Re: [aclug-L] Man and info pages

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are several solutions.

You can edit /etc/manpath.config to list new paths, and copy the
manpages into there.  (let us know if you need help setting that
file.)  You can also add a line like this to /etc/profile:

export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/path/to/custom/manpages

which will tell man to look there.

You can also use "man -l filename.1" to look at a file in your current 
directory.  For info, the syntax is info -f filename, I believe.

Sanjay Dhar <sxdhar@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> This may seem like a pretty basic question, so please bear with my
> ignorance. I usually keep updating my machine with a lot of new programs. 
> I wanted to know, how do I go about adding man/info pages for any new
> programs so that the man/info command can find it automatically without
> having to use [nt]roff to view the command usage and other details. 
> 
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