Subject: Re: man pages formatting
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Georges Heinesch <geohei-ml@geohei.lu>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/29/2001 19:17:57
Quoting Andrew Brown (26-Apr-01 15:42:40):

>>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.

You are right.
Can someone explain why this doesn't work (sorry, newbie)?

TIA

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