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I have, for example:

        /usr/man/man2/assert.2

and

        /usr/man/preformat/cat2/assert.2.gz

How can I easily either update the preformatted ones, or even purge them
easily/automatically.  I guess to update the preformatted ones would be
best since then the access will be quicker ...

Obviously it can be done by hand, but I was wondering if someone has as
easy way already set up to do it ?

Jonathan
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: I've just picked up and unwrapped the man-pages-1.5.tar.gz package from
: sunsite, but have problem ... when I ask 'man' for an entry which I know
: is in the new set, I still get the old one.

: I have, for example:
:       /usr/man/man2/assert.2
: and
:       /usr/man/preformat/cat2/assert.2.gz

: How can I easily either update the preformatted ones, or even purge them
: easily/automatically.

Well, you might try "man man". In case you are using man-1.4c,
"man -w 2 assert" will tell you where man finds assert.2,
and "man -w" or "man --path" will tell you what directories
are searched in what order.

If you just want to throw out the old stuff, try something like
        cd /usr/man/man2
        for i in *.2; do rm -f /usr/man/preformat/cat2/$i.gz; done

---purgeman---start---
#!/bin/tcsh
foreach d (man?)
  cd $d
  set section=$d:s/man//
  foreach f (*.$section)
        set preformatted=../preformat/cat$section/$f.gz
        if (-e $preformatted) then
                rm -f $preformatted
        endif
  end
  cd ..
end
---purgeman---end---

-- Greg

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