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 send a blank message to ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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