2. Invoke ebinfo

Its usual way to invoke ebinfo is as follows:

% ebinfo book-path

book-path points to the top directory of a CD-ROM book where the file `catalog' or `catalogs' resides. It may be a local path (e.g. `/mnt/dict') or a remote access identifier (e.g. `ebnet://localhost/dict'). Though you cannot specify two or more book-paths, you can omit book-path like as follows:

% ebinfo

In this case, ebinfo assumes that the current working directory (`.') is specified. ebinfo outputs information about the specified book like as follows:

% ebinfo /mnt/cdrom disc type: EB/EBG/EBXA/EBXA-C/S-EBXA character code: JIS X 0208 the number of subbooks: 2 subbook 1: title: New English Japanese Dictionary (3rd edition) directory: ejdict search methods: word endword keyword menu font sizes: 16 24 30 48 narrow font characters: 0xa121 -- 0xa24e wide font characters: 0xa321 -- 0xa27e subbook 2: title: How to use the book directory: howto search methods: word endword keyword menu font sizes: 16 24 30 48 narrow font characters: wide font characters: 0xa321 -- 0xa27e

If a subbook in the book supports multi-search, ebinfo also outputs detail information about multi-search by specifying the `--multi-search' (or `-m') option. The mulit-search information is like as follows.

multi search 1: label 1: country or region with candidates: yes label 2: period with candidates: no label 3: category with candidates: yes label 4: authority with candidates: no multi search 2: label 1: author with candidates: no label 2: title with candidates: no label 3: date with candidates: no label 4: publisher with candidates: no