Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 20:21:05 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: hackers@freebsd.org (freebsd-hackers) Subject: Re: manpages Message-ID: <19970424202105.ZG42265@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970423232733.4245A-100000@aak.anchorage.net>; from Steve Howe on Apr 23, 1997 23:37:32 -0800 References: <199704240704.RAA27714@unique.usn.blaze.net.au> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970423232733.4245A-100000@aak.anchorage.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
As Steve Howe wrote: > is there any way i can step thru the man process, entering each command > 1-by-1, to make sure that works? The typical indication of working cat file caching is that (after removing e.g. /usr/share/man/cat1/ls.1.gz) if you type `man ls', you see the ``Formatting man page...'' message. This message doesn't appear if the cat page is not about to be stored. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?19970424202105.ZG42265>