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Date: | Sun, 2 Aug 1998 17:53:23 +0300 (IDT) |
From: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
To: | Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net> |
cc: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
Subject: | Re: MAN & INFO |
In-Reply-To: | <3.0.1.16.19980802104315.2327c8ce@shadow.net> |
Message-ID: | <Pine.SUN.3.91.980802175129.13566B-100000@is> |
MIME-Version: | 1.0 |
On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, Ralph Proctor wrote: > What is still curious is that not all man files have the man > extension--true or false? Most man pages do NOT have .man extension. They usually have extensions like .1 or .1x where x is a single letter. The man clone you are using is rather loose about the extension, unless you invoke it with a specific section number (like "man 3 foo").
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