From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: man pages
Date:	Thu, 02 Jan 1997 18:37:06 -0800
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John Altendorf wrote:
> 
> does anyone know of any ms-dos programs out there that work like the UNIX
> command 'man', or some quick way to get the 'man' files in a plain text
> format?

I don't know if you are asking this as a user of DJGPP or not.  If not,
then this is the wrong newsgroup to ask in (although I am sure somebody
here knows the answer to your question).  If you do have the DJGPP
installation, all you need to do is load the man pages into the latest
version of Info.  It will read them in and convert them and you can then
use the 'print-node' command to print the man page to a plain text
file.  The latest Info version is in v2gnu/txi390b.zip.

For full instructions, email me, as I have done exactly what you are
talking about several times.  :)

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