Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 12:09:21 -0500
From: fdonahoe AT wilkes1 DOT wilkes DOT edu (Frank Donahoe)
To: rollins AT grue DOT caltech DOT edu
Subject: Displaying manual files
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

The following batch file provides an efficient way to display UNIX type
manual files, usually man.1

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@ECHO OFF
if "%1"=="" goto USAGE
if "%2"=="" goto USAGE
if exist %2.%1z goto ZCAT
if exist %2.%1 goto CAT
goto ERROR

:ZCAT
path0\gzip.exe -cd %2.%1z | path1\cawf.exe -man | path2\less.exe
goto END

:CAT
path1\cawf.exe -man %2.%1 | path2\less.exe
goto END

:USAGE
echo To display file.1[z] issue at the prompt the command man 1 file
echo.
echo It is assumed that MAN.BAT is in the PATH and file.1[z] is in the
echo current directory.
goto END

:ERROR
echo The selected file does not exist.  Check spelling and/or directory.
goto END

	If the manual file is larger than the cluster size it should be
compressed as:  gzip -9 manual.1

	Find cawf404.zip and less177e.zip at SimTel mirrors.  For example,
oak.oakland.edu: /SimTel/msdos/textutil/   These should be installed very
carefully in accordance with the instructions in the packages.

	gzip may be found in oak.oakland.edu: /SimTel/msdos/compress as
gzip124.zip, and, of course, the version compiled with djgpp is with the
rest of it in /SimTel/msdos/djgpp/   zcat, which comes with the djgpp
distribution, may replace gzip -cd, but if one is going to retain gzip
there is no need for both programs.

NB	Don't forget to replace path0, path1 and path2 with the actual
path to these programs.  In my case, gzip version 1.1.2 (small!) is in
c:\usr\bin with cawf, and I have renamed less to more and put it in
c:\dos so it is in the PATH.  c:\usr\bat contains all the batch files
and is first in the PATH.

:END
ECHO.

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