[SunHELP] read man pages manually

Mon Apr 16 07:44:26 CDT 2001

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man -m <path_to_man_dir> <manpage>

		OR

Add the path to the man page to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable in your
.profile (sh/ksh) .cshrc 
(csh).  Then resource your .profile/.cshrc.

Using one of the above methods you will be able to read the man pages.

Dennis Lund

-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Ghent [mailto:daleg at elemental.org]
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 2:51 AM
To: solaris help2
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] read man pages manually

On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, faisal wrote:

| can i read man pages manually ?
| i mean i have installed something ... & it have a directory called man in
| which there are man pages files .... can i read them ?
| i am doing this cause when i try to fetch  that software man pages it
gives
| me error that no manual entry found..
| but there are man pages there certianly ...

nroff -man manpage.file | more

If man does not see the man page files you're trying to read, then you
will need to add that man directory to your MANPATH environment variable.

'man man' will tell you about that.

/dale

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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>man -m <path_to_man_dir> <manpage></FONT>
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        <FONT SIZE=3D2>OR</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Add the path to the man page to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH =
variable in your .profile (sh/ksh) .cshrc </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>(csh).  Then resource your =
.profile/.cshrc.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Using one of the above methods you will be able to =
read the man pages.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Dennis Lund</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Dale Ghent [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:daleg at elemental.org">mailto:daleg at elemental.org</A>]</FON=
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 2:51 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: solaris help2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: Re: [SunHELP] read man pages =
manually</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, faisal wrote:</FONT>
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| can i read man pages manually ?
 | i mean i have installed something ... & it =
have a directory called man in
 | which there are man pages files .... can i read =
them ?
 | i am doing this cause when i try to fetch  =
that software man pages it gives
 | me error that no manual entry found..
 | but there are man pages there certianly ...

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>nroff -man manpage.file | more</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>If man does not see the man page files you're trying =
to read, then you</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>will need to add that man directory to your MANPATH =
environment variable.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>'man man' will tell you about that.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>/dale</FONT>
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