Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 07:16:11 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man(1) output error Message-ID: <20101031071611.916fe7e0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4cccf7f9.0UgCkeA%2Bowm8JoKb%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010282232340.58967@wonkity.com> <AANLkTimvdoceCoBhpiLGUkftLN0L=qfVV0nm_aD49kR7@mail.gmail.com> <20101029185853.0631917f.freebsd@edvax.de> <20101029184958.GE2439@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010301810530.6585@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010302050110.7006@wonkity.com> <4cccf7f9.0UgCkeA%2Bowm8JoKb%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:00:41 -0700, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Does it by any chance go away if you cause "less" to read the > pipe all the way to EOF, e.g. by entering G, before exiting? In this case - no error message (either by typing G, End, or manually scrolling through the whole manpage). % man csh | less :q Error executing formatting or display command. system command exited with status 36096 Error executing formatting or display command. system command exited with status 36096 No manual entry for csh % % man csh | less :G (END) :q % > If so, there may be a problem in the way man handles SIGPIPE. Would be understandable. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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