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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# man-db daily cronjob, part of the slackbuilds.org man-db package.
+# Author: B. Watson.
+# Adapted from Debian's man-db package, so I guess the license is GPL.
+
+set -e
+
+if ! [ -d /var/cache/man ]; then
+ # Recover from deletion, per FHS.
+ mkdir -p /var/cache/man
+ chown man:root /var/cache/man || true
+ chmod 2755 /var/cache/man
+fi
+
+# expunge old catman pages which have not been read in a week
+# commented out, as we've got cat pages disabled in this build. Left
+# here for reference in case someone really wants to enable cat pages
+# some day.
+#find /var/cache/man -type f -name '*.gz' -atime +6 -print0 | xargs -r0 rm -f &> /dev/null
+
+# regenerate man database
+[ -x /opt/man-db/bin/mandb ] && /opt/man-db/bin/mandb --no-purge --quiet