Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 14:59:53 -0800 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: mennis@ucsd.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cat# directories Message-ID: <4.1.19981231145657.00a45100@mail-r> In-Reply-To: <199812312144.NAA17299@ieng9.ucsd.edu>
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At 01:44 PM 12/31/98 , Mark Ennis wrote: >Hi all, > >Does anyone know what the cat# directories are for, they >are located inside the man directory alongside the man page directories? Those are formatted manpages. You may notice that the first time you open a manpage, you get a "Formatting manpage..." message. The man# file is being formatted (run through troff or something like that) and then stored in the cat# directory. Next time you open up that manpage, it is read straight from the cat# directory instead of the man# directory, to save time. >Are they necessary?? They seem to have the same file contents as the >man pages. Is this a UNIX thing or just a FreeBSD thing? I suppose they aren't necessary if you don't mind waiting for the manpages to format every time you open them. I don't know how to shut it off though. --Ludwig Pummer ( ludwigp@bigfoot.com ) ICQ UIN: 692441 ( ludwigp@email.com ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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