On 15 May 2001, Georges Heinesch wrote:

> Quoting Jeremy C. Reed (04-May-01 10:16:00):
> 
> > On 3 May 2001, Georges Heinesch wrote:
> 
> >> > BTW. catman doesn't work. no matter what option i use it does
> >> > nothing. i do read manual
> >> 
> >> Same here. I didn't manage to make it work either.
> 
> > I did some tests with catman.
> 
> > catman(8) uses /etc/man.conf. This is not documented in the manual
> > page. catman first looks at the /etc/man.conf's _default setting.
> 
> How did you find out?

I added a "verbose" option that simply added a few printf() statements so
I could see what some of the values were.

At the same time, I read through parts of the code. (That is how I found
out.)

> > Then if it contains "man/man",
> 
> Do you mean if the path defined in '_default' contains "man/man"?

Yes.

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://www.reedmedia.net/