On Dec 13, 2007 3:08 PM, Joseph Kowalski <jek3 at sun.com> wrote: > > Re: transforms > > /usr/bin /usr/share/man,1,1m,1s,1t,1c,1f > > > I think I get it (right after I sent my mail). > > In the absence of a defined MANPATH, man will search search all of > /usr/man after all the directories indicated by "bin" directories. I > see the motivation now (if I finally understand). Eventually, all of > the subsections will be searched, this just alters the order of the search.
Correct. > Of course, that still begs the question as to if this is a compatible > change. I think it technically is, but its one of > those things that are obvious enhancements that we can cut things a > little slack on this (IMHO). > > (The minor binding is important.) I'll have to trust others on this point. > (Nit, I just noticed, and I have this right, (1m) should *not* be in the > list for /usr/bin, right?) Sigh. You would think so (I did). Do this with your legacy man(1). cd /usr/bin man -l * 2>/dev/null | grep 1m Based upon what I see in there, I wonder why /usr/sbin even exists. It seems as though all it does is hide ping(1M) from those that aren't worthy. Surely the typical person doesn't run savecore or wracct. -- Mike Gerdts http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/
