From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 31 23:51:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA14809 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 23:51:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from scientia.demon.co.uk (scientia.demon.co.uk [212.228.14.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA14797 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 23:51:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ben@scientia.demon.co.uk) Received: from ben by scientia.demon.co.uk with local (Exim 2.10 #3) id 0zvtMw-000D8n-00; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 01:27:14 +0000 Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 01:27:14 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst To: Ludwig Pummer Cc: mennis@ucsd.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cat# directories Message-ID: <19990101012714.A50386@scientia.demon.co.uk> References: <199812312144.NAA17299@ieng9.ucsd.edu> <4.1.19981231145657.00a45100@mail-r> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981231145657.00a45100@mail-r> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ludwig Pummer wrote: > I suppose they aren't necessary if you don't mind waiting for the manpages > to format every time you open them. I don't know how to shut it off though. If the cat* directories don't exist, man won't create them. Man's manpage doesn't say that, but I know I read somewhere it's a feature for people wanting to save disk space, rather than a bug. I personally couldn't stand the delay, but if you're really low on disk space it might help. -- Ben Smithurst ben@scientia.demon.co.uk send a blank message to ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message