NAME

man_fix − manipulate man pages
 

SYNOPSIS

man_fix options
 

DESCRIPTION

 
man_fix is a utility that allows the system administrator more control over the man pages on the system.  With this utility the sys. admin. can remove the man pages entirely, reformat them for cat’ing, and a number of other tasks. 
 

OPTIONS

 
When invoking man_fix you can use these options:
 

-c
Allows for cacheing of man pages in /usr/man/cat[1-9] for faster access.

-f
Format the man pages with nroff so that they are cat’able. One of two steps to create man pages identical to those found on an AXE system.

-n
Remove the man pages from the system entirely

-r
Remove the nroff/man page utilities from the system. One of two steps to create man pages identical to those found on an AXE system.

-s
Strip formatting characters from formatted (post-nroff) man pages. This further reduces the space required to store the man pages, but removes niceties such as bold and underline.

-v
Verbose mode.  Echo’s each step as it executes.

-u
Prints the usage message.

-z
Compresses the man pages to reduce storage requirements.
 

USAGE

man_fix requires one of the above listed options to work. 
 
If you wish to generate AXE-like man pages, use
 
$ man_fix -fr
 
If you want to have man pages that take up the least amount of room, use
 
$ man_fix -frsz
 
If you want to have no man pages and no nroff/man utilities on your system, use
 
$ man_fix -nr

AUTHORS

man_fix was developed by H-P. 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  October 12, 1989