Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 18:36:56 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: mtools(1) manpages Message-ID: <20000614183656.B1081@parish>
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What format are the mtools(1) manpages in? They are a bloody nuisance
because makewhatis(1) doesn't seem to understand them and instead of
adding a one-liner to the whatis database it adds the whole manpage
(seemingly as a single line) so ``man -k key'', for example produces
this:
[snip normal output]
grab(n) - Confine pointer and keyboard events to a window sub-t
ree
mtools(5), mtools.conf(5) - mtools configuration files Description This manpage
describes the configuration files for mtools. They are called f(CW(if/usr/local
/usr/local/etc/mtools.conf(is and f(CW(if~/.mtoolsrc(is. If the environmental va
riable f(CWMTOOLSRC is set, its contents is used as the filename for a third con
figuration file. These configuration files describe the following items: * Glob
al configuration flags and variables * Per drive flags and variables * Chara
cter translation tables Location of the configuration files c Configuration fil
e name c Name of configuration files c Location of configuration files f(CW(if/u
sr/local/usr/local/etc/mtools.conf(is is the system-wide configuration file, and
[snip]
This is the header from /usr/local/man/man1/mtools.1.gz:
% zcat mtools.1.gz
'\" t
.TH mtools.1 3 "28Jun99" mtools-3.9.6
.SH Name
mtools - utilities to access DOS disks in Unix.
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.tr \(is'
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.PP
.SH Introduction
Mtools is a public domain collection of tools to allow Unix systems to
manipulate MS-DOS files: read, write, and move around files on an MS-DOS
--
If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows,
am I entitled to my money back?
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