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info reads man page instead of info docs

info reads man page instead of info docs

Post by Neil Zanell » Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:00:00



Hello,

I am trying to read the info documentation for a2ps but when I type

$ info a2ps

the info program brings up the man page instead. I have both the info
and man documentation on my system. Do I have a configuration problem?
Here are the files I have. I am running Red Hat 5.2. Is anyone familiar
with this problem? Shouldn't info bring up one of the info files instead?


/usr/man/man1/a2ps.1

/usr/info/a2ps.info-1.gz  /usr/info/a2ps.info-3.gz
/usr/info/a2ps.info-5.gz
/usr/info/a2ps.info-2.gz  /usr/info/a2ps.info-4.gz  /usr/info/a2ps.info.gz

Thanks,

Neil Zanella

 
 
 
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info reads man page instead of info docs

Post by Krzys Majewsk » Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:00:00


Sometimes the info pages are just  copies of the man page. Maybe check
if this is the case? -chris

> Hello,

> I am trying to read the info documentation for a2ps but when I type

> $ info a2ps

> the info program brings up the man page instead. I have both the info
> and man documentation on my system. Do I have a configuration problem?
> Here are the files I have. I am running Red Hat 5.2. Is anyone familiar
> with this problem? Shouldn't info bring up one of the info files instead?


> /usr/man/man1/a2ps.1

> /usr/info/a2ps.info-1.gz  /usr/info/a2ps.info-3.gz
> /usr/info/a2ps.info-5.gz
> /usr/info/a2ps.info-2.gz  /usr/info/a2ps.info-4.gz  /usr/info/a2ps.info.gz

> Thanks,

> Neil Zanella



 
 
 
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