +.Xr mandoc 1 +for display. +This script operates in two modes: secure and insecure. +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It insecure +Act as a web-based +.Xr apropos 1 +and +.Xr mandoc 1 . +This assumes full access to the file-system. +It is not recommended for public-facing servers. +.It secure +Act on manual pages cached by +.Xr manup 8 . +A cached file tree is queried for pre-formatted manuals. +.El +.Pp +To run in insecure mode, drop +.Nm +into your web-server's CGI directory. +The environment variable +.Ev INSECURE +must be set. +.Pp +To run in secure mode, you must maintain a cache directory of +preformatted manuals using +.Xr manup 8 . +If your web-server is running in a jail, the cache directory must be +within the jail. +Set the environment variable +.Ev CACHE_DIR +to this directory, which defaults to +.Pa /cache/man.cgi . +If you're running in a jailed web-server, make sure the +.Pa /tmp +directory exists and is writable. +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Er INSECURE +Run in insecure mode. +Not recommended. +.It Er CACHE_DIR +The absolute path of the +.Xr manup 8 +cache directory. +.El +.Sh FILES +The configuration file +.Pa etc/man.conf +must exist within the cache directory. +This is built by +.Xr manup 8 . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr apropos 1 , +.Xr mandoc 1 , +.Xr manup 8 , +.Xr mandocdb 8 +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +utility was written by +.An Kristaps Dzonsons , +.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv . |