How to use portmanager/portmaster?

Roland Smith rsmith at xs4all.nl
Sat Feb 28 12:42:38 PST 2009


On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 07:49:16PM +0100, Frank Wißmann wrote:
> Hi, list!
> I have a problem using the above mentioned programs because there 
> doesn't seem to be a manpage installed. Can anybody give me a clue on 
> how to get help?

Both do have manpages. What kind of error do you get when you try
e.g. 'man portmaster'? It might be that your manual pages setup is broken.

You can read the manpage with the following command sequence:

  gzip -cd /usr/local/man/man8/portmaster.8.gz | groff -Tascii -man | less

Roland
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