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Re: Does /etc/profile need to set MANPATH?
- From: Mikhail Usenko <cygwin at inbox dot ru>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 17:15:20 +0300
- Subject: Re: Does /etc/profile need to set MANPATH?
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On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:42:49 +0300
Mikhail Usenko <...> wrote:
> 1) if you run manpath from the command line in clean Cygwin installation you find out that
> "${HOME}/man" is (and always remains) in your searching path by default even if you have no "${HOME}/man"
> in your home directory path
Amend: In fact "${HOME}/man" is dynamically added/removed to the search path on its creation/deletion.
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