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Re: mandb -p deleting "obsolete" Windows cat directories
- From: Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker at t-online dot de>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 00:31:44 +0100
- Subject: Re: mandb -p deleting "obsolete" Windows cat directories
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- References: <ecb65ef3-5e3e-aec7-0403-148b067ce8ac@SystematicSw.ab.ca>
Am 23.01.2018 um 02:49 schrieb Brian Inglis:
I was surprised when I looked at the log (attached, with lots of man directory > indexing stripped), that mandb -p decide to scan my C drive and
perform the
It probably wasn't actually scanning "the C drive" as such, but rather
the neighboring directories of those listed in your $PATH to discover
further worthy additions to $MANPATH. And since %windir% and
%windir%\System32 are on the default Cygwin $PATH...
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