In a message dated: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:16:31 EDT
csmith said:

>Just when it seems that something in Linux might do what I think it
>might......... wahm...
>
>I have no printer on my linux machines, so I emailed my self a copy of a
>man page  so that I could print it out, buyt guess what all I got was
>for the most part unreadable trash.  is there any way to force this man
>page into a stright asci text file so that I can read it in printed
>form.

        groff -man -Tascii <path to man page> | Mail <address>

should work fine.

Off course, you should just be able to do:

        man man | Mail <address>

It works fine for me that way.
-- 
Seeya,
Paul
----
        "I always explain our company via interpretive dance.
             I meet lots of interesting people that way."
                                          Niall Kavanagh, 10 April, 2000

         If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!



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