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- From: adrian@romulus.rutgers.edu (Adrian Rodriguez)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: Usage of man ..
- Message-ID: <Dec.28.01.05.47.1992.21917@romulus.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 06:05:48 GMT
- References: <Bzy7pu.FEx@ulowell.ulowell.edu>
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- Cc: adrian
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- vprasad@cs.ulowell.edu (V G Prasad) writes:
- > I want to know how to read a man page using the man command
- > when the man page is not in the standard directory.
- > The man page about man says to use -P option
-
- Hmmm. My manpage for man says use -M to indicate a man-type directory subtree
- other than the default one(s). It doesn't say anything about a -P option. If
- the file you're trying to format is not in a man-style directory subtree, try
- `nroff -man filename | more'.
-
-
- Regards,
-
- adrian
-