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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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