From: glenns@ra.pad.otc.com.au (Glenn Satchell - Uniq professional Services)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: Man pages used to format themselves
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Date: 17 Aug 92 01:19:36 GMT
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Create the directories /usr/man/cat[12345678ln] and make them world writeable. man(1) will then save the formatted man pages when the particular man entry is looked up the first time. This is cryptically mentioned in man(1):
If there are preformatted, up-to-date versions in
corresponding cat? or fmt? directories, man simply displays
or prints those versions. If the preformatted version of
interest is out of date or missing, man reformats it prior
to display.
Typically you might set this up for the most used sections, typically 1, 8 and l.
In article <qm8m_kc.cyclone@netcom.com>, cyclone@netcom.com (Bill Sheppard) writes:
|> Before I upgraded my Sun 3/50 (quit laughing!) to 4.1.1 from 4.0.1 whenever I
|> looked at a man page it would format itself permanently - know, they don't.
|> Where should I look to restore this to its previous state, such that the
|> second time I look at a given man page it will already be formatted. I know
|> about catman, but don't want to use that much disk space.
|>
|> Thanks,
|>
|> Bill
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Glenn Satchell kalli!glenn@fourx.aus.sun.com
Uniq Professional Services Pty Ltd glenns@nms.otca.oz.au
"The answer is no, and we'll negotiate from there."
