Re: man hangs with less and more

["Heiko R. Selber" <selber@fhi-berlin.mpg.de>]

> You probably have 'set -a' in /etc/profile or some of your bash startup files. 
> For some reason 'set -a' causes this problem. It's also reported as bug #8390.

> The only cure I have is to remove 'set -a' from the startup files and 
> logout/login again.

> Mark Boyns wrote:
> >
> > When I run:
> > 
> >    $ man ls
> > 
> > it just sits there.  ^C reveals:

I have the same problem with a hanging man (hmm...), but there is no
such
thing as 'set -a' in any of my bash startup files.

I helped myself with a QAD hack:

#!/bin/sh
for i in /usr/man /usr/local/man /usr/man/de_DE /usr/man/it_IT
/usr/X11R6/man
do
 for j in $i/man[1-9]
 do
  if [ -f $j/$1* ]
  then
   zcat $j/$1* | nroff -man | less
   exit
  fi
 done
done
echo no man page for $1

Heiko

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