[ic] How to read the doc files
Mike Heins
mikeh@minivend.com
Wed, 18 Oct 2000 22:05:06 -0400
Quoting Zachary Matthews (zac@mediapc.com):
> Sounds like a simple question, but I can't seem to figure out what tool
> to use to read the files in interchange/doc. Files such as:
>
> mvdocs.8
> mvfaq.8
> mvtags.8
> etc.
>
> I have tried using man and perldoc to read these files, but neither
> program recognizes those files. Can someone advise.
>
They are man files. Just do:
nroff -man mvdocs.8 | more
It is possible nroff isn't on your system, and it may be called groff.
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