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How to set Manpath in solaris 10

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Original Message
Name: sharmila
Date: November 29, 2007 at 12:02:32 Pacific
Subject: How to set Manpath in solaris 10
OS: solaris10
CPU/Ram: 1gb
Comment:

Hi,

I set the man page in /etc/profile as below in my system solaris 10.
MANPATH=/usr/share/man:/usr/sfw/man
export MANPATH

but the variable MANPATH take only :usr/sfw/man path only

Any one can suggest to solve this problem?

rgds
Sharmila


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Response Number 1
Name: fpmurphy
Date: December 2, 2007 at 08:49:01 Pacific
Subject: How to set Manpath in solaris 10
Reply: (edit)

Try the following:

MANPATH="/usr/share/man:/usr/sfw/man:${MANPATH}"
export MANPATH


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Response Number 2
Name: sharmila
Date: December 2, 2007 at 10:22:57 Pacific
Subject: How to set Manpath in solaris 10
Reply: (edit)

Hi,

Thanks for your reply and the problem solved.
once again thank you very much for your reply
Good luck
sharmi


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