From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 2 22:06:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA00723 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 2 Oct 1996 22:06:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obie.softweyr.com (slc129.modem.xmission.com [204.228.136.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA00718 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 1996 22:06:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id XAA00445; Wed, 2 Oct 1996 23:06:50 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 23:06:50 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199610030506.XAA00445@obie.softweyr.com> From: "Wes Peters" To: "Christopher J. Michaels" CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: man pages In-Reply-To: <29564197@toto.iv> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Christopher J. Michaels writes: > Hi, > Where can i find information on how to write my own man pages? Try 'man mdoc'. The time-honored way is to cd to /usr/share/man/man1, read some of the pages there, and roll your own. mdoc(7) should answer any questions you have about nuances. -- Wes Peters | Softweyr | Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Consulting | softweyr@xmission.com