Quoting Robert Elz (29-Apr-01 18:41:44):

>     Date:        29 Apr 2001 19:17:57 +0100
>     From:        "Georges Heinesch" <geohei-ml@geohei.lu>
>     Message-ID:  <860.519T2852T11574656geohei9@attglobal.net>

>   | >    # 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)?

> The '>' is done (by your shell) before the man command is started.
> When man does start, if the output were placed directly in
> .../cat1/tcsh.0 then man would see that (empty) file existing
> already, print it for you, and do nothing else.

Got it. Thanks a lot!

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