Hi all,
I've recently migrated to linux (ubuntu). One of the interesting things i noticed when i set up my gcc and everything was that i could use the "man" command to view a manual page for any of the predefined functions.

I was wondering, when I write a program, is there any way to have a man page for my program? I'm guessing it would require my program to have some sort of installation procedure which would set up the man page along with my program.

Any ideas?

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learn to use google "how to create a man page"

http://anaturb.net/create_man_p.htm

you need to understand how man pages are written first.
Try "beginning Linux programming book" if you have else here
are tips/hints to take you in right direction.

man pages are troff programmed text files stored in gunzipped compresed format in directory /usr/man/man{section_number}


write a man page file using troff extensions with name convention
{command_name}.{man_page_section_number}

ex : your command name is miyaoo then write man page called miyaoo.1
then test it using groff -Tascii -man miyaoo.1
then it will display man page to you !! if satisfied then..

gzip miyaoo.1 to get miyaoo.1.gz and copy it to /usr/man/man1/
path ;

type man miyaoo and voila there you have the man page!!!

[ you need to learn troff/groff commands first ]

Cheers
Anand Kulkarni


: Hi all,
: I've recently migrated to linux (ubuntu). One of the interesting things i noticed when i set up my gcc and everything was that i could use the "man" command to view a manual page for any of the predefined functions.
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: I was wondering, when I write a program, is there any way to have a man page for my program? I'm guessing it would require my program to have some sort of installation procedure which would set up the man page along with my program.
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: Any ideas?
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