manpath-determines user s search path for man pages

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manpath ”determines user 's search path for man pages

 man [-acdfhkKtwW] [-m system] [-p string][-C config_file][-M path]    [-P pager] [-S section_list][section] name  ... 

man formats and displays the online manual pages. This version knows about the MANPATH and ( MAN ) PAGER environment variables , so you can have your own set(s) of personal man pages and choose whatever program you like to display the formatted pages. If section is specified, man only looks in that section of the manual.

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UNIX Shells by Example
UNIX Shells by Example (4th Edition)
ISBN: 013147572X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 454
Authors: Ellie Quigley

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