From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 31 15:00:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA00133 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 15:00:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from inet.chip-web.com (c1003518-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com [24.1.82.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA00128 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 15:00:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ludwigp@bigfoot.com) Received: (qmail 1502 invoked from network); 31 Dec 1998 22:59:56 -0000 Received: from speedy.chip-web.com (HELO speedy) (172.16.1.1) by inet.chip-web.com with SMTP; 31 Dec 1998 22:59:56 -0000 Message-Id: <4.1.19981231145657.00a45100@mail-r> X-Sender: ludwigp2@mail-r X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 14:59:53 -0800 To: mennis@ucsd.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: Re: cat# directories In-Reply-To: <199812312144.NAA17299@ieng9.ucsd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 01:44 PM 12/31/98 , Mark Ennis wrote: >Hi all, > >Does anyone know what the cat# directories are for, they >are located inside the man directory alongside the man page directories? Those are formatted manpages. You may notice that the first time you open a manpage, you get a "Formatting manpage..." message. The man# file is being formatted (run through troff or something like that) and then stored in the cat# directory. Next time you open up that manpage, it is read straight from the cat# directory instead of the man# directory, to save time. >Are they necessary?? They seem to have the same file contents as the >man pages. Is this a UNIX thing or just a FreeBSD thing? I suppose they aren't necessary if you don't mind waiting for the manpages to format every time you open them. I don't know how to shut it off though. --Ludwig Pummer ( ludwigp@bigfoot.com ) ICQ UIN: 692441 ( ludwigp@email.com ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message