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Gaius Mulley |
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[Groff] Re: Bugs in groff |
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Sat, 18 Sep 99 20:58 BST |
Werner writes:
> > The call would be rather
> >
> > cat man.1 | groff -man -Thtml > man.html
> >
> > This driver is work in progress and still has a lot of bugs. But
> > eventually it should do what you want. Bug fixes are highly
> > welcome.
>
> I tried that and it makes a tremendous mess of the page, I wouldn't
> even know where to begin to figure out what is going wrong there.
> I had a feeling you would say that - I guess I'll just keep using
> the awk script.
> I know. Even if you add the switch -P-a, you get ugly results.
> Apparently it can't cope yet with some groff requests correctly.
yes the -P-a switch is broken at the moment (I'd advise not to
use it yet)
> Gregory McCann <address@hidden> told me:
> The man source that I just downloaded (tar says version 1.5g though
> source code says 1.5f ??) includes something called man2html.
> Do you use this?
Hi,
I'm slightly confused about the problem here. Can we just
confirm that we are getting the same output below?
bash$ cat /usr/man/man1/man.1 | groff -man -Thtml > man.html
<standard input>:167: warning: can't find font `CW'
bash$ netscape man.html
bash$
(yes you're right the font CW needs to be sorted out,
and the font width is incorrect.
BTW I've not used man2html at all in grohtml.
thanks for the all the bug reports
Gaius
<html>
<head>
<meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css">
</head>
<body>
<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
<a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br>
<a href="#CAT PAGES">CAT PAGES</a><br>
<a href="#ENVIRONMENT">ENVIRONMENT</a><br>
<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>
<a href="#BUGS">BUGS</a><br>
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<span style="font-family:roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
normal;"></span>man(1)
man(1)<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 8pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<a name="NAME"></a></pre><h2>NAME</h2><p><pre><span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span><span style=" text-indent:
0.4300in;"></span>man - format and display the on-line manual pages
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>manpath - determine user's search
path for man pages<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 8pt; font-style:
bold;"></span>
<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a></pre><h2>SYNOPSIS</h2><p><pre><span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span><span style=" text-indent:
0.4300in;"></span>man [-acdfhkKtwW] [-m system] [-p string] [-C config_file]
[-M path] [-P pager] [-S sec-
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>tion_list] [section] name ...<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 8pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a></pre><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p><pre><span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span><span
style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>man<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> formats and displays the on-line
manual pages. This version knows about the<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> MANPATH<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> and<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>(MAN)PAGER<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
environment variables, so you can have your own set(s) of personal man pages and
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>choose whatever program you like
to display the formatted pages. If<span style="font-family: roman; font-size:
10pt; font-style: italic;"></span> section<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> is specified,<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> man<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> only
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>looks in that section of the
manual. You may also specify the order to search the sections for entries
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>and which preprocessors to run on
the source files via command line options or environment vari-
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>ables. If<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;"></span> name<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
contains a / then it is first tried as a filename, so that you can do<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> man
./foo.5<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
normal;"></span> or even<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt;
font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>man /cd/foo/bar.1.gz<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>.<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 8pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<a name="OPTIONS"></a></pre><h2>OPTIONS</h2><p><pre><span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span><span style=" text-indent:
0.4300in;"></span>- C config_file<span style="font-family: roman; font-size:
10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>Specify the man.conf file to use;
the default is<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
bold;"></span> /etc/man.config<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt;
font-style: normal;"></span>. (See<span style="font-family: roman; font-size:
10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> man.conf<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> (5).)<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>- M path<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>Specify the list of directories to
search for man pages. If no such option is given, the environ-
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>ment variable<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
MANPATH<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
normal;"></span> is used. If no such environment variable is found, the default
list is
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>found by consulting<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
/etc/man.config<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
normal;"></span>. An empty substring of<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> MANPATH<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> denotes the default
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>list.<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>- P pager<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>Specify which pager to use. This
option overrides the<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt;
font-style: bold;"></span> MANPAGER<span style="font-family: roman; font-size:
10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> environment variable,
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>which in turn overrides the<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
PAGER<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
normal;"></span> variable. By default,<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> man<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> uses<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> /usr/bin/less<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
-is<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>.
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>- S section_list<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>List is a colon separated list of
manual sections to search. This option overrides the<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> MAN-
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>SECT<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> environment variable.<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>- a<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> By default,<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> man<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> will
exit after displaying the first manual page it finds. Using this option
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>forces<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> man<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> to display all the manual
pages that match<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
bold;"></span> name,<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt;
font-style: normal;"></span> not just the first.<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>- c<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> Reformat the source man
page, even when an up-to-date cat page exists. This can be mean-
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>ingful if the cat page was
formatted for a screen with a different number of columns, or if the
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>preformatted page is
corrupted.<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>- d<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> Don't actually display
the man pages, but do print gobs of debugging information.<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>- D<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> Both display and print
debugging info.<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>- f<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> Equivalent to<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
whatis<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
normal;"></span>.<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>- h<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> Print a one-line help
message and exit.<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>- k<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> Equivalent to<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
apropos<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
normal;"></span>.<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>- K<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> Search for the specified
string in *all* man pages. Warning: this is probably very slow! It
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>helps to specify a section. (Just
to give a rough idea, on my machine this takes about a
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>minute per 500 man pages.)<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>- m system<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>Specify an alternate set of man
pages to search based on the system name given.<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>- p string<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>Specify the sequence of
preprocessors to run before<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt;
font-style: bold;"></span> nroff<span style="font-family: roman; font-size:
10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> or<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> troff<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>. Not all installations will
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>have a full set of preprocessors.
Some of the preprocessors and the letters used to designate
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>them are: eqn (e), grap (g), pic
(p), tbl (t), vgrind (v), refer (r). This option overrides the<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>MANROFFSEQ<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
environment variable.<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt;
font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>- t<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> Use<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
/usr/bin/groff -Tps -mandoc<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt;
font-style: normal;"></span> to format the manual page, passing the output
to<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
stdout.<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
normal;"></span> The
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>output from<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
/usr/bin/groff -Tps -mandoc<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt;
font-style: normal;"></span> may need to be passed through some filter or
another
<span style=" text-indent: 2.6900in;"></span>September 2, 1995
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<span style="font-family:roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
man(1)
man(1)
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>before being printed.<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>- w<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> or<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
--path<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
normal;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>Don't actually display the man
pages, but do print the location(s) of the files that would be for-
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>matted or displayed. If no
argument is given: display (on stdout) the list of directories that is
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>searched by<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> man<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> for
man pages. If<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
bold;"></span> manpath<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt;
font-style: normal;"></span> is a link to man, then "manpath" is equivalent to
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>"man --path".<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>- W<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> Like - w, but print file
names one per line, without additional information. This is useful in
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>shell commands like<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> man -aW
man| xargs ls -l<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 8pt; font-style:
bold;"></span>
<a name="CAT PAGES"></a></pre><h2>CAT PAGES</h2><p><pre><span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span><span
style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>Man will try to save the formatted man
pages, in order to save formatting time the next time these
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>pages are needed. Traditionally,
formatted versions of pages in DIR/manX are saved in DIR/catX,
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>but other mappings from man dir to
cat dir can be specified in<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt;
font-style: bold;"></span> /etc/man.config<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>. No cat pages are
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>saved when the required cat
directory does not exist.
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>It is possible to make<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> man<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> suid
to a user man. Then, if a cat directory has owner man and mode
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>0755 (only writable by man), and
the cat files have owner man and mode 0644 or 0444 (only
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>writable by man, or not writable
at all), no ordinary user can change the cat pages or put other files
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>in the cat directory. If<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> man<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> is not
made suid, then a cat directory should have mode 0777 if all users
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>should be able to leave cat pages
there.
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>The option<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> -c<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> forces
reformatting a page, even if a recent cat page exists.<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 8pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<a name="ENVIRONMENT"></a></pre><h2>ENVIRONMENT</h2><p><pre><span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span><span
style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>MANPATH<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>If<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> MANPATH<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> is set, its value is used
as the path to search for manual pages.<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>MANROFFSEQ<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>If<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> MANROFFSEQ<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> is set, its value is used
to determine the set of preprocessors run before
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>running<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> nroff<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
or<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
troff<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
normal;"></span>. By default, pages are passed through the table preprocessor
before<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>nroff<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>.<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>MANSECT<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>If<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> MANSECT<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> is set, its value is used
to determine which manual sections to search.<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>MANWIDTH<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>If<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> MANWIDTH<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> is set, its value is used
as the width manpages should be displayed. Other-
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>wise the pages may be displayed
over the whole width of your screen.<span style="font-family: roman; font-size:
10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>MANPAGER<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>If<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> MANPAGER<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> is set, its value is used
as the name of the program to use to display the man
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>page. If not, then<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
PAGER<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
normal;"></span> is used. If that has no value either,<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> /usr/bin/less -is<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> is
used.<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>LANG<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>If<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> LANG<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> is set, its value defines
the name of the subdirectory where man first looks for man
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>pages. Thus, the command `LANG=dk
man 1 foo' will cause man to look for the foo man
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>page in .../dk/man1/foo.1, and if
it cannot find such a file, then in .../man1/foo.1, where ... is a
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>directory on the search path.<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>NLSPATH, LC_MESSAGES, LANG<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>The environment variables<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
NLSPATH<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style:
normal;"></span> and<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt;
font-style: bold;"></span> LC_MESSAGES<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> (or<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> LANG<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> when
the latter does
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>not exist) play a role in locating
the message catalog. (But the English messages are com-
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>piled in, and for English no
catalog is required.) Note that programs like col(1) called by man
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>also use e.g. LC_CTYPE.<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>PATH
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>PATH<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> is used in the
construction of the default search path for man pages.
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<span style="font-family:roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span>
man(1)
man(1)<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>SYSTEM
<span style=" text-indent: 0.8600in;"></span>SYSTEM<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> is used to get the default
alternate system name (for use with the<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: bold;"></span> -m<span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span> option).<span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 8pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<a name="SEE ALSO"></a></pre><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p><pre><span style="font-family:
roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span><span style=" text-indent:
0.4300in;"></span>apropos(1), whatis(1), less(1), groff(1).<span
style="font-family: roman; font-size: 8pt; font-style: bold;"></span>
<a name="BUGS"></a></pre><h2>BUGS</h2><p><pre><span style="font-family: roman;
font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"></span><span style=" text-indent:
0.4300in;"></span>The<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt;
font-style: bold;"></span> -t<span style="font-family: roman; font-size: 10pt;
font-style: normal;"></span> option only works if a troff-like program is
installed.
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>If you see blinking \255 or
<AD> instead of hyphens, put `LESSCHARSET=latin1' in your environ-
<span style=" text-indent: 0.4300in;"></span>ment.
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