RE: MANPATH Problems

["Ralf Hauser" <ralfhauser at gmx dot ch>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elfyn McBratney [mailto:elfyn-cygwin at exposure dot org dot uk]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 20. Februar 2003 08:58
> To: cygwin; hauser at acm dot org
> Subject: Re: MANPATH Problems
> 
> 
> Ralf, Please keep replies on list as there are more people there 
> and smarter
> too might I add ;-)
> 
> > > > Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> > > > > What is the contents of your MANPATH
> > > > > environment variable?
> > > >
> > > /cygdrive/c/data/MyDocRalf/bin/cgywin/usr/man:/cygdrive/c/data/MyD
> > > ocRalf/McKBrC/man
> > > >
> > > > I also tried the version with it ending in a colon - no change
> > > >
> > > > For example, the file 
> /cygdrive/c/data/MyDocRalf/McKBrC/Man/cat1/gif.1
> > > > is not found and previously, it was found...
> > >
> > > What's the output of
> > >
> > > $ ls -al /cygdrive/c/data/MyDocRalf/McKBrC/Man/cat1/gif.1
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 rhauser mkgroup 45 Dec 13 2001
>                                    ^^^^^^^
> 
> This could be your problem. Run mkgroup, as your sneakily being told, to
> refresh your /etc/group file.
> 
> > /cygdrive/c/data/MyDocRalf/McKBrC/Man/cat1/gif.1
> 
And from your second mail:
> Apologies Ralf! Sorry! :-) My tired head is mis-reading things... :-(
nothing particularly interesting found when doing "mkgroup -lu"
still get 
rhauser at PC:~/<2>Man/cat1> man gif
No manual entry for gif

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