MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

man(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities man(1)
Message: insufficient memory: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: keyword: nothing appropriate
Cause: man found no entries for the specified keyword in the whatis database.
Action: Check that you spelled keyword correctly. Try a related keyword.
Message: Missing path after -M
Cause: You specified the –M option but did not provide a path as an argument.
Action: Provide the missing path.
Message: No entry for "entry" in section sec of the manual.
Cause: man found no man page for entry in the specified section of the manual.
Action: Check that you spelled entry correctly, that you specified the correct section of
the manual, and that the man command will search the path containing its man
page.
Message: No manual entry for "entry".
Cause: man found no man page for entry in any section of the manual.
Action: Check that you spelled entry correctly, and that man command searches the
path containing its man page.
Message: no pipes available: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: system call failed: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: Unknown option "–option"
Cause: You specified an option that is not valid for man.
Action: Check the DESCRIPTION section for a list of valid man options.
Since man calls uncompress to decompress the man.dbz file, it is also possible to receive
an uncompress error. See the uncompress(1) man page for more information.
PORTABILITY
POSIX.2. x/OPEN Portability Guide 4.0. All UNIX systems.
The elements of the environment variable MANPATH are separated by colons.
The –M option, the –x option, the –w option, the MANPAGER environment variable, the
default pager, and the ability to specify section on the command line are all extensions to the
POSIX standard.
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