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- From: bigbob@netcom.com (Robert Fickling)
- Subject: Re: man for AIX?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.100332.18245@netcom.com>
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- References: <1ho775INNpjp@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 10:03:32 GMT
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- In article <1ho775INNpjp@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> mrush@ecst.csuchico.edu (Matt "C P." Rush) writes:
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- > Does anyone have a "man" command running under AIX 2.2.1?
- >
- > I made a half-hearted attempt to get the BSD man command running,
- >but I think it's objecting to AIX's System V-ish directories. Before
- >I get too carried away on this I thought I'd ask if anyone has already
- >ported man.
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- I have man as well as man pages on my RT running AIX 2.1.1.
- BRL had a man script, based on Spencer's 'awf' program. Got the man
- pages (giant file) off a local BBS.
- Believe it or not it works great!
- BTW I don't think AIX ever had man.
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- In short BRL (Ballistic Research Labs) has a good man script that gave
- my old RT man :-)
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