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Date:	Fri, 10 Nov 2000 04:09:49 -0800 (PST)
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject:	Re: re info
To:	Gongtao Wang <yww34 AT netzero DOT com>
Cc:	cygwin users <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
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--- Gongtao Wang <yww34 AT netzero DOT com> wrote:
> 
> hi, Earnie,
> 

Hi Gongtao,

Just a word of advice and request, please ask such questions to the list and
not to me personally.  You'll never know when I can get back to you and someone
else may know the answer to your question.

> 
> I check it out and implemented it. The first part run though smoothly. But I
> do't know how to following:
> 
> 
> 1)Cygwin packages install their info documentation in the /usr/info
> directory. But you need to create a dir file there before the standalone
> info program (probably /usr/bin/info) can be used to read those info files.
> This is how you do it:
> 
>  bash$ cd /usr/info
>  bash$ for f in *.info ; do install-info $f dir ; done
> 
> This may generate warnings:
> 
>  install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `gzip.info'
>  install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `time.info'
> 
> The install-info command cannot parse these files, so you will have to add
> their entries to /usr/info/dir by hand.
> 
> How to add them manually.
> 

Use your favorite editor.  Cygwin supplies VIM for your enjoyment.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com

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