Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: man Message-ID: <17039@mimsy.UUCP> Date: 21 Apr 89 14:41:03 GMT References: <475@caldwr.UUCP> <810040@hpsemc.HP.COM> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 20 In article iwm@doc.ic.ac.uk (Ian Moor) writes: >... This is a BSD system. ... >I would like to be able to do > setenv MANPATH /usr/man:/usr/local/man:~/man Bingo! Reasonably current BSD releases search $MANPATH (or the path given via the -M or -P options). You cannot use `~' here, however; replace ~/man with $HOME/man. >Similarly, I would like to move /tmp around when the C compiler fills it up, >in the same way I can redefine SYS$SCRATCH on need. `setenv TMPDIR /usr/tmp'---unfortunately, cc ignores $TMPDIR (fixed in 4.4?). -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris