[plug] n00b man Question

senectus senectuskal at hotmail.com
Mon May 10 14:13:02 WST 2004


Yeah I know that bit.. 
But that only shows you the first page.. what I was after is how to get to
the other pages.. 

Also is it possible to get to the other pages from within a man session???

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au]
On Behalf Of russ powers
Sent: Monday, 10 May 2004 1:55 PM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] n00b man Question

man mount

 --- nofixed at netscape.net wrote: 
> Try again Bill.  That refers to the man page in section 12 - no such
thing.
> 
> senectus does not say what is being used to access the man pages.  If a
> console then space or page down.  If emacs shell, LOL.  It does not handle
> man pages or less well at all.
> 
> Collie Jim
> 
> 
> Bill Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> 
> >man 12 fstab
> >
> >very intuitive!
> >
> >BillK
> >
> >On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 10:32, senectus wrote:
> >> How do I read the "other" man pages??
> >> 
> >>  
> >> 
> >> Ie I'm trying to find out what the "exec" flag in fstab does.. and when
I
> do
> >> "man fstab" I can only read the first page.. how do I get to the rest
(I
> >> think there is 12?).



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