How do you set the MANPATH?

02-14-2002, 12:25 AM

I noticed that some manuals aren't being recongnized and when I did this

echo $MANPATH

I saw that the directories they were in weren't in the path. So I tried to set it, but to no avail. Please tell me what to type (exactly) and where to put it. Thanks!!

mervTormel · 02-14-2002, 12:45 AM

manpath is like path

it's initialized in /usr/share/init/tcsh/login :

setenv MANPATH "${HOME}/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man"

and i whack on it a bit in ~/Library/init/tcsh/path :

# wrangle MANPATH for fink man files in /usr/local/man

setenv MANPATH "${HOME}/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man"

as for what to type exactly? ... type your desired target directories exactly

and note the colon delimiters.

02-14-2002, 01:04 AM

Good ol' Merv, thanks!! Yeah specifying "exactly" was pretty silly in retrospect.

I was wanting to now the setenv part and where the punctuation goes. As mother always told me, "Eschew obfuscation". Thanks again Merv!

TiMan

02-14-2002, 12:25 AM	#1
Titanium Man Guest Posts: n/a	How do you set the MANPATH? I noticed that some manuals aren't being recongnized and when I did this echo $MANPATH I saw that the directories they were in weren't in the path. So I tried to set it, but to no avail. Please tell me what to type (exactly) and where to put it. Thanks!!

02-14-2002, 12:45 AM	#2
mervTormel League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 5,536	manpath is like path it's initialized in /usr/share/init/tcsh/login : setenv MANPATH "${HOME}/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man" and i whack on it a bit in ~/Library/init/tcsh/path : # wrangle MANPATH for fink man files in /usr/local/man setenv MANPATH "${HOME}/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man" as for what to type exactly? ... type your desired target directories exactly and note the colon delimiters. Last edited by mervTormel; 02-14-2002 at 12:48 AM.

02-14-2002, 01:04 AM	#3
Titanium Man Guest Posts: n/a	Good ol' Merv, thanks!! Yeah specifying "exactly" was pretty silly in retrospect. I was wanting to now the setenv part and where the punctuation goes. As mother always told me, "Eschew obfuscation". Thanks again Merv! TiMan