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Re: [SLE] Man pages for man(1), ps(1)
  • From: zentara@xxxxxxxx (zentara)
  • Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 19:41:50 -0500
  • Message-id: <381E334E.87EEF6B0@xxxxxxxx>



"Paul W. Abrahams" wrote:
>
> zentara wrote:
>
> > "Paul W. Abrahams" wrote:
> > >
> > > The SuSE 6.2 distribution doesn't include a man page for man(1)
> > > itself, and the man page for ps(1) is badly garbled. Does anyone know
> > > of good sources for these man pages?
> > >
> >
> > I just typed " man man ", and got a screen.
> >
> > Did you install the package "all manpages" ( sorry don't
> > recall the exact name) it's in the documentation section
> > of the cd set.
>
> You probably got man(2), not man(1). Man(1) is how to use man; man(2) is
> how to prepare man pages.
>
> Paul

Nope it's man1......here is a screenshot.

man(1) Manual pager utils man(1)

NAME
man - an interface to the on-line reference manuals

SYNOPSIS
man [-c|-w|-tZT device] [-adhu7V] [-m system[,...]] [-L
locale] [-p string] [-M path] [-P pager] [-r prompt] [-S
list] [-e extension] [[section] page ...] ...
man -l [-7] [-tZT device] [-p string] [-P pager] [-r
prompt] file ...
man -k [-M path] keyword ...
man -f [-M path] page ...

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