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From: "Frank Meier" <fmeier AT ifh DOT ee DOT ethz DOT ch>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: bug, man, 1.5f, MANPATH with blanks
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 20:06:35 +0200
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Dear Sir,

with cygwin, I am using man, version 1.5f, man-page from 1995-09-02.

If the man path includes a directory with a blank, i. e. '/tmp/a b/man'
then the message 

fmeier AT LAETOP /d/Projects/PR970217 Larix
$ man -M '/tmp/a b/man' mmp_m3d
cd: can't cd to /tmp/a
cat: /tmp/a: No such file or directory
cat: /tmp/a: No such file or directory

appears.  Although it is a bad idea to include a blank in the name of
a file or directory, this behaviour supprises me and I consider it a
fault.

Sincerely Yours,

Frank Meier


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