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1.1     ! root        1: .TH PMAN 1P "22 June 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: pman \- print project manual
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B pman
        !             7: [\fB\-P \fRprojectname] [section] topic ...
        !             8: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             9: .I Pman
        !            10: provides on-line access to the manual belonging to the current working project.
        !            11: If the manual is being printed on a terminal,
        !            12: .I pman
        !            13: pauses after each screenful. Hit a space to continue.
        !            14: .PP
        !            15: .I Pman
        !            16: invokes the
        !            17: .I man
        !            18: program to
        !            19: format and print the manual pages corresponding to specified topics.
        !            20: If a section number is given,
        !            21: .I pman
        !            22: looks in that section of the manual for the topics, otherwise
        !            23: all sections of the manual are searched until the topic is found.
        !            24: .PP
        !            25: The directories containing the project manual must be set up in the project
        !            26: root directory like the `/usr/man' directory hierarchy. In particular,
        !            27: `\fIproject\fR/man/man1' contains the command manual and
        !            28: `\fIproject\fR/man/man3' contains the manual for library utilities.
        !            29: Formatted manual entries are created automatically in the
        !            30: corresponding `\fIproject\fR/man/cat' directories if they exist.
        !            31: .SH OPTIONS
        !            32: .IP "\fB\-P \fIprojectname\fR"
        !            33: Specify a project other than the current working project.
        !            34: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            35: To print the manual entry for the
        !            36: .I pgrep
        !            37: command from the command section (section 1) of the `spms' project manual, type:
        !            38: .PP
        !            39:        pman pgrep
        !            40: .PP
        !            41: To print the manual entry for the
        !            42: .I pgrep
        !            43: library utility from section 3 of the `spms' project manual, type:
        !            44: .PP
        !            45:        pman 3 pgrep
        !            46: .SH FILES
        !            47: .ta \w'project/man/man?/*'u+.5i
        !            48: \fIproject\fR/man/man?/*       Unformatted manual pages.
        !            49: .br
        !            50: \fIproject\fR/man/cat?/*       Formatted on-line manual.
        !            51: .DT
        !            52: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            53: man(1), man(7), more(1)
        !            54: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            55: Exit status 0 is normal. Exit status 1 indicates an error.
        !            56: .SH AUTHOR
        !            57: Peter J. Nicklin

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