Try pinfo. If it doesn't find an info page it'll look for a man page. HTH
Don Sharp Brian Dessent wrote: > > zzapper wrote: > > > > Hi Ya All > > > > Is INFO just a viewer for Man Pages, or does it have it's own > > database? > > > > Is INFO preferred to MAN ?? > > > > (Sorry for hogging this NG recently) > > zzapper > > Yes, they are completely seperate. The 'info' program reads and > displays texinfo documents, which live in /usr/info. texinfo documents > are organized into nodes, which leads to a sort of link structure or > heirarchy. The 'info' program is just one way of formatting/viewing > them, they can also be easily formatted as PostScript, HTML, etc. > > The 'man' program formats and displays manpages which are a much older > format (nroff/groff). They contain markup to make sections stand out, > highlight commands vs. normal text, etc. but they are still essentially > flat text files with embellishment. They live in /usr/man. > > The GNU people decided one day that man pages had worn out their welcome > and so they developed the texinfo project to support a new format of > documentation. Thus, the preferred docu for all the GNU utils are the > texinfo files, and the manpages are really an afterthought in a lot of > cases. However many people hate the 'info' program and just want plain > old manpages, so I wouldn't expect them to go away any time soon. > Personally I have mixed feelings about both. If you ever try to use the > manpage for 'bash' you quickly realize how cumbersome it is, compared to > viewing the HTML version of the texinfo docs online. However, for quick > and dirty things that basically consist of a short summary of some > options the manpage cannot be beat. > > Brian > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/