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Date:      Fri, 1 Jan 1999 01:27:14 +0000
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>
Cc:        mennis@ucsd.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cat# directories
Message-ID:  <19990101012714.A50386@scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981231145657.00a45100@mail-r>
References:  <199812312144.NAA17299@ieng9.ucsd.edu> <4.1.19981231145657.00a45100@mail-r>

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Ludwig Pummer wrote:

> 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.

If the cat* directories don't exist, man won't create them. Man's
manpage doesn't say that, but I know I read somewhere it's a feature
for people wanting to save disk space, rather than a bug. I personally
couldn't stand the delay, but if you're really low on disk space it
might help.

-- 
Ben Smithurst
ben@scientia.demon.co.uk

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