-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Man page reader
>I have Explore2fs. Installed and works great under NT4. You
can see all
>the files BUT, when I go to the /local/man/man1 etc. it just
shows you the
>man1,2,3,4, folders but no files or anything you can read.
Am I in the
>wrong directory? From withing Linux, I can read the man
pages.
>
>Under /usr/ there is nothing.
>
>Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 1:28 PM
>Subject: Re: [expert] Man page reader
>
>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tony McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 4:37 AM
>> Subject: [expert] Man page reader
>>
>>
>> >
>> >Given that I've copied my /usr/man directory to a windows
>> partition, would
>> >anyone know of a tool for Windows 98 to read man pages in
>> this format?
>> >
>> >If there's nothing to read the files with then I'll have
to
>> accept that,
>> >it's just for the convenience of not having to dual boot
into
>> Linux every
>> >time I'm offline and I need to glimpse at a man page.
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >Tony
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> GO here
>>
>> http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/Explore2fs.htm
>>
>> And be sure to read the FAQ and related stuff. You do not
>> have to copy the directory to a FAT32 partition to be able
to
>> read it from WIN. I do think that it is singularly
dangerous
>> to write anything from win to linux, even with this tool,
but
>> reading should be (comparatively) safe.
>>
>> Civileme
>>
>>
>>
>
>
/usr/man/man.1.bz2 has most of what you want
I _think_ freezip will unfold that one for you and then
WordPad. I am using windows right now out of necessity for
the first time in almost two years.
Civileme
