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## NAME
       update-info-dir - update or create index file from all installed info files in directory

## SYNOPSIS
       **update-info-dir** _[options]_ **[directory]**

## DESCRIPTION
       Update, or create, the index file _dir_ of available documentation in /usr/share/info/ (the de‐
       fault) or in given DIRECTORY. The index file _info_ is the directory is  usually  presented  by
       info browsers on startup.

## OPTIONS
### -h,--help
              Display help and exit.

## SEE ALSO
       [emacs(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/emacs/1/markdown) [info(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/info/1/markdown) [install-info(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/install-info/1/markdown)

## AUTHOR
       This  manual  page  was  written  by  Norbert  Preining  <<preining@logic.at>>,  for the Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

       This manual page was written for the  Debian  GNU/Linux  distribution  because  the  original
       script was designed for Debian packaging system.



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