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
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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").