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04-09-2012
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man page in MANPATH not found
dear unix experts, the 'man' command on my system isn't finding a manpage that is in a MANPATH directory, or even when I specify the path directly: Code:
12:56pm ilya@node1390 /idi/sabetilab/ilya/usr/share/man $ man -M . xemacs No manual entry for xemacs 12:56pm ilya@node1390 /idi/sabetilab/ilya/usr/share/man $ man ./xemacs.1 WARNING: terminal is not fully functional - (press RETURN) ...manpage appears... manpages in other dirs in the manpath are found (including /idi/sabetilab/ilya/usr/man ), but not in /idi/sabetilab/ilya/usr/share/man . manpath is: Code:
12:58pm ilya@node1390 /idi/sabetilab/ilya/usr/share/man $ echo $MANPATH Quote:
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#2
04-09-2012
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man command expects the name of the command not the path to the command. If there is a man page for xemacs on your system, try: Code:
man xemacs Then try a fuzzy search: Code:
man -k xemacs See also: man man Failing that please post what Operating System and version you are running so posters with a similar O/S can comment. |
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#3
04-09-2012
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Here is the relevant trace. The system is CentOS. What I'm trying to understand is why man does not find the manpage xemacs.1 even though its directory is in MANPATH. thanks for help! Code:
5:26pm ilya@tin /cvar/selection/sweep2/nsvn/Temp $ echo $MANPATH /broad/software/free/Linux/redhat_5_x86_64/pkgs/python_2.6.5/share/man:/broad/software/free/Linux/redhat_5_x86_64/pkgs/graphviz_2.26.3/share/man:/broad/software/free/Linux/redhat_5_x86_64/pkgs/gtk+_2.18.6/share/man:/broad/software/free/Linux/redhat_5_x86_64/pkgs/fontconfig_2.8.0/share/man:/broad/software/free/Linux/redhat_5_x86_64/pkgs/glib_2.22.4/share/man:/broad/software/free/Linux/redhat_5_x86_64/pkgs/gettext_0.17/share/man:/broad/software/free/Linux/redhat_5_x86_64/pkgs/sun-java-jdk_1.6.0-21_x86_64/man:/broad/lsf/7.0/man:/idi/sabetilab/ilya/usr/man:/idi/sabetilab/ilya/usr/share/man:/broad/software/dotkit/man 5:26pm ilya@tin /cvar/selection/sweep2/nsvn/Temp $ ls -l /idi/sabetilab/ilya/usr/share/man total 187 -rw-r--r--+ 1 ilya sabetilab 17 Sep 27 2010 ctags.1 -rw-r--r--+ 1 ilya sabetilab 12359 Sep 27 2010 etags.1 -rw-r--r--+ 1 ilya sabetilab 19 Sep 27 2010 gnuattach.1 -rw-r--r--+ 1 ilya sabetilab 19 Sep 27 2010 gnuclient.1 -rw-r--r--+ 1 ilya sabetilab 19 Sep 27 2010 gnudoit.1 -rw-r--r--+ 1 ilya sabetilab 12103 Sep 27 2010 gnuserv.1 drwxr-xr-x+ 2 ilya sabetilab 162 Apr 8 19:41 man1/ drwxr-xr-x+ 2 ilya sabetilab 859 Apr 5 14:04 man3/ drwxr-xr-x+ 2 ilya sabetilab 16 Mar 13 21:03 man5/ drwxr-xr-x+ 2 ilya sabetilab 6 Jun 10 2010 man7/ drwxr-xr-x+ 2 ilya sabetilab 26 Mar 13 21:03 man8/ -rw-r--r--+ 1 ilya sabetilab 23490 Sep 27 2010 xemacs.1 5:26pm ilya@tin /cvar/selection/sweep2/nsvn/Temp $ man xemacs No manual entry for xemacs 5:26pm ilya@tin /cvar/selection/sweep2/nsvn/Temp $ man -k xemacs gnuclient [gnuserv] (1) - Server and Clients for XEmacs gnuserv (1) - Server and Clients for XEmacs xcscope.el [xcscope] (1) - xemacs cscope lisp support package xemacs (1) - Emacs: The Next Generation xemacs (rpm) - Different version of Emacs xemacs-common (rpm) - Byte-compiled lisp files and other common files for XEmacs xemacs-packages-base (rpm) - Base lisp packages for XEmacs xemacs-packages-extra (rpm) - Collection of XEmacs lisp packages 5:26pm ilya@tin /cvar/selection/sweep2/nsvn/Temp $ uname -a Linux tin.broadinstitute.org 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Jul 1 19:04:48 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 5:26pm ilya@tin /cvar/selection/sweep2/nsvn/Temp $ Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-09-2012 at 05:43 PM.. Reason: code tags |
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04-09-2012
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xemacs.1 and the other .1 files should be in directory man1
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#5
04-09-2012
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Explanation: The
man -k gave the exact manual chapter. We need to tell
man which chapter (where it is not the default). For example: Code:
man 1 xemacs Last edited by methyl; 04-09-2012 at 06:10 PM.. |
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