how to use man ?

[faust2004]

Hi , experts,
I install a software in hp box (11.0),
I find the file expect.man , and set The MANPATH,but can not use man expect to view it , why?

Thanks
sunny

[S.K. Chan]

Double check your MANPATH variable again.
# echo $MANPATH
to make sure the path is there and correct. Typically an application (for example /opt/perf) has it's man path in /opt/perf/man and under "man" directory will be section of the man pages like man1, man2, etc. In this example the added man path should be /opr/perf/man.

[S.K. Chan]

..sorry.. typo .. last line should say ../opt/perf/man

[Looi Kok Seong]

Maybe you can try catman command.
# catman -w

[Deepak Extross]

Does "man -M /path/where/your/man/pages/are expect" work?

[Frank Slootweg · Accepted solution]

Besides what has already been mentioned:

An *installed* manual page should not have a ".man" extension, but something like ".1" through ".9", possibly with a letter after it, i.e. for example ".3c".

First do (assuming an uncompressed file):

nroff -man expect.man | col -b | more

to see the extension. I.e. if it says in the upper right "expect(1)", then it should have extension ".1", i.e. "expect.1".

Next you have to put it in the right directory, probably below /usr/contrib/man, i.e. in man?[.Z] (and make sure that the path is in MANPATH).

[faust2004]

Frank ,
I did as you say, find the expect.1 , put the path in MANPATH , and now It work!

Thanks
Sunny