Configuring MANPATH ? 1

[StickyBit]

Hi folks,

What is the correct way to configure MANPATH using bash e.g.

If I install qmail on my system, the install creates the following directory with man pages: /var/qmail/man.

Should I copy the pages to /usr/man ? because this is in my man path or should I edit profile / .profile with something like this: export MANPATH = $MANPATH:/var/qmail/man. However, If I export MANPATH = $MANPATH:/var/qmail/man my man pages only contain information from /var/qmail/man, and nothing else. What am I doing wrong? How do I configure my man path properly using bash?

Regards,

StickyBit.

 

[harris79]

In your .profile put-

MANPATH=/usr/man:/var/qmail/man; export MANPATH

Steve