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Man
Component programs man,apropos,whatis  +
Computer languages C  +
Full description The man pager suite (man, apropos, and whatis) contains programs used to read most of the documentation on a GNU/ Linux system. The whatis and apropos programs are used to find documentation related to a particular subject.
Homepage URL http://primates.ximian.com/~flucifredi/man  +
Interface command-line  +
Is GNU false  +
Keywords documentation  + , man  + , man page  + , manpages  + , apropos  + , whatis  +
Last review by Jgay +
Last review date 19 March 2012  +
License GPLv2orlater +
License verified by Deborah Nicholson  +
License verified date 9 July 2008  +
Name Man  +
Prerequisite description glimpse  +
Prerequisite kind Weak prerequisite  +
Real name Federico Lucifredi  +
Related projects Man2web + , Xmlmp +
Resource URL mailto:flucifredi@acm.org  +
Resource audience Bug Tracking  + , Developer  + , Support  +
Resource kind E-mail  +
Revisionid 14,047  +
Revisiontimestamp 19 March 2012 15:22:37  +
Revisionuser Jgay +
Role Maintainer  +
Short description Man page suite used to read GNU/Linux documentation  +
Submitted by Database conversion +
Submitted date 1 April 2011  +
Text-creation documentation-tool  +
Use text-creation  +
User level none  +
Version comment * [http://primates.ximian.com/~flucifredi/man/HISTORY HISTORY Changelog]
Version date 31 December 2010  +
Version download http://primates.ximian.com/~flucifredi/man/man-1.6g.tar.gz  +
Version identifier 1.6g  +
Version status stable  +
Works-with text  +
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 24 May 2012 23:47:47  +
Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. Entry  +
EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. flucifredi@acm.org  +
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Man2web + , Xmlmp + Related projects
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