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Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:37:57 UTC
The branch main has been updated by wosch:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=660a2e88f526d026b91464c1edbc44d25f1ce7a1
commit 660a2e88f526d026b91464c1edbc44d25f1ce7a1
Author: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-09-17 12:37:53 +0000
Commit: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-09-17 12:37:53 +0000
man.cgi: document manual page archive size
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website/content/en/cgi/man.cgi | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/website/content/en/cgi/man.cgi b/website/content/en/cgi/man.cgi
index e3e1056545..eed20e14d1 100755
--- a/website/content/en/cgi/man.cgi
+++ b/website/content/en/cgi/man.cgi
@@ -2543,6 +2543,13 @@ archive gives you direct, permanent links to the manual pages
themselves.
</p>
+<p>
+The archive currently contains more than 560 operating-system releases
+and approximately 15 million manual pages. The complete archive
+occupies about 50 GB - individual downloadable tarballs are typically
+much smaller.
+</p>
+
<h2>Shortcuts for FreeBSD manual pages</h2>
<p>You can use these short URLs to search for FreeBSD man pages:</p>
@@ -2584,8 +2591,8 @@ FreeBSD Ports Search</a> script.</li>
<li>other <a href="https://www.freebsd.org/search/">FreeBSD Search Services</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.freebsd.org/search/opensearch/">FreeBSD OpenSearch Plugins</a> for the manual pages and other services.</li>
</ul>
-<h2>Release Permalinks and tarballs</h2>
+<h2>Release Permalinks and tarballs</h2>
<p>
Release and release-alias permalinks show how to link to this script for the right OS version.
</p>