manpages

[BIS]

Hello,

Are the man pages usually stored in the same location, and if so where? I have a little utility, but apparently there are no man pages associated with it. Just hoping really here...

 

[KenCunningham]

They're usually in /usr/share/man and beneath, but you can check with echo $MANPATH. If there are pages to accompany the application, you'll need to add their location to MANPATH. HTH.

 

[crasho2001]

Hi,
I can advise you two common places.
/usr/local/man , /usr/share/man (or /usr/man).

Don't forget that ; each software can create its own man directory. I wish your utility has a man page.

 

[BIS]

many many thanks for your quick reply(s). are the manpages named after the utility? if so, would it be possible to search in all subdirectorys of, f.ex. /usr/share/man for the name of the utility?

 

[KenCunningham]

Sometimes package util man pages can be found under /usr/local, as crash mentions. I have also seen them located under /opt/<package_name> as in the case of the SE toolkit. Cheers.

 

[crasho2001]

I suggest you to check man page for man.

 

[bigscouse]

Most utilities will be in /usr/local or /opt. They should normaly be in a directory titled man and on the same path as the other directories for that utility such as bin & lib.
i.e. /opt/OV/man /opt/OV/lib /opt/OV/bin.

To use the man pages, from your shell when logging in, edit ~/.profile and update the (or add) the MANPATH line.
Should be something like this: -
MANPATH=$MANPATH:/opt/OV/man
Ged Jones

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[crasho2001]

If you log all files to a file, I think you can search faster and easier.

find / -print -name net -prune > /var/tmp/find.log
grep man /var/tmp/find.log
grep man /var/tmp/find.log |grep -i <utility_name>

 

[bigscouse]

Forgot to mention if you set up a MANPATH variable in .profile, you will need to export it: -
MANPATH=$MANPATH:/opt/OV/man
export MANPATH
Ged Jones

Top man

 

[BIS]

you guys rock...