From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 15:50:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E22C716A4CE for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:50:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C487F43D1D for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:50:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i0LNoCse037529 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:50:12 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i0LNoCTx037528; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:50:12 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:50:12 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Didier Wiroth Message-ID: <20040121235012.GA37463@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Didier Wiroth , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1f35a1f2b0.1f2b01f35a@etat.lu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="DocE+STaALJfprDB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1f35a1f2b0.1f2b01f35a@etat.lu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.62 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.62 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:50:27 -0000 --DocE+STaALJfprDB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:30:55AM +0100, Didier Wiroth wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I've compiled and installed software by my own in this directory: > /home/me/custom/ >=20 > In this directory I have the following directories and subdirectories: > /home/me/custom/man > /home/me/custom/man/man1 > /home/me/custom/man/man8 >=20 > The man8 and man1 directory contains some .8 and .1 man files. >=20 > For example /home/me/custom/man/man8/logrotate.8 > When I enter: man 8 logrotate=20 > I get: No entry for logrotate in section 8 of the manual > or=20 > man logrotate:=20 > No manual entry for logrotate >=20 > What do I have to do, to be able to use/view those man files, only ME? I = don't want to modif manpath.config (as this is a global configuration file)? setenv MANPATH `manpath`:/home/me/custom/man Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --DocE+STaALJfprDB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFADxA0dtESqEQa7a0RAhuFAJ9kVTHPXa16+YZnrh++4jLS6NInGACfbKlv 5p8pAhtfsbmMekNkG68JcOA= =8R/2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DocE+STaALJfprDB--