- added mysqlman.1.in to the source distribution (generic fallback

   man page that can be used as a default man page for programs that
   do not have their own man page)

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am
index 37eb8a13f4e..539c43dfed6 100644
--- a/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/man/Makefile.am
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ man_MANS =	mysql.1 isamchk.1 isamlog.1 mysql_zap.1 mysqlaccess.1 \
 
 EXTRA_DIST =	mysql.1.in isamchk.1.in isamlog.1.in mysql_zap.1.in \
 		mysqlaccess.1.in mysqladmin.1.in mysqld.1.in mysqld_multi.1.in \
-		mysqldump.1.in mysqlshow.1.in perror.1.in replace.1.in \
+		mysqldump.1.in mysqlshow.1.in perror.1.in replace.1.in mysqlman.1.in \
 		mysqld_safe.1.in mysql_fix_privilege_tables.1.in
 
 CLEANFILES = $(man_MANS)
diff --git a/man/mysqlman.1.in b/man/mysqlman.1.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..610a64da198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/mysqlman.1.in
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.TH mysqlman 1 "20 July 2004" "MySQL @MYSQL_BASE_VERSION@" "MySQL database"
+.SH NAME
+mysqlman \- default man page for mysql
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+Certain executables distributed with the MySQL database management system do
+not have specific man pages.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+In most cases, you can run the executable from the command line with a "--help"
+argument to display a brief summary of the executable's arguments and function.
+For more information about MySQL, please refer to the MySQL reference manual,
+which may already be installed locally and which is also available online at
+http://dev.mysql.com/doc/
+.SH BUGS
+Please refer to http://bugs.mysql.com/ to report bugs.
+.\" end of man page