On 04/05/05, DJ Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DJ Lucas wrote: > > > > > An excerpt from /etc/man.conf: > > ===================================================================== > > # Set up PATH to MANPATH mapping > > # > > # If people ask for "man foo" and have "/dir/bin/foo" in their PATH > > # and the docs are found in "/dir/man", then no mapping is required. > > ===================================================================== > > > > BTW, this has been true since version 1.5m (oldest that I can check on > right now) or maybe older.
What a truely excellent piece of design this is (man, that is). I read that and didn't see the significance of it. Thanks DJ. This is why these lists, and the people on them, are so valuable. You go along happily thinking you know everything about a fairly mundane piece of kit and all of sudden someone points out that it ain't mundane at all! R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
