CLEANUP-INFO

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

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

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 section counts). Order of entries within a section is preserved.

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.

--help

Output the help screen and exit successfully.

--unsafe

Set some additional possibly useful options.
Warning: the ‘--unsafe’ option may garble an otherwise correct file!

--version

Output version and exit successfully.

/usr/info/dir or <dirname>/dir

The info directory file. The lock file is named the same, with ".lock" suffix.

Probably many.

install-info(8), info(1).

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.