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Date: Sun,  8 Jul 2001 15:21:10 +0100
Message-ID: <9543-Sun08Jul2001152110+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk>
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From: David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
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To: <mxgl AT usa DOT net>
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Subject: After Installation, Using Man produces Error
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On  6 Jul 01, mxgl AT usa DOT net writes:
> I just installed cygwin, and using man produced the following message:
> 
> Error executing formatting or display command.
> System command (cd /usr/man ; (echo -e ".pl 11i"; cat /usr/man/man1/grep.1) |
> /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/groff -Tascii -mandoc | gzip >
> /usr/man/cat1/grep.1.gz) exited with status 32512.
> No manual entry for grep
> 
> I repeated the installation, no change! Everything else seems to run o.k. I
> downloaded groff, man, gzip again, no change!

This is in the FAQ: "Why doesn't man (or apropos) work?"

If that FAQ entry does not answer your question, please let us know.

David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)


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