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Article #58110Re: New user questions *AGAIN*
From: Ken Yap
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 00:00
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In article <4tmgnh$ha2@metro.usyd.edu.au>: |g@Elizabeth.netcraft.com.au (Geoffrey D. Bennett) wrote: | |>: MANPATH is *not* defined on my computer but man still works. Any |>: idea why? | |>man doesn't depend on MANPATH. You shouldn't set it unless you have |>some particular need to; manual page directories and other related |>stuff is defined in '/etc/man.config'. | |You seem to imply that setting MANPATH is a bad thing. Why? |I need to set it to make xman work. Any other way? It depends on which version of man you have. The one on RedHat uses /etc/man.config as the primary path configuration method but will honour MANPATH. /etc/man.config should be preferred. If that file doesn't exist you may have the traditional man program in which MANPATH is the only way.
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From: ken@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (Ken Yap)
Subject: Re: New user questions *AGAIN*
Date: 1996/07/31
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