Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:20:21 +0100 From: Philipp Ost <pj@smo.de> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Problems with man and less/more Message-ID: <4559FAD5.2010806@smo.de>
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Hi list, I just stumbled across a oddity when I use the `man'-command piped through `less' or `more'. What I do is the following: 1. $ man $some_program This works without problems. 2. $ man $some_program | less or: $ man $some_program | more This works without problems until I type `q' to return to the terminal. Then the following message appears on the screen[tm] an I get my shell-prompt: Error executing formatting or display command. system command exited with status 36096 Error executing formatting or display command. system command exited with status 36096 No manual entry for less $ For some man-pages (it seems the category doesn't matter), the message is two lines shorter: Error executing formatting or display command. system command exited with status 36096 No manual entry for X $ There's no difference whether I use `less' or `more'. My system is 6.2-PRERELEASE with sources from November 12th: $ uname -a FreeBSD herdubreid.xxx.xxx.de 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #0: Sun Nov 12 16:02:01 CET 2006 pj@herdubreid.xxx.xxx.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HERDUBREIDKERNEL i386 Sorry if my report is unclear in some way. If you need more information, let me know. I will do my best to provide it ;) I can also provide some ktrace output if necessary. Regards, Philipp -- www.familie-ost.info/~pj
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