Brad,
If you look in the file /usr/lib/man.conf, you will find the
following note:
# Useful paths - note that COL should not be defined when
# NROFF is defined as "groff -Tascii" or "groff -Tlatin1";
# not only is it superfluous, but it actually damages the output.
#
This is the reason that the path for col is commented out. I have
tried with col (that I compiled) and didn't see any improvement,
so I commented out again.
--Kevin
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> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 2:56 PM
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> Subject: col missing from cygwin
>
>
> I noticed that the 'col' command is missing from cygwin.
> It is useful for turning man pages into text files without backspaces,
> e.g.,
> man find | col -b
>
> This is recommended by Unix in a Nutshell.
>
> --Brad (tcsh)
>
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