12-29-2011
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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello ,
I just installed openssh in my system . I actually tried to man sshd but it says no entry , though there is a man directory in the installation which have the man pages for sshd .
Can anyone tell me how should i install these man pages .
DP (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: DPAI
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I've written now a man pages, but I don't knwo how to get 'man' to view them. Where have I to put this files, which directories are allowed??
THX Bensky (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: bensky
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi folks,
I want to know all the commands for which man pages are available. How do i get it?
Cheers,
Nisha (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Nisha
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
How can I see the man pages for while, for, if and other shell script control structures.. I can't say just "man while" at least on hp unix...
Do I need to use any special option?
Thank you!
Vishnu. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Vishnu
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
When reading man pages, I notice that sometimes commands are follwed by a number enclosed in parenthesis. such as:
mkdir calls the mkdir(2) system call.
What exactly does this mean? (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: dangral
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6. Post Here to Contact Site Administrators and Moderators
Hi,
Any chance we could have an input pane in the forums
that targets a man page and whose content is output to the bottom
of the man page in this way forming extended man pages with additional know how?
Thanks,
Steve (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: spaesani
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7. Solaris
Hi everyone,
I have a small query, in solaris the man pages get displayed on half of the terminal , can i get a full terminal or full screen display ?:) (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: M.Choudhury
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8. HP-UX
Can anyone supply me with the man pages for:
omnidatalist
omnibarlist
omnisap.exe
I prefer the source man pages in nroff format.
A clue about the software bundles which supply these man pages is fine as well.
OS: HP-UX
TIA (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: sb008
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
"how to see the man pages related to pthreads". while executing the command man pthread_t . im getting the following error!!!!!
No manual entry for pthread. (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Muthukumar U
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10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
How would I go about making a list of all man pages beginning with the letter "a"?
I have tried:
man a*
man *
man
man {a}*
man {a*}
man "a*"
man 'a'*
man 'a*' (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Xubuntu56
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
update-initramfs.conf
UPDATE-INITRAMFS.CONF(5) update-initramfs.conf manual UPDATE-INITRAMFS.CONF(5)
NAME
update-initramfs.conf - configuration file for update-initramfs
DESCRIPTION
The configuration file allows one to disable the update action from update-initramfs.
GENERAL VARIABLES
update_initramfs
Default is yes for running the latest initramfs-tools hooks in the newest Linux image. Setting it to all updates any known
initramfs. It is possible to set it to no for remote servers or boxes where conservative manners needs to be applied. This disables
the update_initramfs -u call.
backup_initramfs
If set update_initramfs keeps an .bak file of the previous initramfs. If unset the backup initramfs will not be kept.
FILES
/etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf
AUTHOR
The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <maks@debian.org>, Jeff Bailey <jbailey@raspberryginger.com> and numerous others.
SEE ALSO
initramfs.conf(5), initramfs-tools(8), mkinitramfs(8), update-initramfs(8).
Linux 2010/04/05 UPDATE-INITRAMFS.CONF(5)