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Date:      Sat, 28 Jan 1995 19:46:44 +0059 (MET)
From:      Andreas Schulz <ats@g386bsd.first.gmd.de>
To:        adhir@bigdipper.umd.edu (Alok K. Dhir)
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: Man Pages
Message-ID:  <199501281846.TAA21959@g386bsd.first.gmd.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950128095625.2184A-100000@bigdipper.umd.edu> from "Alok K. Dhir" at Jan 28, 95 09:58:22 am

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> On the subject of man pages - here's something that's been bugging me 
> since the 1.1.5.1...  Why does the "more" prompt at the bottom always say 
> "stdin" when looking at a man page?  Shouldn't it say nn%?

More can't show the percent of the file, if it gets the file from
stdin. It simply can't determine how much more will be coming from
the pipe.


	  ATS ( ats@first.gmd.de or ats@cs.tu-berlin.de )

Andreas Schulz  GMD-FIRST     12489  Berlin-Adlershof  Rudower Chaussee 5
Gebaeude 13.7   Tel: +49-30-6392-1856/+49-177-2134745    Germany/Europe



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