Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 15:59:00 -0800 (AKDT) From: un_x <un_x@anchorage.net> To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: manpages Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970423155711.4080D-100000@iceberg> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970424105110.10264U-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
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On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote: > > > /usr/share/man/cat* should be owned by man.bin, mode 755 > > > /usr/bin/man should be owned by man.bin, mode 4555 (-r-sr-xr-x) > > > > yes - that is correct, my problem is that something is translating > > my manpages into non-gzip catpages. i can go in as root and > > cannot gzip -d any catpages. though they end in .gz and > > look ok. when executing a man command, zcat fails trying > > to unzip the cat page "not in gzip format". > > What do you get if you do a 'file xxx.1.gz' > If you rm xxx.1.gz and do 'man 1 xxx' file xxx.1.gz - gives "file.1.gz: data" rm-ing catpages doesn't change anything. zcat still fails ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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