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Re: Where are the Man Pages
- To: abdul_mulla at yahoo dot com
- Subject: Re: Where are the Man Pages
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:41:13 -0500
- CC: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <20001110181906.15026.qmail@web4904.mail.yahoo.com>
> I can not use the man pages if I was to do say 'man
> cd' although /usr/man contains contents. Secondly, is
"cd" isn't a separate command. Try "man bash".
> there a 'pkginfo' equivalent to see which (or pkgmk
> and pkgrm) packages have been installed.
cat /etc/setup/installed.db
> Sorry for my ignorance but what is the difference
> between cygwin and UNIX os? Are you trying to acheive
> the same thing as Linux or that your development
> provides a UNIX shell in MS Windows.
Cygwin isn't Unix. It runs under Windows. We try to be as unix-like
as possible, but some things just aren't possible (or practical) under
Windows.
> Finally, I tried downloading from UK sites and they
> were all unavailable. Please can you let me know how
> we could become a mirror site for UK.
First, be a mirror. Then, email me the URL and I'll add you to the
list.
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