MAN(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual MAN(1) NAME man - print out the manual SYNOPSIS man [ - ] [ -a ] [ -M _p_a_t_h ] [ section ] title ... DESCRIPTION _M_a_n is the program which provides on-line access to the UNIX manual. If a _s_e_c_t_i_o_n specifier is given, _m_a_n looks in that section of the manual for the given _t_i_t_l_e(s). _S_e_c_t_i_o_n is either an Arabic section number (``3'' for example), or one of the words ``local'', ``new,'' or ``old''. (The abbrevia- tions ``l'', ``n'', and ``o'' are also allowed.) If _s_e_c_t_i_o_n is omitted, _m_a_n searches all sections of the manual, giving preference to commands over library subroutines, and displays the first manual page it finds, if any. If the -_a option is supplied, _m_a_n displays all applicable manual pages. Normally _m_a_n checks in standard locations (/usr/man and /usr/local/man) for manual information. This can be changed by supplying a search path (a la the Bourne shell) with the -M flag. The search path is a colon (``:'') separated list of directories in which _m_a_n expects to find the standard manual subdirectories. This search path can also be set with the environmental variable _M_A_N_P_A_T_H. Since some manual pages are intended for use only on certain machines, _m_a_n only searches those directories applicable to the current machine. _M_a_n's determination of the current machine type can be overridden by setting the environmental variable _M_A_C_H_I_N_E. If the standard output is a teletype, and the - flag is not provided, _m_a_n uses _m_o_r_e(1), or the pager provided by the environmental variable _P_A_G_E_R, to display the manual page. The FORTRAN version of section 3 of the manual may be speci- fied by supplying _m_a_n with the _s_e_c_t_i_o_n ``3f''. Also, a specific section of the local manual may be specified by appending a number to the _s_e_c_t_i_o_n, i.e. ``l5'' would indi- cate section 5 of the local manual. FILES /usr/man standard manual area /usr/man/cat?/* directories containing standard manual pages /usr/local/man/cat?/* directories containing local manual pages /usr/src/man directories containing unformatted manual pages SEE ALSO apropos(1), more(1), whatis(1), whereis(1) Printed 11/26/99 April 19, 1988 1 MAN(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual MAN(1) BUGS The manual is supposed to be reproducible either on the pho- totypesetter or on a typewriter, however, on a typewriter, some information is necessarily lost. Printed 11/26/99 April 19, 1988 2