Subject: Re: man pages formatting
To: Georges Heinesch <geohei-ml@geohei.lu>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/26/2001 10:42:40
>While installing tcsh (and other software as well), I discovered that
>when saying:
>
>    man tcsh
>
>the message "man: Formatting man page..." appears. I am familiar with
>the man/cat directory tree structure.
>
>Question: is it possible to format the man page and save it properly
>in order to avoid formatting the page every time "man tcsh" is said?

i'm sure there's an easier way to do it, but i usually do something
like this (as root):

   # man tcsh > foo
   # mv foo /usr/pkg/man/cat1/tcsh.0

note that trying to do it in one step will not work.

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