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- From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Corrupt 'tar' man page
- Date: 10 Jan 1993 07:01:10 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- References: <1993Jan10.034926.3693@nwnexus.WA.COM> <1io8dqINNrc@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> <1993Jan10.060026.10328@nwnexus.WA.COM>
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- danubius@halcyon.com (Joseph R. Pannon) writes:
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- >In article <1io8dqINNrc@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon) writes:
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- >>This is a texinfo file. Its readable under the info program. This should be
- >>available on tsx-11.mit.edu. You could get the tar sources from any gnu site.
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- >Thanks, J. M., but that only is half the answer I need. I want it to
- >work under the 'man' program, just as the other pages that do work. In
- >other words, how can I convert that text into the format 'man' uses.
- >Or is tar a command that is 'not supposed' to have a 'man' doc format?
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- >Joe Pannon
-
- You can look for something that converts tex to troff format, but then you
- would have to install tex. Your best bet is to get the tar sources and see
- if there's a man page in them. Good bet that there is, since I have one
- on line, and I installed tar myself.
-
- James
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