Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:04:25 +0100 From: Randall Wood <zafiro17@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to Install Man Page Message-ID: <20090811070423.GA3515@koala> In-Reply-To: <200908102059.n7AKxha1075178@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200908102059.n7AKxha1075178@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 03:59:43PM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > There is a test man page I am trying to install and the system > is not finding it. I put it in /usr/local/man/man1 and think > I should at least get complaints about the page as it is the > start of a man page, not the whole thing. I named it testpage, > compressed it with gzip and when I type > > man testpage, it just says that there is no manual entry for > testpage. > > Is there a data base I forgot to remake after adding the > page? I did make sure the ownership and permissions are the same > as other pages in the directory. I also did a man on one of the > other pages in that same directory and it came right up. Thank > you. > > Martin McCormick Yes, the program is mandb I think.
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